We came home and found our strawberries were ready for picking. It took us three days to pick everything. Lily and Annie were really excited about the berries. Our next door neighbors bought a goat to help keep weeds down. His name is Gus and Annie really loves him.
Tommy might look sad in the picture but he really loves being in the garden - especially to eat the dirt. He has been a great helper while Mommy tends the garden.
Mommy had some health concerns right before leaving for Nauvoo so we had to squeeze in a doctor visit the day before our trip. Daddy took the kids to the park during Mommy's appointment. They had a great time playing. Lily and Annie had their six month dental cleanings. They both did great and love their new princess tooth brushes.
Here's our first picking of strawberries. It yielded three batches of jam and two batches of sauce, plus a lot that we ate fresh or gave away to neighbors.
Our little dirt eater strikes again. Yuck! He also likes to help us pick the strawberries. He sits next to Mommy and takes berries out of the bowls and puts them back in the strawberry bushes - so he's technically "unpicking" the berries. He also loves to try and eat the berries right out of the bowl before they're washed.
Saturday June 21 was the Rigby Stampede Days Parade and Rodeo. We skipped the rodeo, but we made it out to the parade. We sat with friends from our ward. Lily and her friend Claire had fun together. Tommy found a comfy office chair to sit in and just relaxed. Annie accidentally got pelted with candy thrown from one of the floats, she was too traumatized to enjoy the parade.
We're enjoying our Sunday dinners with Uncle Brady. One week we had perfect kite flying weather. Brady and his friend Tyler helped the girls fly kites for almost an hour.....
.....while Tommy jumped on the trampoline with Mommy and Daddy.
The weather warmed up for a few days. We put out the pool. Tommy's buddy Camden, who lives next door, came over for a swim. They had a great time together in the water. They lasted three hours playing in and out of the water. It was so fun to see them together.
Then that night we caught a neighbor's dog chewing up the pool. It was totally popped. Her owners replaced the pool for us. We've been waiting for the weather to warm up enough to try it out.
Lily and Annie discovered the fun of putting a sprinkler under the trampoline. They love to do this every day.
Here's Tommy showing us his messy face at dinnertime.
Lily's friend Shaeley taught Lily how to ride a two wheel bike. Lily was so excited about it; she begged Daddy to take the training wheels off of her bike so she could be a "two wheeler" like the other kids. Daddy wanted to get her some knee pads before letting her be an official "two wheeler".
They worked on it together and by Saturday afternoon she could ride without assistance. She is so excited. And she's probably ready for a new bike. Why do kids grow up so fast?
No week would be complete without a dance recital. Lily and Annie favored us with some selections from Swan Lake Saturday morning.
The baby gate fell down and Daddy had to fix it. Tommy was so interested in the process. He sat with Daddy the whole time tried to help.
Another Sunday visit with Uncle Brady. Tommy looks like a little cub climbing on a giant animal.
The neighbors with the goat also adopted a black lab puppy. His name is Remington and he loves to spend his days at our house. He follows Mommy around and sleeps by her feet. He loves our grass and silly kids. He is just small enough to squeeze through his fence every morning so he can spend the day with us. It is so nice to have all the advantages of a puppy without any of the expenses or disadvantages. We sure love this little guy.
That's it for us. We've been working on the garden and house and trying to get back in the groove of everyday life since our long trip. Life is finally settling down and we're so excited for the warmer days of summer.
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