I am so proud of myself...I just have to brag a little bit...and I know that some of you will have a hard time believing, but it is true...I spent about 4 hours today working...I started out in the yard, watering the plants, then I picked some produce and then...heaven forbid, I weeded for about an hour...that is definitely unbelievable I know...but true. Then I came inside and did house work for another couple of hours...started laundry, cleaned the bathroom, vaccummed the entire basement, stripped the bed and remade with the clean sheets, folded laundry and actually put everything away and even dusted everything in sight...I know what came over me?? I swear it is true and did happen...I don't know how or why, but I do know that I feel an incredibly amazing sense of accomplishment...does that mean that maybe I need to do more work around the house? maybe someday...but I am not going to promise anything!!! it is highly overrated! Maybe in another couple of weeks...or months?

I was going to put this in the last post but it didn't quite work out. This is another picture from the family reunion in June. This is Daniel. I was so proud of myself for getting this shot. Daniel does not like to be photographed and won't even look at you if he even suspects that you might have a camera in hand. So when he actually looked up and he had a great expression on his face I definitely had to take the picture. What a handsome boy!

Here are a couple of random pictures from our family reunion in June in Riverdale. they had a bouncy thing for the kids...this one is kinda blurry...but oh well, she was jumping!!! This is Kimberley.

This is Isaac, he loves to pose for the camera. I don't know if I have a picture of the kid acting normal!! but he is so much fun, so it is ok I guess!

Caleb, Steven and Christopher on one of the swing things. having a great time of course!

Garrett is another ham, and lady killer!! he has the cutest smile, and he winks at the girls.

These are a couple of pictures from Bear Lake when I was there in June when Camie ran the marathon. The first 4 pictures are from the lookout at the top of Logan canyon. We stayed at Isaac's family cabin and it is across the road from the lake. So the last few times I have been to Bear Lake, I haven't even actually been to the lake. We just hang out at the cabin!!

and this picture is taken from the deck of Isaac's cabin. awesome view!!

These are pictures of the campground by my grandparents house that we used to camp out at when I was younger. It was just about a block or so away from their house so if we got scared during the night or something we could always run down to their house. This is the bathroom, one of the last additions!!

a pictured down the road towards the grandparents house.

The grandparents house is just down past the big tree in the middle of the picture.

a picture down the road the other way.

the firepit, no campground would be complete without the firepit!!

the swing...many hours of fun were spent playing on the swing!!

I think this might be part of the old house, one of our ancestors actually lived on this property many years ago.

and a better close up picture of the fireplace.

the waterpump.

This sweet little thing is Ella. She is Jaxon's little sister. She is about 18 months old. She is so photegenic so I definitely have a lot of pictures of her!! A couple of the pictures were taken at Bear Lake the morning of the marathon and the other couple of pictures were taken up in Eden at the soccer tournament.

These are pictures from the block party last week. It was fun!!! We hosted the event at our house this year. they weren't going to do it and so I volunteered to host it. It ended up being quite fun. I am glad that the play didn't end up the same night like it has for the past couple of years!