There's a First Time for Everything!

Yes, believe it or not, this was my very first time ever mowing a lawn! Is it crazy I had not mown a lawn until I was 25? While I was visiting mom and dad this summer, dad needed help mowing the lawn because his arm was hurt. Dad guided me through it every step of the way and showed me how to do straight lines.

Kiddy Pool!

This is one of Makenna and Hollis's favorite things to do when they go to Grandma and Grandpa Savik's house. Grandpa gave them a special treat this last time -- he hooked the hose up to the kitchen sink and filled the pool with warm water for the kids. What a good grandpa!

Park Fun!

Dad found this fun park that we went to a few times while I was up in Utah this summer with the kids. It was a great park because it had a fun playground, a big field, a campfire pit, and a creek that ran right by it -- we utilized all of it! Makenna and Hollis had fun putting their feet in down at the creek and dad insisted that we take a lot of pictures. For family home evening we decided to roast hot dogs over the campfire. We had a great time at the park -- good job dad!

Swimming at Julie's Pool!

I went up to Utah with the kids this summer to visit the family and while we were there, Julie's invited us to go swimming at her pool a couple of times. The kids really loved it! Makenna liked floating on a noodle all by herself and Hollis really liked splashing. Dad was watching on the side as his arm was still wrapped up and not able to go in the water. Thanks Julie!

Happy Birthday Hollis!

For Hollis's birthday I made him hot dogs and homemade Mac & Cheese -- gotta love it! I recall asking for the same meal for my birthday dinners when I was a little girl. I made Hollis a train cake made out of spice cake and as you can see he loved it! It was really hard to keep Makenna's little fingers out of the cake until after dinner -- she thought it was the coolest cake ever!

Hollis's One Year Pictures

What can I say -- he's just so dang cute!

Funny Story!

Funny Story -- this summer when we were in New Mexico, Josh, saw that the neighbor was burning stuff in his back yard and thought it looked a little bigger than it should. He decided to go over and talk to the neighbor about it. He told him usually when he has that much brush to burn he loads it up and takes it to the dump. The guy insisted that he was fine and showed Josh the hose that he had right there just in case. I don't think it was even five minutes later Josh and Dustin walk outside to this huge fire. That guy must have felt like a moron. I believe he also flooded part of his house from frantically tearing the hose out of the wall. It left a great smell at the house for the next day or two.