Time Out for Women

So fun to go with the ladies in my fam (minus Megan since she had a bear of two tests to take :( . We'll have to go again it was so fun! And spiritual too :)

Christa (Jarom's wife)

Kenz, and my Grandma Thompson

My animal lover

We got to ride the pony at my cousin's house. Melisha got us all set up and Alex really liked it. He also loved the chickens-he got pecked (I think) at one point and didn't like them for about 5 seconds. He got over it pretty fast he liked them so much. He also loved their dog. I've decided he is an animal lover. Not good when he has a mom like me...not so much an animal lover. Good thing we have friends with pets/animals right?

Down on the Farm

Showing off the awesome potatoes. Nathan was so enthralled with the farm this year. We got to see the Potato harvester in action and the bean harvester/combine. Nathan was so amazed with how everything worked and would just stare-figuring it out in his head and watching in AWE!

Alex just loved playing in the dirt and REFUSED to look at the camera.

Nathan holding the beans that Grandpa taught him how to spit. Too funny!

Friends for like EVER! :)

It's true, we've been friends since birth...at least since my birth since I'm the youngest :) Jamie got married a couple of weeks ago and Savanna and I were able to be there with her. So good to see her married in the Temple. As friends, we definitely had our rocky times in high school and such, but here we are all grown up and still friends!

Parma fun

Gotta ride on a tractor :)
Or in a truck...

We always have so much fun going to see Grandma and Grandpa in Parma--as well as the Aunts and Uncle there too. We went down for a Bridal shower for my friend Jamie (yay, so excited for her!), and then I left the kids there while I went to Girl's camp for a few days and then headed to Provo for the Academy of LDS dentists with John. Had a blast!!

Camping

We went camping with John's family the last week in July. I was a bit nutty and took both of my kids by myself for the first few days. Then John came up for the last night. This is my excuse for lack of pictures. :) Alex still wasn't walking so I went and bought an Ergo carrier (the BEST carrier ever-SO worth the $100). He pretty much lived in that those few days, although I did let him get down and dirty a few times.

Alex is OBVIOUSLY having a blast at dinner time :)

We got to float the river which was super fun, a little shallow in places, but still fun. The girls even ditched the kids for a few hours to really relax and enjoy :)

Nathan and Grandma Sally


Then of course we had to sit around the campfire and Alex loved sitting in a chair like the rest of us. He sat there so good and was loving every minute of it!
And once again, my lame excuse for not even having a picture of our whole family...I was by myself with my kids. :)

Family Reunion

We went to the Cabin for a Jemmett family reunion. It sure was FUN! This is Nathan the first night. Wiped out already. He had had his surgery the day before, so you can imagine the fun times had by all. He was actually really good- just a little burning every 3-4 hours :(.

The water slide was a BIG hit like always and Aunt Sandra brought squirt guns for all the kids.

Nathan had a blast and loves playing with his cousin Cade (now I'm wondering if it's Kade??) Haha, and they played with army parachute guys the whole weekend too (Nathan's toy of choice post surgery).


And we can't forget Alex. He still was crawling around at that point-but luckily he had lots of aunts/uncles/grandparents to corral him :)