September 2013

BreElle turns 2...
The day started a little like this...

But soon turned into this:

Party time!


Not only was this day special because of BreElle's bday, it was pretty awesome because me and two of my really good friends from childhood...all Sterling-ites...got together for the first time in years! Jeri is all over the US and happened to be in Utah for a little while. Sonia lives a couple towns over from us. Back ground info: Jeri introduced me to Star Wars and homemade curly fries. What!! Every Monday after school we would have a Star Wars/Curly Fries marathon. Loved it! Sonia and her family always sat on the long bench in front of my family at church. We were pageant angel buddies and later, roommates at Snow College. Both of these girls were my girls camp cohorts and a cherished part of my youth!
So, present day, we met at the Riverton park...kids played, we chatted and caught up on everything. It was a fun time! I miss these girls.

(side note: a little girl playing at the park decided to join our picture...she is back row in the middle wearing blue)

Cam decided to take Brayden to the 'Fathers and Sons' camp out...except they left a little later than planned and it was dark and they got lost...so they parked the van, slept in its squishy quarters, then went fishing in the morning. Come to find out, the 'Fathers and Sons' camp was just up the road a little...Oh well. They had fun and Brayden still talks about how great it was!

August 2013

Off he goes...Brayden enters 2nd Grade

(And there's BreElle...thinking she's going with him)
Info:
*Teacher: Mrs. Steinberg (this teacher was VERY good at keeping me informed through email about how Brayden was doing in class)
*Brayden was very social...to the point where he was a distraction in class...but with the combined efforts of we parents and the teacher, all was as it should be!
*He is a great reader and good at math...except place value was a slap in the face...but he came out victorious in the end!

Being Silly at Clark grandparent' house:

Goodnight!

July 2013

One of our favorite things to do as a family is discover fine eateries and eat there. This time we went to Black Bear Diner. Fun time.
(Cam is no longer a fan...he blames this place for his later-in-the-day sickness that hit him hard)


We also followed some friendly advice and visited a splash park in Lindon. Super fun time!


When we purchased our house, we were pleasantly surprised that it came with many fruit trees...cherry, apple, pear, peach, and plum. We didn't realize how much work is required to keep up with these trees....
Here we are picking cherries...the ones that are left after the birds got their fill!


Hawkins Time! We love spending time with our cousins that we didn't really know until we lived in their basement while Cam was going to pharmacy school.
The following show the many faces of Brent...


Family Temple Trip: Draper Temple
Another of our favorite pass times! On a random Sunday, we choose a temple to visit and then proceed to visit it. The atmosphere, company, and views are amazing...every time!


Every 24th of July we meet at Cam's sister's (Shannon) place of residence to PARTY! Food and Fireworks and Family = a great time!


Visiting the shopping center close to Tucanos in Provo/Orem...(Tucanos is another place we love to dine...but only at lunch time and maybe a few times a year...its a few $$!


Deer Lake in Heber...
The boys fished, the girls played in the water...

(Funny story: I was potty training BreElle at this time. She was 22 months. I read a book that guarantees your child will be potty trained in 3 days...as long as you follow the rules like: don't stray too far from a toilet. We threw the rules out the window as we took the 40 minute drive to the lake. BreElle still wore underwear but I was convinced we would be cleaning up a mess in the van before we reached our destination. To our surprise, we made it to the lake and to a port-a-potty in time...and an even bigger surprise was when BreElle actually went in the port-a-potty! That was amazing....and FYI, BreElle was not potty trained in 3 days...more like a month.)