Happy 5th of July

On the 5th of July, we started out with swimming with the Foust side of our family. We had a lot of fun! Lilly loves to go swimming. We have gone quite a few times this summer, but never with Daddy. This was his first time swimming with her this season. They had a blast together!

Don't mess with baby! We start the Italian Mafia training at a young age!

Having fun jumping to Daddy:

With Grandpa Foust:

Getting Joni to smile! That is a tough feat, and Lilly was able to do it!

After swimming, we joined my family at the Bee's baseball. We like to go this time of year because they do fireworks!

When we first got there, we ran into the "Balloon Granny"! Lilly is very intently watching her make a purple monkey! (Don't you just love her cute outfit?!)

Lilly and her Auntie Drea:

Our little family enjoying the game:

I was prepared to catch a foul ball!!!

Being a cheese ball:

Watching the fireworks:

Well, that sums it up for our 4th of July weekend festivities! We had a lot going on, but had a WONDERFUL time! I love holidays and all the time spent with family!

Happy 4th of July

Every year on the 4th, my Uncle Joe has a BBQ at his house. They live in Highland, and have acres and acres of land. Everyone brings their own meat to grill and a dish to share. We always have a ton of great food!

Here is Lilly and her cousin Haley. They are just days apart!

My cousin Aaron thought he would try out the little pink chair!

Lilly showing Haley how to play in the dirt:

Filling up Daddy's hands with dirt:

Looking at the horses from a safe distance:

Running in her game of Bocce Ball:

Getting ready to throw her ball:

Actually getting to ride a horse! She was a little nervous at first, but had a great time!

Walking with Grandma and Grandpa:

I really enjoyed having the 4th of July on a Sunday, because in Utah that means we celebrate all weekend long! We were able to participate in every activity we wanted this year! There are always so many things to do, but so little time! I wish we could do it this way every year!!! I hope you enjoyed your 4th!

Happy 3rd of July!

On July 3rd, we went to the Kaysville parade. The parade was REALLY long! They have a waterfight at the end of the parade, which is the whole reason we go to the parade! The boys all have a great time playing! We first had breakfast at Trevor's parent's house. It was yummy!

The 3 Utah grandkids:

Us at the parade:

Lilly and Daddy:

Kimberly and Joni:

Grandma Foust and Lilly:

Grandpa Foust and Joni:


The waterfight:

After the parade, we came back to our house for a BBQ. The parade followed by a BBQ had been a tradition for the last few years with some of our friends. Ryan, Kristyn and their daughter Brooklyn, and Kayla, Eric and their daughter Ezri came over to our house. We had yummy food and good company! We sat around and talked for awhile, then the boys played some basketball. We had such a good time that everyone stayed until it was time for fireworks! We watched the fireworks at Davis High.

Here is Lilly and Brooklyn eating at their own little table! They were so cute together. They kept sharing each others food!

Lilly kept playing with this little boy, Ty, while we were waiting for the fireworks to start. He let her play with a glow stick and she loved it!

There are SEVERAL more pictures, these are just a few! We had a great 3rd of July, and hope you did too!

Random June Pics

Here is Pebbles Lilly being a cheeseball:

Lilly and Ozzie:

Lilly helping me assemble a new bistro table:

Lilly's new favorite food:

Her first time drawing on herself:

We went to the zoo last week (pics to come) and we discovered she has her daddy's allergies:

She woke up crying at 11:30 pm with her eyes all swollen! We decided to give her a bath to wash anything off of her and to calm her down. Luckily we had her 15-month check-up the next day. The dr. confirmed it is allergies and prescribed some eye drops!

California 2010

I have a FABULOUS Aunt Debbie who called me up in May and asked if Lilly and I wanted to come out to Laguna Beach for a visit! I very excitedly said "YES" and we set a date right away!!! Lilly and I headed out on June 3rd (which was my Aunt's birthday) and came back on June 11th. We had a WONDERFUL time! We did miss the daddy, but we were sad to leave California! Normally I would refer to it as sunny California, but we were there to witness the "June Gloom"! Aunt Debs picked us up from the airport and we met her best friend, Marianne, for lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. After lunch, we went back to the "Thornton Villa" (that's what we call their house). My aunt always has a cute gift back on our beds with an itinerary for the vacation. That night we went to Javier's for dinner. It is a really yummy Mexican restaurant that we always go to and get shrimp enchiladas! They are delicious! I will now start posting pictures to go along with what we did in California!!!

Here are pictures from day 1:

Just arriving at the airport!

Aunt Debbie with Lilly

Lilly looking cute in her carseat

The 3 girls

Lilly with Uncle Mike (this was the only day we got to see him :( )***The California trip has several posts. To see them all, you have to hit "Older Posts" at the bottom of the page. It won't change it so that all of my posts will show up on the front page. Days 8 and 9 is the last post. There are A LOT of pictures! I have hundreds more! It was hard to narrow them down!!!