Bear Lake

We took the girls to Bear Lake for our first Garlick reunion. They LOVED it!!! So fun! We especially enjoyed the fresh Raspberry shakes at LaBeaus  :)

Happy to me!

I was excited to celebrate my birthday among friends with the best friends in Utah Valley - at Banana Leaf! As Tessa always sings, "Happy to you!," I had a pretty wonderful Happy to me!

7 Peaks

I went to 7 Peaks for the first time ever today. After living in Provo for... 15  years? OMG, has it really been THAT long?!? Moving on... (looking forward to Vegas), we had a blast there today with the girls and Auntie Caroline, as Thad was taking the Bar. I only got this one pic of Siena and me. I loved that we were both wearing animal print swimsuits (aka soup soups- see "isms" post).

isms

Tessa-isms
mom: Tessa, it's time to go to bed!
Tessa: No, I fine!

Tessa: I ike my soup soup! (I like my swimsuit)

After discovering Tessa eating her favorite thing: toothpaste
Mom: Tessa! No eat Toothpaste!
Tessa: NO!!! Eat Toothpaste!!!

Siena-ism
Siena: I'm so full now!
mom: (after snacking on fruit) Siena, will you still be hungry for dinner?
Siena: I will eat dinner when I get hungry again in a couple of whiles.

Tree Climbers

At the park, I looked over, and Siena had climbed this tree all by herself! When she saw that Jairus wanted to come up too, she got down and coached him up.

Siena in the tree

Jairus: I want up too!

Finally made it

Cute Cousins

Hangin on

Siena's new favorite park activity. She's figured out how to get up and turn all the way around on her own now. She's the one on the left. On the right, a random park girl who also liked to hang upside- down, and in the middle, a smaller girl (not Tessa) a little jealous of the bigger girls' abilities, lol

The House Hunt

We're in Vegas right now, looking for a place to call home. A picture of the girls after a day of house hunting.

Festival Dancing

The kids love the Green Show. They especially love dancing to the music of the Green Show. I have some fab videos that I'm having a hard time uploading from my phone, but hopefully the pics will give you a good idea of how much fun they had!

Horsing Around

The girls' new favorite game :)

Happy 4th!

We love celebrating the summer holidays in Cedar City. The girls got to wear their patriotic dresses that Auntie Caroline bought them :)
The bigger parade and festival with it's stressed crowds, too many political and beauty queen floats of Provo just don't stack up to this small town parade feeling atmosphere. Anybody can enter the parade, so you see all sorts of local grass-roots groups parading down the street, and the feeling of community. Nearly every float had candy,  frisbees, t-shirts to share, or water guns to cool us down. The Ladybug Nursery even passed out potted flowering plants and tomato plants. Watching the veterans go by brought tears of gratitude to my eyes for their years of unwavering service for my freedom. Afterwards, we had a rocking party hosted by my sister.
Thad came down to celebrate the day, and we finished out with watching Les Mis as the Shakespeare Festival- best production ever!! A perfect ending to a perfect day!

Delicious key lime tarts Melissa made into the flag

Melissa's Should-Be-Famous Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Tessa loving life on the new swingset

Triplets

After I dressed the girls for church this morning, Melissa mentioned that Abigail had the same dress, and it was the one she was planning to dress her in today as well.

Not a very clear picture, but this was the only one of all the girls together. They are wiggly!

Water Fun

My sister got a new splash pool. I think Siena's expression says it all!

Mr. Kitty's bath

Mr. Kitty is 20 years old. My mom adopted him last year, when he was just a young thing of 19... As comes with the territory of geriatric felines, (so I'm told) he has loose bowels, as the hood of my car, the entire garage, and yard outside can testify. He refuses to use a litter box. And he always has fresh poop on his tail. So he stinks. Don't get me wrong, he's not completely useless. He's really quite amazing with the girls. Tessa picks him up all the time- much to my chagrin, as he leaves poop marks all over her clothing when she does this, but he never complains. She pulls on his tail. picks him up by the ears, and I never hear so much as a meow. Well we were sitting outside when Mr. Kitty came to join us, and his odor was mentioned. I must have said, "Mr. Kitty needs a bath" with absolutely no intention of following through with the suggested action. Siena was quick to call me on it. "Mom, you give Mr. Kitty a bath!" I said, "No way!" When she pointed out that the sprinklers were already on, and that he really needed it, I thought, "Well, what better time?" I ran in to grab some soap, grabbed the cat, lathered him up and rinsed him off in the sprinklers. It was maybe the only time I have heard Mr. Kitty protest, or meow at all in a year. He probably hasn't had a bath for a decade or 2, so I consider my civil service complete for another decade or so ;)

Delta Family Reuion

We got together with the extended family this week to celebrate my grandparents 100 birthdays. We had an awesome time visiting, checking out family historical sites and playing hard. I think the girls liked the campfire dinner the best.

The rest of the fam at the restaurant

standing in fron of my late grandparents house. Remembering painting that fence hen I was about 6 years old

great times with grandpa

Abigail and the boa

The group in front of Stone Face

Siena roasting her own hot dogs and so proud of herself!

She did it!

one of my favorite shots

Dirty face & hands

PLEASE, can I have another marshmallow?

Dirty cousins

Open wide, like this!!

Oh man! I think I got something in my eye!

telling stories 'round the campfire

visiting grandparents grave sites with their 100th year birthday cake

party time

the cake

love the cupcake shirt with cake remains all over her face!

Iron County Museum

We had a great time at the Iron County Museum in Cedar City. There were lots of fun things to see and do, but the kids favorite activity was panning for gold. (No pic, of course)

The kids loving the covered wagon

Jairus and Bracken sawing logs

Siena sawing a log with Audrey

The Horse Whisperers

This horse just lives down the street from us so sometime we will pack some carrots and treats and take a little walk to visit him. The girls love these walks and the horse always walks right up to them!