March 2014
Julian turned 7. Tennyson turned 5. My Dad came to visit. It was great to have him here for a week. The kids were sad when he left. We had a blast while he was here.
April 2014
My Mom came to visit in April. We had fun with her for a few days as well. Grandma & Grandpa Bridges get to come together in August. :) It'll be great and we'll run them ragged!
May 2014
In May we saw the end of school. Julian had Mrs. Chrystler for 1st grade. She was my first grade teacher as well. She is still a fabulous teacher 25 years later! We love her!
We have a great clover patch in our backyard. Alanna loves to pick flowers for me there. She also loves to pick my just bloomed lilies from the front yard because once a flower blooms it must be put on display in our home. I have bowls of flowers with 1/2" stems in the kitchen. I'm so glad she loves flowers :)
In May Grandma & Grandpa Anderson were able to visit for about 10 days. JD & I got a few nights away with just 1 kid... hopefully someday it'll be no kids :) We had a blast.
In May, we built these benches. My Dad helped me get them started in March and we finished the benches & shade in May. We've loved it. We've use it on and off until one of the planters caught on fire and proceeded to smolder for hours (unknown to us). Thankfully only the planter burned. We haven't fixed it yet, but we are excited to make it happen soon. We've loved having seating in the backyard.
June 2014
We found out about a week after school let out that Julian had broken his arm 2 weeks prior and then broke it again wrestling his brother. The Dr.'s put 2 layers of cast material on because when they asked how often they are active and my answer was at least 5-6 hours a day, they laughed and wanted it to be protected. He did great and had in on for 3 weeks.
We also attended a Welsh family reunion in June. This was the first time that JD's family was all together since Adam & Andrea were married 5 years ago. It was so wonderful! Our family has grown so much. There are now 9 and 1/2 grandchildren (Andrea is pregnant with baby boy #2). We had a blast.
Tennyson lost his first tooth and then a week later lost his second tooth. He was VERY excited when the tooth fairy brought him $2.
July 2014
Emmeline cut her first tooth in July. She then quickly cut 3 more and is working on 2 more this month (August) for a total of 6 teeth. It's been a long month of teething and no sleep. :( But she's doing well!
We had quite the adventure in July. We decided to go geode hunting in the Dugway Geode Beds. It was awesome. However, it was unexpectedly extended! We got our first flat of the day about 1 mile from our destination. We heard the car get really loud and then JD saw the rubber of our tire roll past the car as we came to a stop. We changed the tire and hunted for Geodes. About 15 minutes before we finished we finally realized what we should have been searching for the whole time.
On our way home, we got our 2nd flat of the day. We didn't have a spare.
This is where we were.
In the middle of nowhere. 2.5 hours from home and 105*. Our good friends came to our rescue and picked us up, vehicle and all, and towed us back to Provo. It was so fun though and we will do it again, minus the flat tires.
This year I turned 31 and we had some friends over for my birthday celebration. The kids made megaphones so cheer for more fireworks.
It was adorable.
I put 31 sparklers on my cake instead of candles. It was a bit warm :) But really fun.
August 2014
We went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point and made some fossil casts. It was fun.
Some dear friends came to visit as well. Our families sure have grown since we left Law School!
We start school on the 19th. Julian will be in 2nd grade. Tennyson will be in kindergarten. Alanna will be in Joy School. Emmeline has bee walking for 2 months and just excited to follow Alanna around as much as possible. It's pretty great. Life is wonderful and we are moving forward!
