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It is summer time...and the living is easy...at least for our kids.  They have spent the summer in deluxe fashion, spending hours playing and eating popsicles outside, just as every kid ought to.  So even though mom and dad are busy hauling rock, cutting down trees, and going through the list of countless projects, the kids are living it up!
A quick run down of  the summer so far...
-Eisley turned three months on the third of July and spent the day eating and sleeping like she does most days.
-We started our fourth of July celebrations with a neighborhood parade and breakfast.  Finn whined and dragged his feet the whole time because I was pulling him too fast.  I still don't know how he thought that since we literally were the last two people in the parade.  (thanks to our wonderful new neighbors who took pity on us and pushed Eisley in the stroller so I could deal with mr. slow poke).

Roy enjoying his mountain man breakfast while the kids play in the background (really Meg, who refused to eat anything I gave her, was busy foraging off the ground and other peoples plates for scraps...seriously??)

We spent the rest of the holiday living it up at Grandma's.  There was good food, plenty of water, cousins to play with, and aunts to hold Eisley.  I pretty much had the day off.  It was wonderful!

Eisley spread eagle in the shade trying to keep cool.

-On Saturday, the nursery leaders threw together a bbq for us to meet the other kids and parents in the nursery.   Another good night of food and new friends.  The kids played (Meg foraged again) for hours.  What a great place we've moved to!

- Monday night we got together with some friends from our old singles ward.  We met at our old Bishops house (AJ is Roy's boss too) for a night of swimming and catching up.

Eis and I sat poolside watching everyone else enjoy the water.

I always tell people that my kids don't really like water, because they've never really taken to it.  I've concluded it might be because the water is cold.  They like bathtub temperature apparently, because the Jackson's pool is set at a brisk 85 degrees and the kids loved it...especially Finn.  That kid couldn't get enough of the slide.  He kept wanting to run to get over to the slide, so we had to keep reminding him to walk.  He would slow down and take very deliberate heel to toe steps.  He was cracking us up!

 Baby Henry tried Roy's goggles on for size.  It was my favorite picture of the night!

As you can see, we have been taking full advantage of the hot weather, and living it up!