July

 We spent the 4th of July at the East reunion at Downata hot springs in Idaho. The Baldwin family all stayed in this big cabin. We had lots of fun playing volleyball, swimming, and hanging out. And since Melissa's birthday(my sister) is on the 4th we did her birthday party there too.

 The kids were smashing a bunch of ants in this picture. 

 My parents rented a snow cone machine and it was a hit. We enjoyed many snow cones.

 We bought this little pool for our backyard and the girls had a ton of fun. Raegan loved to go down the slide and just hang out in the pool. 

 Bentley learned how to make these loom bracelets from some friends and shes made so many of them.

 I was supposed to run a half marathon, but got pregnant so I decided to just do the 5k. It was up hobblecreek canyon.  I was 16 wks pregnant when I did this. I actually felt really good while running and finished in 28 minutes. Jessica, Francie, Missy, Joel and my brother Bryce all did the half marathon. I was bummed I couldn't do it with them, but it was fun anyway. 

 I was super proud of my brother. This was his first half marathon and he trained really hard. He totally rocked it and finished in 1:29, which made his 4th overall in his age category. 

 The same weekend after the race me and some of my sister in laws got to go wedding dress shopping with Missy. It was fun to be with her for this special time. After shopping around at many places she found one that is absolutely stunning on her. I didn't get a picture of it, but I guess I'll post it later when she gets married!

 We went up to Silver Lake in AF canyon one evening after church to let the dogs play in the water and just hang out!

June

Bentley graduated from her level of swim lessons. She had so much fun doing it.

We took a family drive up the canyon one sunday afternoon after church. 

Me and Bentley enjoyed some crafts one rainy day. She made a church bag and I made a table runner. We both love crafts!

We joined some friends in Hatch. We stayed at their families house there. We went with a few other families. We enjoyed some time at the lake, went hiking in a small slot canyon, which was awesome, went 4 wheeling and just enjoyed hanging out. 

One of Josh's friends family owns a resort by bryce canyon. While we were down there close we stopped by to say hi and the girls enjoyed riding some horses and petting them.

This was an ad that burly(Josh's hunting clothing line) put on their website. We went and did a fun photo shoot one afternoon. 

Me and the girls went with some neighbor friends on a hike to stewart falls. It was a beautiful hike and perfect for kids. We brought some lunch and then stopped for snow cones after. Bentley sure loves the kids in our neighborhood.

After the hike we went to Lehi with the same friends and watched the horse parade. The kids had a great time!

Another day we met up with the Erikson's, some more friends and went for a bike ride up to bridal veil falls. Bentley's tire got a flat so she had to ride in the trailer, which made for a great workout for me, especially being pregnant. We got to the falls and had snacks and played in the water. The mountains are just the perfect place for us!

This was scary!! I heard the dogs barking one evening(which they don't do too often) so I went to see what was going on and saw this snake. It looked like a rattlesnake, so I didn't want to get too close. I was trying to keep the dogs away too since I didn't know what kind of snake it was. Josh was at the station so I got a neighbor to come over and kill it. It was hissing and striking like crazy which totally grossed me out. It was just a blow snake, which are actually good cause they eat rattlesnakes, but I just couldn't stand the fact that it would be in my yard, so we killed it! It made for an adventurous night!

We love to go to the parks that are close and go there often. We also go on lots of walks and bike rides. We all love to be outside and I love to get a little workout in.

I took the girls to the Alpine splash park. Raegan didn't really like getting splashed, but I think they had a good time.

We made some treats one night for our beehive activity. Bentley loves to be part of the activities and she loves the girls.