July 2015

 We finally hiked the Y!  Mom got to hike it twice since we left our keys on the Y and Dad's knee was hurt....

 

 
 
 Another hike to grotto falls:

After classes in the park:

 Austin did flag football:

Mary and Anna crafted:

 And Sarah did "balls of fun:"

Wait a minute.... I thought you kids were taking a shower!

Mary is such a good big sister:

 We went to the Pioneer Day parade:

 We also stayed in a cabin with two giant bunk beds:

 
 
 
 Mary and Anna took a pajama walk while the little guys went to sleep:

 The water was muddy, but we made friends with some birds:

 
 
 Then, Dad rented a boat and took us tubing on Bear Lake!!

 
 

 Tyler hated his life jacket...

 but he said yes to this ride!

 Austin turned seven!

 
 He requested pumpkin pie in July!  Austin brings so much fun and happiness to our home.  We are so grateful for this kid.

Grandma Joy and Auntie Gayle came to visit for the Edstrom Reunion.  The kids put on a recital for them:

 Then Mom took the four big kids tent camping at the reunion while Dad and Tiki slept in comfort at home:

The kids put on a skit about a candy store.

The kids found Snella the Snail under the tent in the morning and adopted her. She got out of her shoebox one day and disappeared.  Nearly a year later, we found her hibernating behind the fish tank, still alive.  Dad helped Sarah take her to school, where she now lives in the bushes by the kindergarten classroom.

Fun with Dad:

 Anna's class said good-bye to Mrs. Mason:

 Grandma and Grandpa left for a mission to the San Diego Mormon Battalion Visitors' Center.  We are so proud of them!

 

June 2015

June was busy!  Storytime at the park:

Liberty Park fountains:

 

 Mary spotted our van's twin:

 Swimming lessons:

 This was Sarah's first turn:

 Perfect attendance for Anna:

 Mary created her own bande dessinée:

 Splash pad!

 Sarah graduated from joy school:

 Rock decorating:

 And bird making, courtesy of Grandma:

 A visit to Jungle Jim's:

 
 
 
 Austin has become quite the paper-plane pilot:

 A visit to see Grandpa at the airport:

 
 
 Austin gets some flight instruction from the captain:

 
 
 And we had to get a picture with the robot at the FBO!

May 2015

We love homemade play dough!

I helped with Mary's Mountain Man Rendezvous at school.  Thanks, Aunt Carrie, for the pioneer costume--it was a hit!

 
Playing pioneer games.
 
A visit from "Mountain Man" (really a Mountain Woman):
 
Austin's class put on a program and sang French songs.  Grandma and Grandpa got to come!

 
 
 Dad serenaded us when Grandma and Grandpa came to dinner before leaving on their mission.
 
Anna went on a field trip to the Living Traditions Festival:

The kids have turned into digital-photo artists:

 
 
 
David also did some traveling without me in May.  First, to Kansas City, where he went to a Royals game:

 Then to Uruguay:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The Montevideo Temple: