Catching Up

I've fallen behind on posting all the things we've been doing this summer! I had big plans for lots of posts but that's probably not going to happen so here's the rundown version....

Clark's Grandpa Drishinski passed away on July 3rd. It was a loong drive to Montana with two kids. It's a 9 hour drive but we stopped every 3 hours to feed Nora. 

I'm not sure if I ever even met Clark's Grandpa. I'm sure I did, that summer that we lived there. But I can't remember? The funeral was so nice though. He was a good man. They talked about how gentle he was, and how he loved animals. He would save bumble bees from the bucket of water in his barn and put them out on the fence to dry. His bishop talked about when he got hurt and was worried about cutting his hay, Jim showed up and did it for him, without a word said. 

It was a quick trip, we didn't get to stay long. But Owen had a ball staying at "Grama Headers and Bampa Jim's" it was the first time he's been to Montana. It's sad it took us a funeral to get up there. It wasn't the best circumstances, but it was good getting to see everyone and letting Owen and Nora meet a lot of family we don't see very often. 

And that picture of Owen. Have you ever seen a kid look so grown up?! 

For family night we grabbed a pizza and headed up the canyon to hike the grotto. We got lots of compliments on our cute kids :) and besides locking the keys in the car and having to ask some strangers to call my dad when they got in to service to come save us... It was a successful trip. 

Nora turned 6 weeks old so I took the opportunity to put her in her cutest ever lace romper from her aunts and grandma and pretend I know how to take pictures. She's pretty cute. 

Owen completed his first session of swim lessons. If anything he learned to lay on his back in the tub so it's not torture every single time trying to rinse his shampoo out. My mom watched Nora so we were able to get some one on one time, which I needed just as much as Owen. We got snow cones ("ice cones") every single day and tried lots of new flavors. 

These pictures are so terrible, but we had fun watching fireworks with Hannah and Tyler on the 24th of July. 

Over the weekend of the 24th Hannah and Tyler invited us to go camping with them to Vernon reservoir while the rest of the family got to go to Lake Powell. We had a blast playing at the lake and going on four wheeling rides! The last picture is of a Owen chasing a squirrel. And yes, he is pantless and shoeless in the middle of the wilderness. Because we're awesome parents like that. 

And lastly, we got to go check out the new aquarium. The kids had a blast. Favorites were the sharks, anaconda, and otters.