Funny Brothers

Sometimes brothers are so funny!

Rainy Rides

The kids have been riding their bikes all over the neighborhood this summer, and more than once they've gotten caught in the rain! At least the weather is warm.

Drains

After a big storm, a lot of the drains in our neighborhood got clogged. so we decided to unclog them one evening for FHE. Jake was pleased to be able to push the wheelbarrow all by himself, and then older kids felt pleased with their community service. 

Lawn Mower

This is the second summer Logan has been the one to mow our lawn. He is looking forward to next summer when we've said he could try and get a neighbor or two to pay him to mow their lawns. He asked me to take a picture of him and his freshly mown lawn to put on the flier he's going to make to advertise. I really hope he gets at least one customer: this kid has always been willing to work to make money, he just didn't have any really marketable skills. Hopefully next year that will change!

Lake and Hike

One of the highlights of the trip for our family was spending time on the lake at the house. The kids learned to kayak and paddle board and enjoyed the paddle boat too!

Jason took at hike with some of the family to a pretty waterfall.

It was a beautiful place to be and we loved our time there!

Vacation Heber City

The end of the week was the main reason we went to Utah: the Wickman Family reunion in Heber City. We stayed at an amazing "house" that had nine bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, 4 levels, a theater room, a game room with pool table and ping pong table and Foosball table, a pool and hot tub, and it's own private lake. Needless to say, there was plenty to do and plenty of space for the 30 of us who were there.

Jason, his siblings, and their mom.

All of Jason's first cousins on that side of the family.

Jason's mom and her brother Uncle Lance (who sealed me and Jason--cool guy!)

The whole group!

We had fun with cousins we know and getting to know new ones!

Jake convinced lots of big kids to come play with him in the toy room.

We loved the pool!

And the fire pits!

BYU and Salt Lake City

Never having been to this part of Utah as a family, Jason and I were excited to show our kids BYU (where we met!) and Salt Lake City. 

It was fun to wander around campus and see how much as changed, and that some things are just the same!

Some of the buildings have awesome things to look at!

And the bookstore held all sorts of souvenir options!

We went to some of the campus museums and had too much fun.

Lunch at the Creamery where mom did most of her grocery shopping Freshman year was one of their favorite parts.

The next day we toured the Temple grounds and visitor's center and really enjoyed the Spirit there.

We also took time to have a little fun with it all!

We couldn't see the organist behind the organ in the tabernacle so I joked it was a ghost and Jake was convinced I was right.

We also toured the conference center; the roof was a highlight. When we first got up there Jake said, "Um...I don't think this is really the roof!" Sure doesn't look like any roof I've ever seen! So pretty.

You really get a feel for how big it is when you see it from the top!

This is one of my favorite pictures from the whole trip: vacationing is hard work!