Flashback...summertime!

A few more things we did over the summer...

In June, Emma and I went to the rodeo with Ashley, Nikki and Trevor. We LOVE the Strawberry Days rodeo!

Miss Emma

Me and Ash.

Emma and Trevor had a good time. She just giggled and giggled.
Emma and Ashley.

Nikki and Steve

Emma sat next to Nikki for a while and held on to her arm tight. I think she was afraid she was going to fall.

I also took the kids and went to the Corinne pageant to see Grandma and Grandpa Mills perform. We hung out with my friend Chrissy and had a good time. The kids thought it was fun to see Grandma and Grandpa up on stage. Levi was a little afraid when they came to see us after the show...he wasn't sure who Grandma was.




Emma took swimming lessons again this year with Hailey and Caden. She was much braver this year and did a great job even when it was freezing in the morning.

Aunt Trisha brought toys so the little kids could play in the water too.

Brayden the little dare devil!

Abby is such a good little mommy. She made sure Levi had enough snacks...as if he wasn't on top of that already...and would scream "LEVI" if he even thought about going near the pool.

Hailey and Caden trying to get warm after lessons.


We had a great 4th at my parents house this year. It is so fun to watch all the little cousins play together. We kept it low key this year and just did fireworks at the house. Levi HATED the sound and just cried. Ivan flew to Utah for the fourth and to drive us home, he was a good sport and stayed inside with Levi. Little Skylar was so cute in her tutu I made her. :) Family is good and we are all so grateful for the freedoms we enjoy!

I did Emma's hair so that it looked like a star. It turned out pretty cute!

My mom has lots of little tutu's in her dress-up collection. She has a big red tutu and a little one. Levi loves to wear tutus and twirl! It was so funny to watch him put on the little red tutu and twirl around and around. Daddy and Grandpa didn't think it was too funny.

The best thing that happened was a neighbor's dog came by and played with us. Brayden was in heaven!

Cute baby Skylar in her fourth of july outfit.

Grandma and Grandpa Workman came to watch fireworks with us too. My mom had surgery on her shoulder when we first came to visit. I am amazed at how tough she is. She really didn't need anybody's help.





When we got back to North Dakota we finally got our garden planted. We just did tomatoes and peppers as well as a couple cucumber and cantaloupe plants. It was so fun to work in the garden with Ivan and the kids. Levi loved the dirt and thought it was pretty tasty too! Since we planted so late we ended up pulling the plants up and bringing them in the house to ripen up when the frost came. We enjoyed fresh tomatoes for a few weeks and then ended up bottling tomatoes on the day we moved to Washington. I was pretty determined to enjoy the fruits of our labor!
We also had a ton of raspberries on our plants and had fun picking them and making yummy treats. Our house in Washington has raspberry plants too and they produce HUGE berries! We are excited to pick them this year....hopefully before the moose get them!








We also enjoyed playing at the park and watching the sun set over the prairie.