Utah

We went to Utah for a week to see Buby, Buster, and all of our aunts, uncles, and cousins!

Maya was passing out kisses before we got on the plane.

Her daddy got her to take a little nap on the plane.

She looks mad here, but she was actually just concentrating on playing in the sand.

She had to clean off in the pool.

Ari took Tahl and Isaac out kayaking.  Zev loves to go out to stand up paddle board.

Isaac had so much fun playing with all his cousins all week, but he and Liv get along especially well.

Ellie and Harper

We finally got to meet baby Rowan!

Maya really loved him.

Gabriel thought Maya was lots of fun.

We went on some fun nature hikes.

Tahl and Isaac had fun playing on the adventure trail behind the pool.

Another fun hike.

The kids all went to tennis lessons together.

Yes, his eyes are closed.

He did not manage to hit a lot of balls, but he was sure that he is amazing at tennis.

Closed again as the ball flies past him...

Tahl was pretty good.

Here are the kids all together with their instructor.

Zev and Tahl had fun playing a pretend game in the pool.

Isaac loved being big enough for the water slide.

Here he is going with his cousin Ava.

He even went alone on his belly.

Tahl and Liv

Cute cousins in matching swim suits.

The boys, Ava, and Jaren went fishing with Ari and Gregg.

That afternoon they went back to the beach club, and the boys did some paddle boating.

For our last night in town we went out for pizza, and the kids got to do some scooting in the big open area in front of the restaurant.  This is always one of their favorite nights.

Some July fun...

The first week of July was a busy one.  We went to the zoo with the Richardsons.

We got to see the new baby hippo.

We celebrated the Fourth of July with our neighborhood bike parade.

Afterward we did some swimming.  Maya was pretty happy with her watermelon snack.

Isaac is improving in his swimming every day.

Look at how I found Maya sleeping.

It made for some pretty crazy bed head.

The boys had to pose with this rocket ship at the library. 

Here is Tahl showing off the gigantic animal encyclopedia he borrowed.

We got some more swimming in.  Here is our favorite girl swimming in her watermelon suit, but this time she is eating cherries.

My mom dropped off a box of pictures she found just in time for me to send all these mementos to Emily for her birthday!

This one doesn't have Emily in it, but I sure do look like a child of the 80s don't I?

Isaac, Tahl, and Maya each went to visit Tyler to stay alone with my parents for a few days each.  Here is Isaac having fun on his trip.

Zev lost a tooth while he was in Tyler.  Apparently the tooth fairy in Tyler gives $5 for molars!

Zev can't wait to find out if it was $5 because he was in Tyler or because it was a bigger tooth...

Circus Camp!

Tahl went to circus camp for one week in July.  He had a lot of fun.  He loves to move his body, climb, throw things, and juggle.

I don't know if he is a circus expert now, but he did love it. Here he is on the silks.

This guy got a little bored waiting in between Tahl's turns.

Tahl preformed really well on the

This was a cool flip with one leg, but it is hard to get pictures of that.

Here he is greeting his fans.

Zev did coding camp this week, and he really enjoyed that also. He is hoping to keep going to classes in the fall.