Happy Father's Day!

When Owen was born he was given a little shirt that said, 

"My dad is cooler than your dad."

We think that shirt couldn't be more true!

Ryan is such a good father and we feel pretty darn lucky that he belongs to us.

Ryan LOVES LOVES LOVES to have his back tickled.

When I found this idea on Pinterest I knew I had to make it.

He loved it, of course!

 The rest of our California trip....

Playing at the beach!

        

Before we left San Francisco we drove down Lombard Street.

The kids fell asleep for the rest of the drive home.

We also got to go to one of Brenden's baseball games. 

Go Brenden!

We went swimming at their amazing pool.... a lot.

Before

After!!

Made some s'mores.  Yum!

{Thank you to my awesome brother in law Alex for helping figure out how to load these pics!}

Starting summer off right

We are so lucky to live minutes from the canyon.  

We love to hike, camp, cook campfire dinners or just take a drive in the beautiful mountains.

I will never take a trip to the canyon without a 

water bottle again.

Owen had a blast shooting the trees, bugs, fire, 

birdies, dirt and us.

park day

On the last day of school Liv's class walked up to Bywater park to play and eat Popsicles.

Owen was the hit of the park.  He was well taken care of.

Love Rylie's face in this picture.

Owen brought his trusty hammer.

He loves to carry around little things.  Owen gets attached to something for the day and carries, sleeps and eats with this thing and then picks something new for the next day.

Rylie can make friends SO quickly.

Right when we got to the park she was asking everyone their name and if she could play with them.

She is definitely my social butterfly. (most of the time)

first & last

Dru:  3rd grade

first day 

last day

Olivia:  1st grade

first day

last day

Olivia got her Bobcat Award again this year.

Yahoo!

1st grade...check.

Olivia's first grade program was a success!  

The program was almost 2 hours full of songs, speaking parts and actions.

Liv sat in the front row and didn't skip a beat.

Liv's speaking part was in french.  She memorized it all and said it really fast.

I was so impressed at how much french those kids know and understand.

First grade was super tough at first for Liv, but she stuck it out and finished strong.

I couldn't be more proud of her!

 Liv's french teacher, Madame Cherief