Fourth

Damon loves to decorate the house for holidays. He helped me make all these paper airplanes out of newspaper to hang around the room. 

This is our first fourth of July here in Kaysville. We walked down to see the parade in the morning. It was pretty packed ut we found a nice shady spot in front of the library. 

Jumping on the tramp at grandma and grandpa's house.

More fun with slip and slides!

My first cherry pie with our own cherries. I am not really a cherry person. I love good fresh cherries but not the canned ones or pie very much. But I was surprised how much I liked it. Fresh is always better. So grateful for our fruit trees that have given us so much produce.

All ready for fireworks!

Damon's Birthday

Happiest Birthday to this wonderful 7 year old. He is one amazing little boy. We love him so much and are so grateful to have him in our family. We had a fun day at Boondocks, then had family over for cake and popsicles. 

One of their favorites. Water boats that have squirt guns they can shoot at each other.

Sparklers!

Church, Sleepy, Building.

We go to the same church building that my dad and grandparents went to. Many members of the ward are the same as when they went here. It is so fun to meet people and have them tell me things about my family. My grandparents were kind, humble, loving, and righteous. I appreciate that more now than I ever have before. The building is right on 200 North up from our home. 

It is still the same ward too! The 13th. I have never seen the ward names on the building before. 

Church is exhausting. For kids and parents. Lyla had her bottle, but didn't make it past that.

Jonas is like his brother. They love building things. They have always loved puzzles and figuring things out. Jo built this on his own! Following the instructions in the little book. 

It makes me so happy when my kids get along. It seems to not happen very often, so I savor every single second. We found some matching frames at DI, painted the backs with chalkboard paint, and now they can draw to their hearts content. 

RPM Lagoon Day

Such a fun day every year. The kids are getting a little more adventurous, but still don't want to go on anything 'too scary'. Lyla and I just hung out. 

Damon's favorite ride.

After playing for awhile we had a BBQ with all the RPM group. Pretty soon afterward it started to downpour. And it didn't stop. Miserable and wet but its funny to remember!

Food Truck, Cherries.

We tried the Rickle's Food Truck just around the bend from the theater. It was really amazing! Food trucks are my fav. After trying some in NE we are hooked. 

I remember always climbing my grandparents cherry tree and eating myself sick. These cherries are the best. I really don't think I have ever had any that even come close. 

Lots of cherry jam, syrup, and pie filling.

When I was at work the other night Kyle decided to try his hand at some cherry sauce. He did amazing and made a fantastic mess too. But they had a blast doing it.

 Pure joy.

And then Damon lost his second tooth. 

Last Game

What a fun season. We will miss coming to his games. 

Last run around the field. 

Splash Pad

So awesome to have this just down the street. We walked there and had such a blast. 

They sure love to climb!

Another beautiful note. Oh how these make all the bad things that happen just float away. Damon will make one sweet wonderful girl very lucky. But not for many, many years...