JULY- busy busy busy

We've worn Jack out with all the fun we had in July!

Thank goodness for good friends. I thought Jack and I would be celebrating the 4th by ourselves because Parker was out of town. But our friends, the Mollenhauers, took pity on us and invited us to a park and have yummy festive cake! Then, we headed over to the Lyman's for fireworks. Jack was not a fan, but we had a great time! Thank you friends.

He's getting big. Almost one. Oh man.

Jack has recently decided that he is just too busy for a diaper change. I'm usually sweating by the time we're done wrestling.

Crystal, Nola (isn't she a cutie?), Jack and I went to the Blue Lake splash park. Nola seemed indifferent and Jack had to cry at first and then love it by the end. We went again a few days later with Emali and her crew. Jack liked it much better the second time around.


This is the only shot I got from our last (although it wasn't really the last) get together with all of our friends who we started the chiropractic program with. We had a BBQ at a park and it turned out to be really fun. As our time winds down here, I'm filled with all sorts of regrets... I wish I would have spent more time with friends.

Parker and I celebrated our 8th anniversary on the 16th. Man... are we that old? Our friend, Kristine, watched Jackie while we went to dinner and a movie. We haven't done that in almost a year! (Before Jack, that was our favorite thing to do.) That was the longest we'd left Jack, and though we had fun on our date, we were both itching to get back to our little man.

ok guys. Check out my peacock feathers. Can you believe it's been a year and I'm still dealing with this crazy hair? I had no idea that, just below my ever changing body, this would be my least favorite thing to deal with... ok maybe there are a few others, but this drives me bAnAnAs!!

Family Anniversary photo. Jack was super excited.

We took a road trip to Boise that we swore we would not do again with Jack until we had to move. We wanted to get a few things settled before we move in two months. Of course, nothing is settled, but we did have a pretty fun trip. This picture is of Lisa (Parker's sister), Jack and Travis (Lisa's husband), oh and Isaac too!

I don't remember where we stopped to feed Jack, but the wind was blowing 612 MPH. It was pretty funny and Jack loved it. We were going to feed him at a picnic table, but it was too windy so we had to feed him in the car. Bread, bananas and peas EVERYWHERE. (Before I had Jack, that kind of stuff would have driven me crazy. I'm pleasantly surprised that it doesn't. Oddly enough, it drives Parker, the most laid back person I know, crazy.)

The ride home was tons more endurable (not a word, but I'm using it anyway). We borrowed a DVD player. Thank. Heaven.

Turns out Jack would much rather sit in the front and not strapped down facing the back of the car... weird.
Our next adventure was a fun road trip to southern OR (Grant's Pass) with our friends, Maren and Jared and their kids. We borrowed her sister's van so we could spend the 4 hour (8 hour (I mean 10) round trip) trip together. It was so much fun.

We boated and wake boarded. We must have had awesome instructors because both Parker and I were able to get up. So fun. We're doing that again.

We kayaked down the river- same river that "A River Wild" was filmed on. It was great. We ate our heads off, talked a ton and even got to see the BYUI dancers.

Thank you, Brinkerhoffs!

Sooooo that was our July. Our August calendar seems to be filling up as well, so I'll let you know all of the fun and not-so-fun things we do!