Happy July, everyone! Here is what we've been up to!
We started off with Tommy's birthday. My favorite part of this video is him peeking inside the little hole of the wrapping paper, ha!
Cinnamon Roll breakfast with candles before Dad went to work
In other news, Scarlet learned how to drink the remains of her cereal milk.
Long story short, after totaling our Ford, we bought a used Kia Rio. I guess car shopping is pretty tiring--both of the kids decided to lay down on the concrete steps outside the little dealership!
For Tommy birthday dinner (a day late) we tried grilling pizzas for the first time. Thanks to Robert's and Mom's expertise, they turned out great!
I also made a giant fruit salad in a watermelon bowl. All of Tommy's favorites--fruit and pizza (with olives!). And of course, as much family as we could get.
Tommy's response to his new scooter was, "But I already got a bike!" Apparently you can only have one or the other! He has since learned to ride his scooter and enjoys it much more than his too large Spider Man pedal-bike. (He'll grow into it!)
Tommy asked for a strawberry cake, and a blueberry cake. Pretty fitting for a 4th of July baby, right?! Epic shortcake with candles! These three pictures of us singing to Tommy are Robert's favorites because of the progression of Scarlet's expression...
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| Tommy really doesn't like singing |
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| and maybe Scarlet doesn't either?! |
The next week brought the 4th of July. We decided to celebrate by taking Grandpa and the Uncles up to Brighton ski resort for a short hike, parade, and picnic.
Grandpa finally got some good Scarlet time while Grandma was in Idaho!
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| View of Silver Lake |
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| Tommy with his heroes, Uncle Luke and Uncle Sam |
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| The morning wore Scarlet out early. Notice the parade sucker in her hand and everything! |
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| View from the hill we walked up at the ski resort |
That night we made it to our neighborhood 4th of July BBQ
They even had a bounce house this year, which the kids love. Scarlet cried and cried when she had to come out!
Tommy had a little too much fun with the punch
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| speckles of punch all over him! punch chicken pox! |
The next morning at 4:30am I took Robert to the airport for his week-long training in NYC. To say he was going there for his first time without me was disappointing is an understatement! Here are the few pictures he documented from his trip:
Giant chicken parmesan from Florian's. The waiter asked if he wanted anything to drink, and Robert asked if they had lemonade. The waiter was very confused, and replied with, "well, I guess I could make you one." He was apparently shocked and confused at Robert's request!
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| View of the Empire State Building |
While Robert was away, we had fun at home!
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| Scarlet the Super Hero |
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| At the American Fork carnival |
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| Scarlet ended up being very afraid of the carousel |
That brings us to today, with a lovely Sunday afternoon stroll to the pond. Scarlet is 18 months old today. Wow!
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| throwing rocks in at the bridge |
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| What is it with rocks and water? |
This is a cucumber we picked from our garden tonight. Tommy wanted the whole thing for dinner, and he ate it like corn on the cob!
Happy Summer, everyone. Hopefully I'll make it on here again before summer's end!
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