Summer Lovin'

Summer is great, crazy, but great! We have done so much, roofing, skydiving, gardening, fencing, etc. Here are a few of our finished roof. We think it looks pretty good. And it doesn't leak. That's a plus. Thank you to everyone who came to help. You are amazing. We could not have done it without you. Seriously. We know that we live far from family, but it meant so much that we had people (both family and friends) who were willing to take time out of their schedule (some even driving 6 hours) to help us. This is a virtual sloppy kiss on the check for helping.

Ryan's birthday was good (see previous post about skydiving). I tried to make him a cake. It ended up being a blob. I cried. He laughed. I learned that making pretty cakes must not be my thing. Good thing I'll have years of practice under my belt by the time we have kids.

The 4th was fun, my little brother Anthony came to visit us for a few days. It was nice to be able to spend time with him and just hang out before he goes back to school in the fall. He is the coolest of the cool. Yup.

We went with some friends from our ward (who are very awesome too) to the parade up here. Logan and Shalee were also kind enough to let us tag along with them to the fireworks show here in Idaho Falls. Now, of course we have heard about the fireworks show here. How it is the biggest west of the Mississippi. How there are thousands of people. How the show is amazing. No words can do it justice. It was AMAZING! If you ever get the chance to see it, please do. You will never look at fireworks the same way again. So, here are just a few pictures from the day.

Thank you Logan and Shalee for an awesome day! We had such a fun time!

While Anthony was here we went for a short hike/drive up by the windmills east of Idaho Falls. It is amazing what they are doing now to harness the power of the earth. Crazy cool.

(This would actually be a great picture if his eyes were open . . .sorry Anthony)

We have also spent the past week building a fence. Last fall we had a giant windstorm in the area that knocked over dozens of trees, left people without power, and finished off the last of our failing fence. So because we are usually glutton for punishment, we have been working on it every day for the past week. When this side is finished we'll head to the other side of our yard and do that side as well since it is on it's last leg too. Here is what it looks like from our side,

And this is from our neighbors side,

Isn't my hubby handsome? Hubba, hubba!

And, of course no post would be complete without a puppy lovin' shot (you know, to go with the summer lovin').

Okay, maybe a few . . .

Happy Summer! Enjoy it while it lasts.