Okay, so I know it has been awhile since I've last posted, but I'll try to make up for it in this post (hopefully without boring you too much!). This past month has been crazy--but then again, aren't most summer months? Brooke was able to go visit her Grandpa & Grandma Tolman for a couple of weeks during the first half of June. Emily and I went to pick her up and stayed for a few days. The last few pictures (sorry the order isn't correct--it is backwards) are of the first trip we took to Idaho. We went to the zoo, a water park, and went on a carousel ride. We came home for a week, and then turned around and went back to Idaho (with Mike this time) for another week and a half! We had a lot of fun during our stay--Jill, Katie, Theresa, my mom, and myself decided we needed a girls' night out, so we went to dinner and then to a movie--kidless! Brooke celebrated her birthday (July 3) while we were there--we went to the water park (again) and then had a family party at my parent's house, with sparklers to finish off the night! Mike and I were able to go to the temple a couple of times while in Idaho, too. The Rexburg Temple is beautiful! I also had my 10 year class reunion I dragged poor Mike to (and he was an excellent sport about it, too!) It was nice to see a lot of classmates and get reacquainted with them--seeing their kids and finding out what they're up to these days. By the end of our visit, we were ready to go home! We had a great time, but we were all anxious to be back home. Here are some pictures of our trip(s), like I mentioned earlier they are in backwards order (sorry about that, but you get to see the same thing either way). :0)
Grandpa Tolman found a baby rabbit in his garden. Mike was able to catch it so the kids could pet it. Of course, Brooke (our little animal lover) wanted to take it home to be our new pet!
Emily and Adam (Josh and Jill's two-year-old) are having fun hanging out at the end of one of the slides at the water park.
Brooke blowing out her candles. Every time I asked Brooke what she wanted her birthday cake to be, she picked a different animal, so I decided to make a barn cake and I made cupcakes to go along with it that had different farm animals on them. The cousins loved it! Thanks Aunt Katie for your help with the barn cake.
Emily enjoying her cupcake.
lots of food=lots of fun
Thanks to Uncle Jason, we were able to end the birthday party with some fun sparklers.
Girls' night out--we used Jill's birthday as our excuse to go out, but next time I think we'll just go, without any excuse at all!
7 comments:
Hey - glad to see you're finally getting caught up. It was fun to see you and hand out with you this last week. We should do it again sometime. :)
So much fun! Going home is so wonderful, seeing family and built in babysitters! How was the class reunion? I really wanted to go but it was not meant to be!
You have a very cute family. It is fun to see where eveyone is at now. Crazy that we do not see each other everyday anymore at school. It was good to see you at the reunion. Amanda Edwards Meikle
I think your little Emily is starting to look more like Brooke. :)
And who needs an excuse for a girls night? Surely not I! :)
How was the reunion? Did you have lots of fun? Was Erin there?
Looks like you had a blast. Wish I could have met you up there for a few days! :) Maybe some day, ey?
Oh, and before I forget, you hair is super cute! :)
Hey! I didn't know you had a blog, but I love it! Your family is so beautiful. I look forward to reading more. :-)
It was good to see you guys! Hopefully we will be able to make it up there sometime this summer. One more week for Marc's busy schooling and then a break!!
Looks like you guys had some fun!! Next time you come home to visit your parents you should let me know and I would love to catch up!!
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