Water, Water, Everywhere

We woke up Saturday morning to a flooded basement. The sprinkler was left on by the side of our house and the new carpet and pad that we put in there in April was SOAKED. So were any cardboard boxes that were sitting on the floor in the storage room that held clothes that the kids have grown out of. We spend the morning soaking up water with every available towel in the house, then drying them and soaking them again. I'm still soaking up water today. Sigh...Oh well.
Saturday afternoon we went to Willard Bay with two of David's sister's and their families. It has been fun living closer to David's family and being able to hang out. They are so much fun! And our kids love being together. Everyone had a blast playing in the water and sand and eating treats. We ended up the day by fishing off of the jette and watching an absolutely stunning sunset. What a great day! Hyum and Skylar kickin back after playing in the water.

Hyrum mostly just loved to throw rocks

Hyrum and Tyler, his surregate big brother. Ty does such a great job at keeping an eye on him.

Clare, Kyle, and Ty playing in the sand.

More Willard bay pix

David's sister Becky and my sweet little niece Natalie, who also happens to be Clare's BFF

Another adorable nephew, (Sharon's oldest) Jordan, looking for treasures in the sand.

My adorable nephew (Sharon's baby) Skylar. Look at those baby blues!

Whoa ladies! That good looker is TAKEN!

Clare is a water addict and could literally spend aaaalllll day in it. She also adores the horsey floaty. Yeeeeee, haaw.

The Cuteness

Is this not the cutest thing you've ever seen? Clare loves having her fingernails/toenails painted and begged her Daddy to "painting please?" David did such a good job and was sooooo cute doing it; even as he was saying "Esther, do NOT get the camera and take a picture of this." just as I was running to get my camera to capture this tender moment between my baby girl and her Daddy. He knows me so well. What a great catch I got!

We have been taking daily bike-rides as a family. Of course we had to stop at the store and get some ice-cream to eat when we got home. We are Messsssssssy.

Eat Cake!

So a couple of days ago my Sister in law had a birthday and her husband called to invite us to an impromtu birthday barbeque. I didn't have a whole lot of time to whip something up and not a whole lot of stuff around the house. I did have this white cake mix which I don't typically care for but decided to give it a whirl. I hate store-bought frosting and I didn't know what would go with a white cake anyway so I just whipped up this last minute frosting that turned out really good. I just mixed one half package softened cream cheese, one small tub of cool whip, and two cups of raspberry yogurt. I added a touch of red food coloring for a pretty color and topped it with fresh raspberries. It was so yummy! Anyway, I just wanted to share it with you in case you ever need a fast and easy summer dessert that tastes delish.

Summertime Fun

Here are a few of the happenings around here of late. Clare is as cute as ever and Potty training! She is doing great and has had very few accidents. I caught her trying on my sunglasses the other day in just her underwear. I was shocked at first because I have a picture of myself wearing my mom's sunglasses when I was about the same age and she looks just like me!

We went to my sil's house last week and hung out with her and her two cutie pie kids-Natalie and Tyler. Clare and Natalie are best buds and they all played in their little pool and had a great time.

Natalie manned the hose while Ty slid down the slide and Clare tested the water temperature.

Cute Natalie

Ty is Hyrum's self appointed surrigate big brother, he is SO cute with him. He just follows him everywhere and takes such good care of him. Hyrum loves Ty to death too and gets so excited whenever we pull up to Aunt Becky's house.