Our July

I've found that when I have a blogging lull, it's not because nothing is going on, it's because everything is going on! Then, I don't even know where to begin to blog about it all. This weekend we had a great visit from my Dad and Debbie and also Dave's niece Becca has been here too. It's fun having an excuse (like we need one) to go out and be busy.

Becca has been a huge help with the kids!

Aubrie asked me why it's called 'Stillwater' because the water looked like it was moving.



Papa took the girls fishing for their first time, and they caught about 10 fish a piece! Even Dave caught one! Go Dave. This was one of my favorite memories of the month.

Minnehaha Falls is gorgeous!

We all enjoyed rides at Mall of America, until my cell phone fell out of my pocket on the roller coaster that loops upside down! I filed a report, the maintenence worker went looking. He found it, without a battery and pieces hanging out. Needless to say I'm in need of a new phone. The part that was a bit tricky was that David and the girls were not in the same store when we went to find them. He had kept my purse for me, so I didn't have any money. His phone is long distance, so my call wouldn't go through in the mall office phone to reach him. Remember this is the biggest mall in America, so finding him wasn't really feasible. Finally, I got the idea to ask someone if I could use their cell phone and fortunately he answered and we met up. That was quite the adventure!

Aubrie has turned into an impressive soccer player! Go Aubrie!

Our family visited Nauvoo, Ill, for the first time. What a treasure of a town! Isn't the temple beautiful?

We ventured with two other families and our kids loved it.

Notice the hole in the door from Carthage Jail.




With all the family-oriented activities, our kids still chose the hotel pool as their favorite. Oh well, what do you do!?



What a delight to be able to catch up with some old Tokyo friends in Nauvoo! Who would have thought?! We spent a great evening with the Stouts and Gloria Rodenberg catching up.


Here's our cutie enjoying our neighborhood parade during the Fourth celebrations.

I apologize for the LONG post, but truly this is a brief summary of our past few weeks!