Family Dinners In Heber

We have enjoyed many family dinners in Heber this summer. We've gotten together for June birthdays, July birthdays, Father's Day, Charlie's family in town, Katie's family in town, and Uncle Joe in town. We are making the most of our time with my Mom. We had Costa Vida cater a few of the dinners. Uncle Joe treated to pizza when he was in town. 

There are the cutest boys in my mom's neighborhood that love to greet my mom on her nightly walk. They have made cute signs for my mom and are so thoughtful.

I snapped this of my Dad talking to Kade because moments like this are numbered. We are grateful for every moment we get with my parents.

Lowry Family Reunion

The Lowry Family reunion took place from Thursday afternoon to Saturday morning in Preston, ID. It was the weekend before the boys went backpacking. I had clinical a few days that week. It was too stressful to go up, and so we decided to just go for one day. We drove up first thing Friday morning and got home around midnight. It was a fun but long day! We stopped at Pepperidge Farm on the way. It is a must!

Beckie and Anthony were in charge this year. The Airbnb was an old home with history. It was President Kimball's childhood home. We started off the day with breakfast and had some time to visit and catch up with everyone. This was in one of the bedrooms.

We had some time to play hackie sack before floating the river. 

We floated the Bear River on tubes. We went with a company so they took us on a bus to the start and brought us back to our car once we finished. I was on a quad tube with Lynnlee, Sienna, and Scarlett. Marshall was on a quad tube with James, Tag, and Raegan. Kade and Nika did a double tube and they were hilarious to watch. They are so adventurous and probably flipped 2 or 3 times. It felt like the Provo River. It was really fun. It was a cloudy day but still hot and the water wasn't really cold. It was just right. We saw Sienna's sewing teacher was at the tubing place so that was fun to run into her since she also knows Brooke, London, and Scarlett.

This hammock was on the side of the house and it was a favorite hangout for the kids.

After tubing we had free time for nine square, glamour shots with Deb, boondoggle, face painting, and chill time. 

We had a gift exchange after dinner. Lynnlee ended up with Snoop Dog's cook book. It is not to be trusted. She made pancakes and the recipe called for 2 TABLESPOONS of baking power! Yikes!

We watched the slide show of glamour shots and had snow cones to finish off the night. It was great seeing everyone and spending time together. 

Glamour Shots:

Sienna's Friend Party and Shopping

Sienna wanted to go park-hopping for her birthday, but when we looked at the weather forecast, it showed it would be 100 degrees. We decided to change plans. We started off the night making homemade pizzas. They turned out ok. Everyone seemed to like them. Then we opened presents and played games. We played bingo, unwrapped all of the Saran Wrap, and played spoons. 

Then they watched the movie Michael, and then we took everyone home. There was no drama, and it was a fun party. I'm so glad we decided to change plans.

Lynnlee in Washington D.C.

At State FCCLA, Lynnlee qualified for nationals in Washington D.C. She took a redeye flight on Sunday night, July 5. She has never slept well in a car or airplane through the night so I was worried about her. When she drove with Charlie's family to Texas, she took melatonin at bedtime and still was only able to sleep for an hour or two. Same this flight. She took a little stronger sleeping medicine and still only slept for an hour or two. She had a busy day Monday in D.C. but with a bike tour right off but thankfully she had the energy for everything. She even had a chance to take a nap which she never does but she got a little boost from her power nap to get through the rest of the day.

Soccer Tournament at Lakeside

It has been a busy summer and I can't keep track of the names of the tournaments. Kade's team and Tag's team played in tournaments at Lakeside. Both were put in too high of divisions and they lost most of their games. Kade's team won their last game, thankfully. It was against his old team so really wanted them to win to make us a feel good about our decision. We won by a few points so we feel good about our decision to leave.