Summa tyme

I say it every year, I love living in Spanish Fork over the 24th of July. It seriously rocks. The town is so busy and everyone seems to be in a little better mood. This year Chad was involved in helping our scouts at the flag burning ceremony. It always makes my eyes water watching them burn the Macey's flag thinking about all of the men and women that gave their lives protecting the flag. Then I think of my own Dad and his sacrifice he gave in Vietnam. I love being an American! The weather has bee H.O.T. I have loved it though. And so have the kids. I love that they are worn out every night when we go to bed. Little O is doing good. He has acid reflux, which makes for a fussy baby, but he is such a joy. I love him so much!

Mikey at the splash pad

ahhhhh cool water

Owen HATES water

at the flag burning

we are re-modeling a room in our house and we found a little box inside the wall that had this newspaper inside. It was dated July 22 1969. The day Apollo 11 landed back on earth.

that is the small box on the left

at the fair!

Gracie holding Mikey's hand because he got a little scared

mmmm Italian Ice

Our ward participated in the Childrens Parade again this year and our theme was Spanish Fork, The Place 2-B where dreams come true. All of our kids dressed up as what they wanted to be when they grew up. Grace was of course a dancer. Mike was a missionary and Owen was a doctor.

All of my Primary kids! I love them so much!

My boys.

The grand parade was on Monday this year. The kids loved it so much but we sure missed the Gardners.

SpiderMike muscles

Owens Blessing

When we found out that Chad's brother would be in town while we were up there for the reunion, we thought it would be the perfect time to bless little Owen. All of his family was there (Minus the Travis Staheli's ) and Owen would be just the right age. I talked it over with my family to make sure we wouldn't hurt any feelings. You know, the usual "it's our third baby, it's not even a required ordinance, it's soooo far from Kanab, no big deal" While all of those things were true, the day of the blessing came and watching the men in the circle hold my baby and knowing that none of them were my flesh and blood was harder than I thought. I really missed my family. At least I'll know on the next baby, I WANT EVERYONE THERE! The blessing was beautiful. Chad did an awesome job and I love him so much for staying worthy to receive inspiration for our kids. I only took one picture this day. It was one to remember :)

Reunion-4th of July

What a fun week! We had the Staheli Reunion this last week from wed-sun. It was SO fun! The kids loved every single minute of it. When we go visit Grandma and Grandpa usually there aren't many cousins but this time there were lots to play with! Chad's brother and his family were here from out of state so it was the perfect time to have a reunion. His other brother that is out of state couldn't make it this time and we missed them so much. Here is a re-cap of our week!

Austin, Tracee, Grandma, Grandpa, Bekah, and her new camera :)

Mikey lighting sparklers

Chad and O dog. (Side note: We made tie dye shirts for an activity, hence, the tie dye)

Fireworks!

Grandpa

Keith and Scott. Scott broke his arm jumping off the swings the day after they arrived. Poor kid!

Austin, Tracee, and Bek

Michelle

My Gracie

Davenport girls

Ohh Jakey. He is the most darling boy!

Russ and Traci

Davenports!

Grandma

Proof I was there. I'm feeding the boy. This is what I did the ENTIRE time. Seriously, every 40 min.

Hulk muscles

Grandpa and the firework loot

there is nothing like the view at grandma and grandpas.

Playing before fireworks

Grandma made Owen and AMAZING quilt. I'll post pics later, but this is her working on it.

Wiped out

I love this picture of Chad and his mom. She is so cute.

The boys made a slip n slide for the kids. It was so fun and the kids played for hours!

Chad giving Mike a push

Bubbles

Sword making

Silly string shooting

Scavenger hunt race. Each family was on a team and it was a race to see who could finish first. I was holding Owen so I just watched. I was laughing so hard watching everyone run around the property.

Games with G&G

Making tie dye shirts

Getting the sand ready for some volleyball

little Mike in big Mike's hat.

Sooo much good food. BBQ's at their finest.

The boys worked so hard on putting a patio together for Grandmas garden

Comic book reading

Owen got a little tired playing apples to apples

Crafts

Mike got a new backpack. It has a handle you can pull out and Mike wanted it out the whole time. So he walked around with it like this the whole time.

Playing Kinect with the PA Stahelis. We hated that they weren't there!

Lunch at the Zoo!

Oh Max. I couldn't get enough of this kid. He is the.happiest.baby.

This was just a quick re-cap. We had so much fun and made great memories. And it was 100% drama free. I don't know if that has ever happened at any family reunion in the world! We loved every minute of it. Thank you so much Mike and Linda for putting this together. We'll remember it forever!