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Saturday, July 6, 2019

June

Jonah's class was in the talent show at school. They sang a song with their buddies with the words changed to talk about graduation. Jonah did all the dancing and they were all adorable up there.
Perry wanted some water and decided this was the best way to go about it.
We went to help my friend Melody pack a few mornings and Perry loved their hallway swing.
Perry helped harvest some green beans from the garden. 
I told Perry he was being a stinker bug and he said, "no, me a stinker doggy!" He pretends to be a dog most of the time now.
His puppy face, which makes an appearance in most pictures. He also occasionally licks us.
We went to Mrs. Ramirez's baby shower at the end of the school year.
Jonah's advice to her was "give him a pasifire to help him stop crying."
We made a big diaper cake for a fun, but practical gift for a fourth boy.
Perry and I love making patterns with Scott's connect 4 game.
Scott made a Jabba the Hutt origami for his teacher and we put a gift card in it for her end of the year present. 
They're really into games again. This car puzzle game is technically one player, but they work together on it. Especially Perry, who just moves the cars where his brothers tell him.
Perry making a heart with his crayons. Putting his hand up to say hi is another current favorite for his pictures.
Scott's first grade family picnic was on a heat wave day. I told Scott I could bring anything for his lunch and he requested grapes. Apparently we really need to have grapes more often.
Perry trying out the baby's new bed.
We're ready for summer. Watermelon and swimming has begun.
John's sister, Sarah, sent us this beautiful blanket for the baby and Perry would not go to bed without it.
One of their favorite summer chores to do is water the garden.
On the last day of school, we went to help with the activities in Jonah's class and Perry jumped right into a group. He could have totally been in kindergarten this year... as long as they did crafts, playdoh, legos, bubbles, and chalk all day. And writing P's. He loves to write P's.
I bought peaches to make John a pie, but then Miranda made us this amazing summery berry cake. We ended up eating all the peaches anyway, so it worked out great.
Perry opening the blinds on his tip toes. I love how his short little shorts look on him and he loves how soft they are.
I tried to take a picture at 35 weeks, but a little puppy jumped in.
Perry keeping his eyes protected and looking cool. 
We stopped at the bigger Recycle bookstore on our way to swim lessons so Scott and Jonah could find a missing Star Wars book in their series. We usually use the library, but these ones they reread and use to make the origami in them. They each picked a chapter book and finished them the next day. Now I remember why we don't buy books every time, though.
Easiest way to get the boys to clean up the play room and keep them entertained is to blow up a few balloons.
Hours of fun.
Free new smoothie flavor day at Jamba Juice. A great afternoon refresher.
Walking in a row by age to Lauren's pool. They love swimming with friends.
My view these days.
The older two boys did a sports camp at the church down the block for three mornings and loved it, so we signed up for the Vacation Bible school the next week. They had fun and I scheduled appointments and grocery shopped and played with Perry, which was a good adjustment for him after having me to himself all school year. They did a performance the last night and Jonah proudly led his class into the room.
Perry hard at work on his summer school book.
After grocery shopping we had a pastry next door, which Perry ate like a hot dog.
I prepped so much food for Miranda's engagement party and John did a perfect job grilling all the chicken and meatball kebabs. 
We had a fun night and are looking forward to her wedding in a few months.

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Beach with Britta

Britta came into town for the day, so we met her and her family at the beach.
Poor Jonah's swimsuit is too stretched out to fit him anymore. The elastic just doesn't last through multiple years, but it wasn't noticeable at the pool so much as on the sand.
Charlotte is between Perry and Jonah in age and they both love playing with her.
Just the cutest little friends happy to be reunited.
John found some big clams in the ocean.
We were just sitting and catching up with Britta and Dan
when the clam opened up! I've never seen a live clam and it was so cool.
Scott using a spoon for his snacks rather than wash his sandy hands.
Perry just ate his food sandy.
Me beached at the beach. At least my beach hair was fitting in.
Four little friends. Next time we'll even out the numbers a little better. 
It was so great spending time with one of my best friends and seeing her so happy.
We drove home and I napped on the couch pretty much until the next day. Less than 3 weeks to go!

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

John's Birthday and Father's Day

The boys got out early on the last day of school, so we went to lunch with John to celebrate his birthday. The boys really get their money's worth at Sweet Tomatoes.
Scott had an old man dessert--jello and tapioca pudding.
For his gift and our date, we went to see Hamilton at the Orpheum. They released several more months of tickets, so the price was way lower and the wait was finally over. We loved it. It was worth my ligament pain from sitting too long and John's car being peed on (twice). John's been listening to the soundtrack ever since, which I've had for over 3 years already!
Perry helped me make John his favorite dessert--carrot cake.
Then he impatiently waited to eat it.
Another great year with this great guy. It's his 11th birthday we've celebrated together! Which means probably 11 carrot cakes.
On Father's Day, we got up early and went to the first dedication of the Oakland Temple. It was a beautiful meeting with lots of wonderful speakers and we enjoyed being able to go together and talk about everything on our quiet drive home.
The boys were anxiously awaiting our return so they could give John his presents they picked out. Crispix cereal, a little Star Wars lego, and ring pops.
We had a barbecue and lemon curd cheesecake for dessert. 
John shared his ring pops with the boys and we went on a long family walk.
John does so much for our family, and has been picking up a lot of my slack this pregnancy, so it was nice to have a week set aside to celebrate him a little extra.