"The one in which Melissa Attempts to overview the major summer events in pictures..."
Well, I just spent twenty minutes fighting my own blog because it was underlining everything, a problem which I clearly solved because now it is not underlining, and I must say, I am feeling pretty proud of myself about now. I've been called a lot of things in my life, but computer literate was never one of them.
Back to business...
Ruthie had a fantastic birthday party a few days after her birthday. Because of little Lucy's arrival, I scaled back the birthday parties this year a lot. In fact, the girls only got to invite four friends each. Pretty different from the 18-20 we usually invite. But the parties were awesome. Ruthie and her friends had pizza and cupcakes in the park, and then went to the movies. What a cute group, huh? The best part of the movie was listening to them laugh hysterically through the whole thing.
Well, I just spent twenty minutes fighting my own blog because it was underlining everything, a problem which I clearly solved because now it is not underlining, and I must say, I am feeling pretty proud of myself about now. I've been called a lot of things in my life, but computer literate was never one of them.
Back to business...
Ruthie had a fantastic birthday party a few days after her birthday. Because of little Lucy's arrival, I scaled back the birthday parties this year a lot. In fact, the girls only got to invite four friends each. Pretty different from the 18-20 we usually invite. But the parties were awesome. Ruthie and her friends had pizza and cupcakes in the park, and then went to the movies. What a cute group, huh? The best part of the movie was listening to them laugh hysterically through the whole thing.

Meredith had a swimming party for her birthday. (I am a little shocked looking at these pictures, as I am sure her swimsuit covered much more torso at the beginning of the summer.) They had a lot of fun, too, and after swimming and going out for shaved ice (did I mention that our shaved ice budget has been around $60 a month- again, I was a little shocked when I added that up) the girls were having so much fun that we decided to take everyone home with us and had a barbecue and fashion show. We are so blessed that the girls have such good friends. We really enjoy having them in our home.

As I mentioned briefly, Meredith was baptized on August 2nd. We had many family members who came to support her, which is because we have the best family ever! It was a great day. Meredith had a beautiful dress that Grandma Styler made for her and was able to wear the same dress Grandma made for me to be baptized in. It is even more special because all the girls in my family have worn it. She looked so beautiful and was so excited. We are really proud of her. She is a good girl, and always tries to do what is right. (She won't even read the word "hell" in the scriptures!)

We spent way too much time at the Res this summer. I am not overly fond of the Res (should that be capitalized?), but we went with friends, so the grown-ups could visit while the kids mostly didn't have any near drowning incidents. Lucy was a babe in her swimsuit. It was funny, because in this picture she is 2 1/2 months old, and her fat rolls were totally spilling over this size 6-9 month swimsuit. It was the only time she got to wear it, in fact.

Meredith, Ruthie, Isaac, and Brinley were super swimmers! We miss Brinley (and her mom and dad), but we're planning a trip to Wyoming to visit this fall. I've never been to Wyoming. I hear there's a great quilt shop in Lyman on the way....

Here's our smiley girl. Lucy smiles so big she has to wiggle all over like an excited puppy. She is the most ticklish baby ever, and laughs out loud when you tickle her feet, her sides, or her neck. It's way too fun. She continues to be the easiest kid a mom could ask for.

The girls got MP3 players for their birthdays, and Isaac has been feeling left out, so I dug out my old Walkman for him to use. He was listening to the Pocahontas soundtrack on this particular day, and got so excited. He called me into the room and said, "Mom! They're singing my favorite song! Want me to sing it to you?" I told him yes, and he started singing, "Samwiches, Samwiches, Barely even human..." Yup, it was the "Savages" song about indians- just his own version. I wonder if he ever thinks it's weird that they are singing about slightly human sandwiches...

Whew, that's all the typing my fingers want to do today. I'll have to save back to school stuff for another night... not that I've uploaded those pictures yet...