JU JUNE and JU JULY

GREETINGS.... I COME IN PEACE!!!

Now that swim team for Cael is officially over (hence the brotherly kiss) and we still have 4 more months of HOT weather, our vacation time has finally arrived. In 2 short days we will be making the journey up to the promised land to spend some quality time with our family(s) and play catch up for the past year. And we will be enjoying the much cooler weather!!

In the meantime, we've been enjoying taking trips up to the Guadalupe River and swimming around. I know Brecon looks pretty cool eating watermelon and lying in a river, but it was still a very HOT day!

Ben "sort of" made me a cake this year. It was still cooling off and he shaped it and frosted it. Really, it tasted delicious! But we all know what happens when you try to put frosting on a cake that is still warm... the frosting turns to a glaze and pieces of cake start falling off. I still had my piece and a tall glass of milk :) It was a good way to end the day.

We had a fun 4th of July that all started with the last ward activity that I was in charge of. The food was delicious and we had a huge turnout! The best part was watching the kids beat the "uncle sam" and "american star" pinata. When Cael came up to take his turn, Ben shouted "keep that away from him".... Cael nailed it so hard the pinata broke off of the string!! A friend took a picture right after the pinata was on the ground, Cael had the most intense look on his face and the kids in the background had their mouths wide open, whether that was in amazement or anger because now they wouldn't get their turn. Ben figured out a way to strap "uncle sam" back up for all the other children to have a turn, but it was still a funny moment in 4th of July history :) After cleaning up the party, we went to a buddies house who would be moving (and now have moved) and they needed some help eating the rest of the groceries in their house so they hosted a pool party BBQ. The boys swam and swam until around 4:30 when we put them in the car. Before we had even pulled out of the neighborhood Brecon was OUT! At 5 o'clock Cael went to his bed. We didn't see them until the 7 the next morning, bright-eyed and bushy tailed!!! Now that is what I call a fun day :)