So I went in to look at Macie before I went to bed and this is what I saw! Twizzler is not allowed in our beds but Macie evidently needed some company. I love how he is tucked right in to her covers too and their arms are both hanging over the bed!

Cole also has some funny sleeping habits evidently! I couldn't resist documenting this one, it was hard to tell at first if he was even in bed!

We had Derek, Britnie, Ellie and Hailee over for a BBQ on the 24th of July. It was a blast and of course there were more "stink balls" (aka smoke bombs) and sparklers. I got to hold Hailee (every picture that I'm in shows me holding her!) most of the time which was so fun and she smelled so good! The kids had a blast playing outside and even did a little dancing on the lawn, it was a real treat!

We had a very fun 4th of July. We went to the parade in Provo which was really fun. Tom and Lesa always find a good spot and are nice to save us a seat. The parade was good and the weather was great because it was a bit overcast that morning so we weren't sitting in the sun feeling like we were baking! An insurance company usually has free goodies and this year they had yummy ice cream cones that were a hit! Later that day we went to Grandpa and Grandma Rich's for a BBQ. When we got there one of their "deer" friends was napping in the back yard (they have deer year round at their house, one deer even came inside their house!). Cole thought it was sooo cool and had to get closer. The amazing thing is that the deer didn't even bat an eyelash until Cole was just a few feet away. Then the deer stood up but still didn't run away until Cole got almost close enough to touch it. Amazing! We had water fights (I think everyone was soaked by the end, especially Grandpa) and a yummy BBQ. Then we did some "stink balls" which is our way of saying smoke bombs, and sparklers. We had just one collision when Claire and Macie were running through the smoke and ran right into each other. Macie was sure her arm was broken! She recovered momentarily when the sparklers came out.

We took a little trip to the Thanksgiving Point Barn to visit the animals. It's a really fun place and you can see everything and ride a pony in about an hour -- Perfect! Macie and Cole loved the goats. They are VERY friendly and like to eat right out of your hand. There was a baby goat that Justin loved but he couldn't get a good picture of it, too bad!

This goat and Cole had a staring contest, I think the goat won!
".....please, take me with you!!"
This was Macie's first time riding a pony, it was a total success!
Cole picked the biggest pony because he wanted it to be like riding an actual horse, rather than a pony.

Another fun summer past time......Hanging out with our friends Eli and Jared!!

Grandpa played soccer with Cole at Derek and Britnie's house and we had fun watching and eating watermelon. Grandpa and Grandma and Shalisa and Evie were in town in anticipation of the arrival of Hailee, our new neice/cousin.

Macie and Ellie like to play soccer too (or maybe just Macie, Ellie is scratching her head like she's thinking "why am I doing this?")

And here, Evie is either thinking "I love my mom who gives me yummy watermelon" or "wow, this is the perfect napkin!"

The Saratoga Splash was a blast. It gets better every year. Cole and Macie love the inflatables but after an hour and a half even they were too hot and too tired!

Note: the girl in the bottom photo is not me (too bad, I do love giraffe print halters!)