Summer update PART 2...JULY

So, here we are again to attempt the update. We have moved on to July where we left off. The 4th of July weekend came and we left for some relaxing at my parents cabin. Kevin was excited to go fishing and it didn't produce much. Although my dad did catch two the night before we left. They ate them for breakfast, but I am not a fish person. It was nice to be in the mountains, and do pretty much nothing. We headed back to my parent's home on the 3rd to celebrate the 4th of July in Melba. I absolutely love it! We watched the parade and it was tons of fun, because I sat by my best friend from growing up, Shirlaine, and her family. It was fun to visit with her and watch the great parade. My sister and her whole family were in it somewhere, so we had fun yelling at them and seeing if my nephew, Troy, could chuck candy all the way to us. After the parade, my mom wanted us to take family pictures. My cousin, Darci took all the pictures and she did a great job.

After pictures, we had a BBQ at my aunt's house and then relaxed for a while. We headed over to the booths and festivities in the heat. Then we retreated back to my mom's to refuel and cool down. We headed back down to the school for fireworks, which Breanna has a love-hate relationship with. Her head was burried in Kevin's chest all night, but all the way home she kept saying, "I love fireworks! BOOM!" Brigham loved them. The noise didn't even phase him and he just watched the colors in the sky. It was awesome.

After the weekend of the 4th we actually had a break for a week. But, technically it wasn't too much of a break, because Vance was in tumbling 2 times a week and Breanna was taking a dance class once a week. They each enjoyed these activities. I didn't get to take any pictures of Vance tumbling, because every time we went to his class, Brea wanted to go out onto the mats and trampoline as well. So, every Tues. and Thurs. for 3 weeks, Breanna and Brigham and I walked across the street to the school playground. It's a good thing Vance could handle tumbling on his own. He absolutely loved it. Brea's dance class was hilarious. She loves to "shake her bootie" at home all the time, but this class was at 9 a.m. and Brea is NOT a morning person. I had to drag her out of bed every week and she basically just stood there, or laid on the floor for a lot of her lessons. The final week and "recital" she did o.k. She did about half the dance, then waved at me and Vance and Briggs. Let's just say, she's not ready to be a Laker girl yet. (I guess I should say Jazz Dancer since we live in Utah...ha ha.) But here are some cute pictures of her.

The 3rd weekend of July we got together with Kevin's family up in Cache Valley and Preston. We played in Logan Canyon at one of the dams and tried fishing, ate some grub, played games and enjoyed being together. We ended our fun in Logan with some Aggie Ice Cream (Go Aggies!) then headed back to Preston for more fun. It's always fun to get together with the Nelson's. I did more pictures with the video camera than I did the digital, so I don't have any to post.

The last weekend of July is always booked with the Harker reunion. This year it was just outside of Pocatello. It was super fun to see some cousins I haven't seen in a long time. Including one of my best friends, Courtney, and her little girl, Brooke, who was born exactly a month before Brigham. They were pretty comparable in size, but she definately has more hair than he does. She is a cutie! We had our regular fun, dancing, singing, playing games, getting in water fights, eating good and visiting with more people than you'd believe we are related to.

So, another fun yet, busy, month ended. Again, I must pause before updating on August. It officially ended today, so I need to recap in my mind before I can post it on here.