Viva...

Aaron & I got to take our first vacation alone since having kids! My parents were very nice to come watch June & Logan for us while we went to Las Vegas for a few days. We had such a great time! Rob & Amanda met us down there & it was so much fun hanging out with them. Some of what we did:

went swimming, went to the huge m&m & Coca Cola stores, Went to Mystere (a Cirque du Soliel show which was fantastic!!!), walked through many casinos, watched the Bellagio fountains, ate good food, went to a singles ward on Sunday, walked in 113 degree weather & almost melted, played Hearts, missed the kids, and celebrated Aaron's birthday (by having the people at Applebees sing to him which he loved)!

Here are some of the cool sights we got to see (at least the ones I

remembered to take pictures of).

This vacation was very needed & so much fun! Thank you So much Mom & Dad for taking such great care of our kids. And, thank you Rob & Amanda for having fun with us!

One!

We celebrated Logan's birthday surrounded by family at my parents house. The weather was beautiful, so we all enjoyed playing & eating outside. June absolutely adores all of her cousins, & talks about them constantly! Logan watched with enthusiasm as June ran around playing with them. We think he might be slightly more motivated to walk now...

CAKE!!!!

New toys too!!!!

Thank you to everyone for the awesome presents! Logan has many new toys to play with AND the cutest Washougal Panther's hooded sweatshirt with his name on it!

Thank you everyone for spending Logan's 1st birthday with us & for making it wonderful!

***Frolicking, fun, fantastic 4th ***

We spent the Fourth in Washougal with my family. It was so much fun talking, eating, and shooting off fireworks! I LOVE being at my parents house. It's one of my favorite places in the world! It's so fun to see June & Logan (and Aaron) play where I used to play!

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My sister, Darcy, brought some festive, sparkly hats, so I thought I'd get a cute picture of Aaron & I wearing them. As usual, though, Aaron would not behave for the pics. As, you can see I tried MANY times to get a "normal" shot of him, but he would wither hide behind my hair, or make a funny face. I finally gave up deciding that that IS "normal" for Aaron!

We also attempted a family picture with the sparkly hats, but....

.....Oh well, it was fun trying!

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Fireworks!! June loved them this year. She got to hold a sparkler on her own & Aaron helped she & Kenady (June's cousin) shoot some Roman Candles!