July Activity Picture Post

Remember how I mentioned a week or so ago that I couldn't really remember a whole lot of specifics about July? Well, it's still true. The following is a post of pictures of some of the things we did while my mom and brother were in town. I don't have pictures (maybe a video or three somewhere- I'll need to find it) yet of the time we spent with Craig's family but I imagine those will be worth their own post. All of the cousins together- it was ... loud.

Some things we did that aren't pictured: 

• Went on lots of walks
• Had a deeeelicious night of really good sushi
• Sewed
• Finished organizing the nursery
• Bought and built a bench that is now by the front door
• Went to the play ground several times
• Baked chocolate chip cookies

July is a great time for light summer dresses

My sister, Erin, had her little studio set up
to get baby pictures of Olivia. While we
were taking a break to feed the babies, Sophie and
David decided they would pose for us instead! 

Sophie shared a delicious lunch of frozen yogurt with
uncle Andrew

Andrew de-furred our cats with an awesome new
comb so much that it looked like we had a full grown
cat sleeping on the porch where the pile of fur was.
This is NOT all of the fur... 

Sophie picked out some sparkly headbands
on a grocery trip with grandma and mommy.
They're better if you wear ALL of them at once.

Sophie is a true water baby. She loves playing in the pool
with daddy.

Uncle Andrew and his kitty, Skippy John Jones,
makes car rides lots of fun, especially when
you're extra tired. 

Blowing bubbles is the best!

Water balloons are pretty sweet, too!

Craig got Andrew a giant sugar cookie
when we had dinner with Grandpa Merrill

Introduced Andrew & mom to Thai food.
You could say Sophie is mildly obsessed with
the chicken dumplings. She can eat almost
2 full orders by herself. 

Built and played in forts at Erins house

Played peek-a-boo with our baby sister

Saw bears at the zoo with Uncle Andrew

Saw giraffes on our very first zoo trip

Went to a RS activity in Erin's ward to
hear an LDS artist speak about Nauvoo & such.
She had a beautiful home and we loved her garden.

We went to Ikea. I still love the glass and lighting in
those white cabinets. 

Visited great grandpa Peterson

And snuggled with great grandma Peterson

And Uncle Andrew, too! 

We went to Poppyseed Projects and saw some fun things
and got ideas for holiday decor and Christmas
present projects

Went to City Creek. Andrew found a cool tin
at the Deseret Book that had a spot for tithing,
fun money and mission money. I forgot to tell
him I was taking the picture- he was looking at
an iPad they had set up. Oops! 

Went to 7 Peaks with the cousins & grandma
a couple times. Grandma even went down water
slides!! And played in the wave pool and the lazy
river. It was awesome! Notice the matching outfits?

My SFHS girls got their brand new uniforms and flags.
Don't they look great? (The answer is YES!) :) 

Snuggled with grandma lots and lots in
many cute matching outfits.

In our next post, I'll share pictures and such from Olivia's blessing day.