July

Lance had to return to Louisville for school the first of July, but me and the kids decided to stay for the whole month until Lance flew back to Wyoming for his little brother's wedding. We had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa, and Gina and Dave and their girls, but we sure did miss Lance!

This was taken the day before Lance flew out.  

 Macie loving life while waiting for the 4th of July parade.

 Waiting for the first floats coming down the road.

 My Grandma and Grandpa Micheli in the Fort Bridger 4th of July parade.  Grandpa was the Grand Marshall, and they were without question the highlight of  the parade!  We had a great visit with them and was again reminded of how blessed I am to have such great family in my life!

 Macie loving her new  birthday tu-tu from Aunt Leah.  

 Grandma put her on the vacuum and she loved it!

 My mom ran in the Star Valley Half Marathon ( and did A -MA- ZING) so me and the kids made signs and went to cheer her on at the finish line.  The boys weren't the best cheerers, but we had our signs.  I let the boys tell me what they wanted their signs to say.  Parker's said, "My grandma is the BEST racer ever" and Kaeson's said "Go fast Grandma!"  Just in case you don't know her, you should know that my mom is the most amazing woman ever!  She's never run a long race in her life, but she decided to support a great cause and run her first ever half marathon at 50 and she rocked it!  She won  her division and ran an impressive time and wasn't even tired or sweaty when she finished.  Only one of the many reasons she's so great!

 We decided to take the trailer up to palisades and go camping the one free weekend mom and dad had and we had a great time.  The kids are big fans of camping!  Macie was at a tough age for camping and got absolutely filthy, but she did great.

 Kaeson looked like this most of the time.  He too was so dirty all weekend! But he loved it!

 One night I put the kids to bed downstairs and went upstairs and hung out with my parents as i did most nights.  At about ten thirty, I walked down to go to bed and noticed the light was on in the boys' room and wondered when they had gotten up and turned it on, but still expected them to be sleeping.  Instead I walked in to find this:  Kaeson had just gotten up and played with toys for about two hours while Parker slept beside him. These toys were not in his room when he went to bed! This was a first for us! I usually keep a closer eye on them at bedtime, and now i know why!

 on the 24th of July, Afton had their annual Fish Scramble.  It was complete and utter chaos and by the time Parker got in there, there were thirty seconds left and there was no way he was catching a fish, but he wasn't too heartbroken.