Gardening with Great Grandma

Ava and Violet are lucky enough to have two great grandmas living close by. Great Grandma Lucas came over and planted some flowers and herbs today. It was hot, but well worth it.

Notice Ava's beautiful "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" outfit. I've been working on moving Violet up to her 12 mo. clothes. Ava found and opened the box and selected this dress. She put it on like a coat over her striped shirt. How lovely.

Ava in Action on Memorial Day

Every Memorial Day in the Rochester Park there is something called the Heritage Festival. Basically good music, craft booths, and a whole huge hands-on area for kids to play in. Our friends Steve and Jared were playing in a band so we went to see. Ava loves dancing to music, so here she is with her friend Morgen!

Swim Lessons

Ava and Violet's final swim lesson was on Saturday. They both completed 9 weeks of swim instruction! Tyler and I had to help them in the water of course, so it was a great family activity each Saturday for a half hour. Each girl passed, although the irony was that Violet got more passing marks than Ava. Ava has a strong preference for swimming with Mom or Dad and not the instructor (minus one point for Ava). Both girls also are not comfortable being submerged in the water (minus one point Ava and Violet). Violet pretty much just held on to us the whole time and gave a few kicks. Ava loved to kick and move her arms in circles. She also practiced holding the barbell and kickboard. Both girls also were able to climb in and out of the pool.

Mr. and Mrs. Speirs

Last weekend we went to the wedding of Rachel and Jacob Speirs. In case you don't know what "1082" stands for, it was the group name for Tyler's friends from BYU, and Jacob is part of that group. Hence, the name for his business. It was so nice to see friends we haven't seen in a long time. The whole time we were being convinced to move to Ca. There was a heatwave and we didn't have to wear a coat or pants for six days straight. Now nearly all of these friends live in Ca. To see all the pictures click on the link below ...

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If you attended this wedding and have pictures of us, please email me .. our camera died after the temple, so I would love to have some more pictures of us. Also you'll see a new link on the side of the page for photoshopped pics. I'll try to upload some new ones every so often. Any picture on this link you can also download or purchase. Photoshop is fun, but it takes a lot of time.

"I want Vilet's bet"

Tonight Ava wanted to sleep in Violet's bed. They played for an hour and when I came in the room the mobile was toppled over, the light was on, and the door to the bookshelf was broken. They were also sweaty?!? This was after I fixed the mobile you're supposed to take down after they're 5 mos. Oh well, Violet never has it on or plays with it.