Just a few pictures

Our primary bike parade was a few weeks ago. It is always a big hit with the kids and I must say it was the easiest activity to plan. The kids showed up at the church, we tied balloons to their bikes, and then we rode/walked through the neighborhood behind a police car with flashing lights and blaring siren. We even had a few spectators to cheer us on. We wrapped things up back at the church with popsicles and before 11:00 AM everyone was home!

Here is Miles with a balloon. Nothing makes him happier!

Here is Ian on his souped up trike riding like a crazy man around the parking lot. He does look like he is looking ahead to make sure he doesn't hit anything.

For the 4th of July we went to the Murray parade. Ian made it home with more candy then he had on Halloween.
We did miss going to Jackson on the 4th. It has been about 2-3 years since we last made it up for the big 4th of July party. The have a great concert called "Music in the Hole" which we follow up with hamburgers and potato salad at the Thorkildson's, and then over to the neighbor's house to watch one of the best firework shows I've seen. The Murray parade was a lot of fun, but every year we miss listening to the 1812 Overture ring out over the Tetons--maybe next year.
We have been doing a lot of backyard swimming lately. Here is Ian sporting his swim goggles. They come in very handy considering he won't even sit down in the pool.

Miles being "Mr. Cool."

So, the new favorite snack at our house is shown in the above photo. Dave, Ian, and Miles can not stay away from the cereal! Ian has devised a sneak a snack plan every time I jump in the shower. He pulls out the sack and he and Miles sit in the middle of the kitchen floor picking out the marshmallows (those hard crunchy colorful things) and eating them so all that is left for daddy is the nutritious anchor shaped cereal.
On Saturday we met Dave's parents at Liberty Park for a picnic. I love Liberty Park lots of big trees, lots of interesting people to watch, a very big and fun playground for the kids--it just has that big city park feel that makes it a fun place to visit.

After we had dinner we went for a little walk around the park. Howard took this picture of us, and about 1 minute later Miles upchucked his dinner right were we are sitting! We made it back to the car, but he threw up two more times in the car on the way home. Poor kid! He is doing much better now although mommy will not be feeding him any hot dogs for awhile.