July

We celebrated the 4th of July the best way we know how, with the Olsen's at Shmovels house. We decided to skip the parade this year, at this point, Dottie was a bit of a sad baby and I knew she would scream the entire time in the heat with all that noise, so we spent the morning together, filling up water balloons and getting ready for the party. Once we got the the Taylors we had lunch, a waterfight, made snowies and let the kids run wild! lucy loves playing with her cousins so much, and I am so happy she has so many close to her age! 

After partying there, we headed to the Hendry's house with the whole Olsen crew. The Hendry's are Zann's sister and husband. They have a huge, beautiful house up in fruit heights with a great pool and sports court. We went swimming and played pickleball. It was so much fun and it was so nice of them to let us use their house while they were out of town! :) 

Every year, Matt's grandma has a party at boondocks for all the grandkids. We get to go and have dinner and spend the night playing all together. Lucy loved it and I totally dominated at Lazer Tag! :) 

We had a little pool party and birthday celebration with my whole family on Belle's birthday! It was so fun to all hang out together swimming and playing a chuck-e-cheese. Lucy took swim lessons the first half of July and improved so much! She isn't scared to jump into the water anymore and likes practicing her kicks and blowing bubbles. 

We also took advantage of Jeff and Aimee having a pool at their apartments and went swimming another time! It was fun to hang out with Jeff and swim all day long! 

 Dottie's hair continues to grow out of control and she can have some awesome hair do's! :) 

She is growing like a weed. 

 SOOO many of our summer days were spent at the park. The new park in Syracuse is one of our favorites! Especially when our friend Henry joins us! :)