Brit

This girl continues to bring so much joy to everyone around her. She is the perfect caboose in our family, but rather than being treated like the baby of the family where everything is done for her she is treated like she is twice her age and is expected to pretty much take care of herself lol. She is little miss independent and has been making her own lunches since kindergarten...our own little Matilda. I love when I catch her doing things way too grown up for her...like making a pb/honey sandwich. 

The other pics are outside Walmart. We were inside shopping when we heard the rain start and it was SO loud inside the store. Brielle and Britney wanted to go see the rain so we left our cart and ran outside. Britney immediately ran right in the rain and didn't care about getting wet. She definitely keeps us smiling!

 

Trek

Brayden and Brooklyn have been getting ready for trek for a few months with our ward. Brayden was excited to go, but Brooklyn hasn't been thrilled that we were making her go. It has been a crazy month and we've been extremely busy, so getting ready for trek was kind of a lower priority.  But we finally got around to it and got all the clothes and items they needed to go. They loved it! Even Brooklyn had a hard time admitting that she had fun and enjoyed it. 

And yes Brayden was a pirate pioneer lol. He was shooting hoops in our gym the day before trek and felt something in his eye. He tried everything to get it out and nothing worked. I even tried everything I could think of to flush it out and still couldn't get it out. Luckily Brielle's eye doctor was able to squeeze us in since Brayden was going on trek. Turns out he got a piece of metal that impaled in his eye. So rare and odd. We think when he was lowering the hoop a piece of metal shavings from the backboard got in his eye. It was pretty deep but luckily the eye dr was able to get it out and got us some antibiotics. He was actually thrilled to have to wear an eye patch for trek and owned it! I was a little nervous sending him on a windy, dusty experience but the trek doctor took care of him and made sure it didn't get infected.

 

Brielle’s Town Day

Brielle had her town day with grandma Ericson a few weeks ago where they went and painted ceramics. You have to leave it there so they can fire it so Kay picked it up when it was done and brought it over to give Brielle. She also had asked for a Stanley cup for her bday so Kay ordered one and brought it over as well. My kids are blessed with such wonderful grandparents that love them and try to spend time with each of them.

 

Birthday Pedicures

Tobi and I take each other to get pedicures for our birthdays every year. It took a bit for us to finally be able to go for my birthday but we made it happen! We tried out a new place and absolutely loved it!

Florida Send Off Party

The girls have been rehearsing all month getting ready for dance nationals in Florida. We had a fun send off party where all the girls going got put into different colored groups for activities and team bonding fun. It was so much fun and the girls are SO excited to go!

 

Brewer Family Night

We hosted our Brewer family Sunday this month, so we moved it to Monday night so we could have everyone over to swim. It was fun to relax, eat, and visit with everyone.

 

Bees Game

Our bishop works for the Larry H. Miller group so he is able to get tickets to the different sporting events. We took the young women to the Bees game and they loved it! We had our own suite with tons of food. For the most part the girls enjoyed watching the game and were thrilled when the Bee stopped by to say hi.

 

Basketball Camp

Brayden had another skills camp for boys. He loves teaching them and does such a good job! He would love to do this more as a way to earn money and help teach kids that are so eager to learn.

 

Bed Swing

I've spent a year looking and planning my bed swing. I want a place on our deck where I can sit and relax and enjoy the quiet moments when they come. I also wanted a place that I can sit and watch the kids in the pool so a bed swing seemed like the perfect thing to get. It was quite a bit cheaper to paint it ourselves rather than have it come painted, so of course the girls wanted to help. It was pretty easy to put together although it destroyed my back from bending over so much. We did 2 coats of the stain, then 2 coats of the varnish. Can't wait to get it hung up!

 

Beautiful Sunset

We love the location of our house and the view we get for sunsets and sunrises. It's always so peaceful when we stop and take the time to enjoy something so beautiful. I love how much all the girls love watching the sunset and whenever any of the girls sees a beautiful sunset they go around yelling for everyone to come out and look at it. 

 

Father’s Day

I'm usually really good about getting pics on Father's Day with Josh and both of our dads. Today, however, I only ended up with a pic with Josh. We had a great day visiting our dads, spending time with extended family, and being together as a family. We love Josh and all the sacrifices he makes for us.

 

Breakfast Break

These girls had a break in their rehearsal schedule so I brought them back to my house and they decided to make themselves breakfast. 

 

Lake Powell

We had the best time in Lake Powell! We went down with the Brauns and both rented little houses in Page. It was the best week and the kids had SO much fun! I'll be posting all the pics from the trip later but here is a pic when we stopped for lunch on the way home.

 

Brielle’s Birthday Party

We wanted to knock out both birthday parties this weekend. It was nice to already have everything set up from Britney's party yesterday so we just did a repeat on donuts and snow cones and called it good! Brielle had a lot of fun and loved being with all her friends.

 

Misty’s 50th Birthday Party

I helped get the food for a surprise party for our dance studio owner and friend's 50th birthday. I danced at her mom's studio when I was in high school, danced with her sister Camie, and was college roommates with Camie as well. Misty even choreographed one of my dance routines while I was at BYU. So it's fun to have my girls dancing at her studio. Misty had no idea we were throwing her a party and definitely didn't expect so many people to be there. It was fun to celebrate with everyone!