July 2010

If you thought we were busy in May and June, you won't believe how much we did in July. We had so many great pictures that I had to share.

We spent the very beginning of the month in California at Grandma Hollie and Grandpa Gordon's house. We did a lot and had so much fun celebrating the 4th of July with them.

We made masks with Grandma.

No trip there would be complete without some fun at the beach. We tried our best to build a castle but were not very successful... this time anyway.

We made some really cool t-shirts with our cousins and spent a whole day just playing with them. We could spend days in Grandma's backyard just playing hide and seek and running around.

Grayson and cousin Luke are just 7 months apart and are best buds every time we visit.

It was so nice to wake up to the sun every morning at Grandma's house.

We swam and swam and swam. Grandma's pool is the best and she even took us to another pool to have lessons with Marsha.

Marsha taught Gray to swim and not be afraid of the water.

And she taught me to be even more fearless than I usually am. I could not stop jumping off the diving board into the deep water. I love it!

We were home for a little bit and got invited to a doggie wedding. It did seem a little a strange but we sure had fun there. We brought our own little puppies too.

We then were off to Colorado to have a party for Uncle Nash. He was getting ready to leave on his mission. We had fun hanging out with him before he left. Our new favorite place is Waterworld. He got to talk in Church and then pack his bags for Mexico!!! Here are some pics of us in front of Nana and Bumpa's house.

We headed back home with Nana, Bumpa and Nash following us. Nash entered the MTC (a place for him to get trained for his mission). Mommy cried a little when we said goodbye.

After all that, we had a fun parade in our neighborhood. We celebrated our country and were the slowest in the parade. Our little jeep just doesn't go as fast we thought it would.

We headed to Bear Lake for the weekend. It is kind of like a tradition for us. The best part this year was Minnetonka Cave. It was so so so awesome!!! Gray's favorite part was the bats, even though we didn't actually see any because they were hiding. My favorite part was this rock formation. It is called the 7 dwarfs.

For the end of July, we drove to Canada to see our Great-Grandparents and enjoy Waterton National Park where the family cabin is. There are so many fun hikes to take there. I really don't think you could go anywhere prettier.

We have a picture in the same place every time we go up there to visit.

This was our favorite place to hang out at the cabin.