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Other fun family
activities in July we did were Rancho San Rafael Park for
Pony Rides, Log flume, petting zoo, and Life-size Dinosaur fun. RENO ACES game for
Ryan's firm's summer get together. They rented out a
patio and provided a yummy dinner. The kids LOVED it! Pioneer Day
Celebration breakfast. Our stake put on a marvelous
pancake breakfast near a park complete with pioneer games. It was
great! Ashby playing a water pioneer game.
Stefani
is keeping busy
with the kids. My sister Kristi and I are very excited to announce that we have started a Custom Digital Photo Card Business. We have some great custom cards for all occasions, Holidays, or invitations. customphotocards.blogspot.com Summer time and Birthday Parties are here....let us design a custom birthday party invitation for your child!
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Daddy and Dalton fishing at the Cabin in Colorado The view of the cabin from the canoe on the water! Ryan is fishing off the rock. |
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Race Cars at Estes Park!!
Ryan & Ashby on the big slide!
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Cousins Aubrey, Dalton & Ashby hanging out waiting for some pizza for lunch.
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What
a fun summer we have had already. July was
a fun and crazy busy month for us (sorry for the length and
pics...I had a hard time fitting it all in!!). We
decided on a whim to take family pictures again before
Ashby started
school. My favorite photographers my sisters Kristi and Shelli
were out of town so we asked my brother Michael to take the
pics. We were very pleased with his photography skills!!
Thanks
again Michael!! We had a great 4th of July this year. We
went to our Ward's 4th of July breakfast in
the morning. The food was super yummy
and the kids loved hanging out with all their friends from
church. Then we went to our pool as a family and
did some swimming. The
pool was empty and we had the place to ourselves. It was awesome!!
Then we had Rich and Cheri
over for dinner. Ryan wanted to try and grill homemade
pizzas on
the barbeque. You can buy great pizza dough (it is
cheap too...only 
$1.29/pack)
from Trader Joe's. The pizzas turned out super yummy. It was
a definite hit! Then we headed to the movie "UP" after
dinner with the kids and Grandma and Grandpa. Everyone liked
the movie
and had a good time. We hurried back to my parents
house to watch the fireworks. They have a fantastic
view of the whole city. The kids had a blast playing with poppers
and small fireworks
in the backyard. Ashby
started Kindergarte
n the
beginning of July. Actually her 1st day of school
was on Ryan's birthday! Right in the middle of Summer!
We have year-round school here. She
was super excited
to start though and has LOVED going to school every day.
Dalton and Mommy miss Ashby while she is gone but luckily
it is only
1/2 day Kindergarten, so we get to have her home for most
of the day. Next was Dalton's 3rd birthday and Ryan's
30th birthday. Dalton had a Spiderman party at our
house. He
was thrilled to see all his family there. He was so happy
the
whole party and loved
all his presents.
I didn't get any pics
of Ryan's bday. We were able to make it out to dinner without
the kids and then do some shopping. We had a great time. 
The
end of July we decided to make a trip to Colorado to
visit my sister and
her family for 1 week. My sister's youngest son Ty was
getting baptized. We
decided to fly there and make it our family vacation. We had
such a BLAST!! Shelli and Dan were amazing hosts. We were able
to visit Dan's parents cabin near Estes Park for a night. It
was awesome!! 
The
kids were able to fish
on a lake right outside the cabin, ride in a canoe and explore
the outdoors. They loved it! The
scenery and the placement of the cabin are unbelievable!! The cabin
is situated right on the lake. You walk out the back deck
and down the steps and you are on the lake. It is surrounded by
beautiful pine trees. We drove up to Estes Park for the
day and did some shopping, race cars, and the big slide. Everyone 
had
so much fun. The cousins had a great time playing together while
we
were there. Dalton was especially attached to Aubrey.
He followed her everywhere and obeyed her every command. It was
great!! We
took them shopping,
out
to restaraunts,
swimming at the coolest indoor community pool (it had
a lazy river, water
slides,
water
play squirters, etc), and had fun playing games at Shelli's house.
Ty's baptism was very neat. He was very ready,
excited, and happy. It was very special to be a part of it. We
were so glad
we went!
Ryan
had his first day on the job as a Judge this
month. He came home very excited and said everything went
great. He said he already
loves how rewarding it is.
Ryan had been very busy lately putting in some good hours.
We were glad
to have him home
when he was not working! Ryan has also been playing
basketball Saturday mornings
at the church with some other guys. It
has been fun for him. He also started a business with
some friends in town putting on local concerts. The opening concert
will be August 8th.
I
am saving
the money I earn for vacations
this summer. We are planning
to go to Disneyland again
and a few other short trips.
I have gotten
some more website jobs to design,
so I am excited about that. I am still running
every day
on the treadmill and loving it. 
Ashby is 5
years old now! She has already had about a month of
Kindergarten under her belt. She loves it and every day she
comes home excited and happy about school. She is enjoying
doing real homework from school now. She usually insists we
do it right when she gets home. She is funny that way. We
signed Ashby up to play
AYSO soccer in the Fall. She is really excited to
start playing. Ashby
still loves to read. She enjoys reading chapter
books from the library. We discovered
a new favorite series that she LOVES called "The Secrets
of Droon" & the "Bailey School Kids". She
She loves doing "homework" and
will do pages from workbooks all by herself without being told
to do so during quiet
time each day. What a kid! She has really enjoyed swimming at
our pool a couple of times a week. She is getting to be a good
little swimmer. She continues to be a big helper for
me around the house. She loves helping clean and fold laundry
(I'm enjoying
it while it lasts!!). :)
Dalton
just turned 3 years old. So
far 3's are marvelous! Dalton seems to be getting
more mature and more willing to compromise. So that is good. He
is truly a sweet
little boy. We enjoy having in our family so much. He had a
great birthday & party. He loved all his presents and seeing
everyone he loves at his party. On our trip to Colorado he became
quickly attached to his cousin Aubrey. She was his 2nd mother.
It was true love! He followed her everywhere and would
do whatever she told him to. It was great!! He
loves talking on the phone to anyone who will listen. He loves
to sing and knows
a lot of songs by heart including, "We thank
thee oh God for a Prophet, I love to See the Temple, and
My Eternal Family (the new song the kids in Primary are
learning). He loves to read books, especially
those with scary characters in them. Some of his favorites
include Star Wars Jabba the Hutt book, and Transformers
robot book. He still loves special outings with Papa Bellows
or his Daddy. He
loves playing with Ashby and all her friends. He tries to keep
up with them and
play anything they are playing with. He continues to be an active,
fun-loving little guy. We sure love him.
