My friend Joy came to Utah to see her special friend Matt. We got to spend a lot of time with them and Joy's little girl Harley. One of our old roommates and friends Trisha also stopped by to visit. It was so much fun to see them and catch up. Nick came too
This is Nick playing dolls with Gracie:)
This is Joy and Matt. We set them up. Yeah for us!!!
Matt playing with the girls, and Coop.

We went and visited our little horse Tiny the other day. Coop wasn't sure what to think of her.
Me and Gracie before church
Gracie and her favorite neighbor:) Kinizie!!!

I was folding laundry the other day. Gracie was getting tired but it wasn't time for bed yet. She was in my room watching TV. She kept saying "is it time to go nigh night". I didn't hear anything for a while and this is what I found:) These are a couple of neighborhood friends. We went to Ryan's subdivision and played in the water park. The kids had a really good time.
My big boy sucking in:)
Gracie driving the boys around.
This is Coop's little friend Tate. They don't say much to each other but they sure seem like they have a good time together.

I ran my first 5K recently with some friends in my neighborhood We took it pretty serious:)
My brother Scott and his wife Rachel ran with us
This is us crossing the finish line. You would've thought we just finished a marathon!
Still smiling and ready for more. Actually, we are going to start training for a triathlon. Scary!!!

We celebrated Gracie's 3rd birthday yesterday. Thanks to everyone who came We had a lady bug theme, as you can probably see
Gracie got a Ford 150 from both grandparents and her mom and dad
Great grandpa Smith and grandma Lorna came, along with baby Whitney
This is Gracie during her birthday song

We swam

Dot and Rae Rae with the birthday girl
Gracie was so brave to go off the diving board all by herself

Gracie was all tuckered out after her party and fireworks Looks like she wasn't the only one:)

Gracie and Cooper put the truck to the test today
Graice liked to fill the truck bed up with rocks
She thought the truck was a little more heavy duty than it is. I think she's used to the
Rhino
She eventually go out

I think all the kids are enjoying the truck. Including Gracie's cousin Kinzie It's a little scary to think that we trust Gracie to drive Cooper around
16 is just around the corner:(
Isn't he handsome!
Just like his Daddy:)

Cooper and Gracie before church Aunt Rachel gave Gracie the cute head band for her birthday! Thanks Rae Rae:)
Gracie was so excited that she got to take the treat box to nursery today!!!

We just got back from our trip to Arkansas. We had a blast! After living in Utah, it took Gracie a little while to realize that it's okay to be out in the sun:)
The girls played ver well together

Dani cut all my hair off Coop was stylin'

The older girls had a really good time
We made smores almost every night. I'm still trying to work that off!

We celebrated the 4th of July on the lake Me, Dani, and Kimi
Ryan, Brandon, and Ryon
Coop was all tuckered out:)

These are the cute swim suits that Kimi got for the girls The girls love Cooper!

We spent a lot of time in the lake

Cooper had the best seat

We celebrated Coop's birthday The theme is Wallie, in case the masks didn't give it away:)
Everything was going just fine...
And then his mean dad shoved the whole cake in his face
He soon recovered and enjoyed his ice cream

The girls went on a guided fishing tour with Larry. He is an interesting guy! Larry bit the head off a sucker fish just for the shock factor. It was pretty gross!
We caught more fish in a half day than the boys did in a full day:) We love Larry!!!

We went to Larry's house. It was crazy! We had the chance to feed a wild deer. Larry's wife is a wild life rescuer. She helped raise this deer Lucy. She puts a pink ribbon around her neck so that people will know not to shoot her. She seems very tame but she does live in the wild.
This is one of her baby's. It wouldn't come very close.
They were helping a baby raccoon. We got to hold it and feed it a bottle.








Gracie loved the raccoon. His name is Boodrow

This deer is Noser. He is a little more timid than Lucy. He would only let Larry feed him. Lucy didn't like it when he got too close.
The kids had so much fun at Larry's house.