JULY 2012
We have had so much fun so far this summer! I love the summer time. It is so fun to be outside, run and play, take vacations, eat popsicles, have BBQ's, play with cousins, eat watermelon, swim and play with dad (since he is mostly home for the summer!) This has been our first summer in St. George and this month it has really started to get HOT! Hopefully we will make it through the summer! There are lots of parks here with splash pads, so it should be lots of fun! Here are the fun things we have done so far this summer:
July 1st--The whole Clark Family! This is a rare occasion to ALL be together. Everyone traveled to Colorado for the weekend for John's (Alissa's baby) baby blessing! It was so fun to be together. The kids had so much fun together and it was such a nice blessing day for John!
July 2nd--Tyler and Mom! Travis loves to run around the house taking pictures! This is a little dark but I thought it was such a cute picture of Tyler!
Now Tyler's turn!!! He got a cute shot of Travis with Grandpa Murdock! Grandma and Grandpa Murdock have been up to St. George a few times since they have bought a house here and its in the process of being built!
July 4th--HAPPY 4th of JULY!! Here are all of the cousins waiting for the parade to start! They all have their candy bags ready to grab candy! It was really fun this year because Aunt Bronwyn and her family came up to Utah for the 4th of July and Aunt Ruth and Melissa's family were here as well. What a party!!
Mom and Ethan at the parade!
All the cousins lined up at the parade!
Beth, Alissa, Grandma Clark with Henry (Clayton's baby) and Me with Ethan! Having fun at the parade!!
Jason, Scott with Ethan and Grandpa Clark! Happy 4th!!
Me and Ethan with our cousin Ethan! We had to get a picture of the two Ethans!!
Travis and Tyler were thrilled for the parade! I think this was the highlight of the Cedar City trip!
Grandma Clark, Beth, Aunt Bronwyn and Melissa with Brock at the 4th of July parade!
This year everyone brought their scooters to Cedar City and we all decorated the scooters for our own little 4th of July parade. The kids loved it!
Travis and Tyler ready with their scooters for our own little 4th of July parade!
And....it wouldn't be a true ROSELL parade without Grandma Clark and Aunt Ruth leading the parade, marching down the street waving flags singing "It's a Grand Old Flag!" The kids rode behind them on their decorated scooters! How Fun!
Ethan's first 4th of July! I love this little boy! He is darling and such a sweet, easy baby!
After the parade, we had a few games for the kids. Here is the egg toss!
Badminton was so fun!
The water balloon toss with the cousins!
It was such a full day! I found these two sound asleep out on the balcony just before the BBQ!
Hanging out with everyone! Getting ready for S'more time!
These boys LOVE S'mores!
All the cousins roasting a little marshmellow!
I could not believe it, but it was a little chilly and windy in Cedar City when it came time to do fireworks! All the boys bundled up with dad to watch the firework show!
And, here is a shot with all the cousins ready for the fireworks!
Our family on the 4th of July!
July 5th--Our hike to the little stream! Here is Anna and Sarah having fun together!
Me with Ethan....what a fun hike!
Clayton with Henry....he got Camden and Travis to take a little swim!
Camden and Travis floating on a log!
Travis had a ball climbing around and swimming!
Cute Tyler!
Anna and Hailey at the little lake!
The boys always love to take a bubble bath at Grandma and Grandpa's house!
July 11th--Our first thunder storm in St. George! Ethan was mesmerized!
July 13th--We made our own little homemade pizzas! It was so fun and the boys loved it! They actually did a great job and I even just let the mess go! I think that made it a little more fun :)
July 15th--Tyler and Travis outside watching another thunder storm! They are awesome here!
Travis tried on Scott's clothes all by himself after church one day. I thought it was so cute! He said he was a missionary! He is such a sweet little boy! Can he just stay 5?
July 16th--This little Ethan is so sweet! He is a very happy little boy and I love his smile!!
After the few thunder storms we had had, Travis and Tyler thought it was important to get umbrellas. They were so thrilled to go to Walmart and pick out their own umbrella! They just had to try them out even though the rain had stopped!
July 17th--We took the boys to feed the ducks! Ethan just chilled in his car seat and watched all the action!
Travis and Tyler feeding the ducks!
July 22nd--Travis checking out Grandma and Grandpa Murdock's new house being built!
July 24th--HAPPY PIONEER DAY! Here is everybody lined up on the streets of Washington to watch the parade. My kids love parades!
Even Ethan is ready for the parade!
Tyler was most excited for the candy!
Travis and Ethan with the cousins!
We had another thunder storm on Pioneer day!
After the thunder storm we went with the cousins to the Jacob Hamblin home!
The Jabob Hamblin pioneer home was fascinating! I love hearing about all of the pioneer stories!
Next we went to the Brigham Young home!
The cousins had a great time together!
The glass on the top shelf belonged to Brigham Young!
This was inside Brigham Young's room!
Travis loved checking out the pioneer homes! I think he was most excited to take all the pictures!
Brigham Young's chair!
Scott and Ethan in the Brigham Young home!
July 26th--Scott watching Travis at swim lessons! I love you Scott!
Travis LOVED swim lessons this year. We did swim lessons at the St. George city pool. I think this year he really did actually learn how to swim! We are so proud of him!
The best part was that on the last day of swim lessons, Travis got to go down the hydro-tube as many times as he wanted! He was so excited and was not even nervous! I think he went down about 5 times!
Travis jumping off the diving board! He could swim to the edge all by himself!
The boys hanging out at swim lessons!
July 28th--Sweet Ethan! I LOVE this boy! He is getting so big. He loves to sit and watch Travis and Tyler run and play all around him. He loves digging through his bucket of toys. He loves to go outside and he loves to be held! He is such a sweet boy!
Oh! He learned to clap and was thrilled!
All three boys hanging out together on the couch watching a little show in the morning!
