July 2015

Happy 4th of July!

Balloons in Provo earlier in the week before the 4th

4th of July parade in Oakley, near the cabin

At Jordanelle Reservoir on the 4th

Enjoying the jet ski at Jordanelle

Fun beach at Jordanelle

Enjoying the firepit at the cabin

 

Summer Fun

We like the splash pad near our house in Provo

We love swimming at the Provo Rec Center

Emma enjoys the hammock in our yard :)

Enjoying a last bike ride together before the mission

At a 4-H activity - Zachary has enjoyed a couple 4-H classes this summer -
Sports/Imagination Destination, and a Theater class where he did filming

More fun at the 4-H activity - at Rock Canyon Park after a picnic they gave us

Joshua and Megan and friends came to the 4-H activity, too and
enjoyed playing soccer in these balls :)

Zachary got an award for his filming in the 4-H class

Farewell to Joshua

A final farewell from Joshua's friends before his mission

A last trip to the temple with Joshua before his mission

After getting set apart - hello "Elder Carter"

Awesome chalk drawings on our front steps right before Elder Joshua Carter
went into the MTC

 

A final photo before heading to the MTC

Saying good-bye at our house after eating together at Denny's
- thanks to Cameo's family for coming!

We both cried and hugged a lot - so hard to let go at the MTC!!!!!

A final photo at the MTC before my 1st baby left the nest - July 15th

I love this on our counter :)

We got to babysit the day after we left Joshua in the MTC -
what a fun distraction for us!!

I made lots of cookies and packages everyday for Joshua
at the MTC - too bad I made this kind after he left for
Argentina - just a fun celebration that he made it to his mission!

Family Reunion

At Provo Cemetery visiting Canyon's grave

At Summer's house enjoying her awesome yard!

We enjoyed our hike to Donut Falls in Big Cottonwood Canyon

Megan hiked up the boulders to make it inside the Donut Falls cave

We swam at Laura's family's house

Cuties at Deer Creek Reservoir

We played at a park while Megan and other family hiked the Y

Megan's feet at the top of the Y

Fun dinner and then fireworks at Courtney's house

We had a fun hike partway up Bridal Veil Falls

Fun at our house - Emma loves her cousin!

Another cousin Emma loves!  We had fun on Pioneer Day at the park
and got to ride in the covered wagons

While Courtney and I stayed back on Pioneer Day, the rest of the family
went hiking in the Uintahs and some of them went cliff jumping - Megan loved it!

I enjoyed a few beautiful sunsets during the reunion!

In the MTC

Megan's Summer Fun

Megan took friends on a rafting trip down the Provo River

Megan went bridge jumping where Joshua had discovered it was fun to jump
into the Provo River

Beautiful sunset at Sandy Beach

Fun campfire up Provo Canyon 

Megan loves playing racketball at the Rec
and is also on the Provo High tennis team
with a lot of practices this summer

Megan started learning to drive the jeep and now
loves driving her friends around