Here comes Summer!!!

It's been an eventful and really fun few weeks, and due to a Facebook addiction, it is time for catch up. Since we have not taken many pictures, and really only had fun in normal. unplanned, uneventful ways, there's not a whole lot to tell. Josh practices his vocals a little louder than some of us can handle for long periods of time on a near daily basis. Thankfully we have transitioned from "You look like a monkey..." to "Put your shoulder to the wheel, let no one jerk." Yes, still working on it, but it is much less annoying than some other things he likes to sing. In fact, I really like that one. Austin now realizes that when a piece of paper "says", it isn't actually speaking, but contains information. That was a really fun conversation when so many of the words needed for explanation denote autonomy. Go ahead and try to explain it without personifying a sheet of paper, and see how far you can get when someone as literal as a 4 year old is listening. Joseph has found great joy in Club Penguin. So have I. No fighting (unless you consider throwing water balloons confrontational), and he can do it on his own. Jonathan is saving up (and has been for over a year) in the hopes of stashing his very own $100 bill. He is excited and may be knocking on neighbor doors with cookies for sale as well as participating in the block yard sale to accomplish his goal. Feel free to place orders for Jon's cookies any time :) That is all the advertising he is getting out of me.

We love summer around here and I want to organize a bi-weekly hike club to get these boys out in nature a few times a month. Let me know if you may be interested. We are thinking of getting together around 9 AM, hiking, eating lunch, and being home by 1 PM or sooner depending on the hike. We also want to organize a multi family camping trip for June and July (Fathers and Sons is May 29 and 30, and there is a Cub Scout camp in early August, also) We will talk around the ward and even announce in RS if allowed. Help in planning would be great as well as hike, camp site and bear avoidance input.

In reference to hiking, here are some delayed pics of our first family hike. We went to Dixie Rock with my little sis and her adorable kids. It was so much fun we are making it an Easter family tradition. In a year or two we want to rock rock climb and repel, too.

If you see us on the way to the park or running through sprinklers this summer, no invite required, please come and join us!!