Thursday July 16th
The stake primary was hosting a stake Activity girls activity. I went to help volunteer for half of the day. It was fun and they based the activity off of President Ballard's Conference Talk--"Stay in the Boat and Hold On" from October 2014.
The craft they made was a cute little sail boat out of real drift wood from the coast.
Eating lunch with friends.
Friday July 17th
Alex had to fly back to Petersburg really early in the morning, so Garrett let him use his truck so that he didn't have to get up and take him to the airport. So, that night all of us adults drove with Garrett to the airport to pick up the truck and to have dinner at this great BBQ place that's right there. We left all the kids at home with a pizza.
I guess while we were gone, Sydney wanted to dress Lydia up like a cool greaser. Lydia's hair was full of gel!! She looks cute though!
Saturday July 18th
Today we braved the heat and went to watch the Hillsboro AirShow. It was SO hot! It almost wasn't worth it. Maggie was at a youth conference all day, so she missed it.
We usually just go to a park close to the airport and watch it from there. The Blue Angels were there this year, and they are the main reason I go!
Garrett and I left to go on a date (more on that in a second) and Jim and Georgia and Savann took the kids to see movies. They split up and some went to see "Inside Out" and some went to see "Minions"
For Garrett's birthday back in April, I got him tickets to go and see the comedian Jim Gaffigan and it was for tonight. Garrett loves comedians and I love this guy because he is relatively clean. And he has 5 kids so it's funny to hear his stories about having a lot of kids.
I tried to get a picture of him up on stage, but the lights were so bright up there it didn't really turn out.
So then I tried to get a picture of him on the screens and that worked a little better. He was hilarious as usual and Garrett and I were dying! The only bad thing was that it was SO short. It felt like he was only up there for like 30 min. It could have been an hour or a little longer, but it felt really short! I paid a lot of money for the tickets and I was hoping for a bit more entertainment!! He was great though!
Monday July 20th
Garrett had to work that day, but Savann and her kids really wanted to go to the zoo, so they invited us along.
Here's our gang
trying to find the black bears
I really love this picture of Maggie because it's so funny! We've been taking our kids to this zoo for their whole lives. The first time we took Maggie, she must've been 3 or 4 and ever since she spotted the foot of this polar bear coming down from the ceiling, she's been terrified of it. Even now when she comes, she hates going in there. So, I had to get a picture of her at 15 and still scared of the fake polar bear foot. She is so cute!
It's also tradition to take their picture against this bear poster to see where they measure up against various bears.
watching the crocodile
a sleeping cheetah
goin' on safari
Up in the Eagle's nest
The Guthries left to go back to Alaska on the 23rd.
Friday July 24th
I was giving Lydia a haircut and Maggie out of the blue decides that she wants hers cut too. Not just a trim but a hair cut. She's had her hair long for so many years, the change was really cute!
Such long hair!
Not so sure!
Before...
...and after!
I thought it turned out really cute!
I love that the kids like to play up in their "tree house". They spend a lot of time out there!
Saturday July 25th
For some reason, Garrett and I were gone most of the day, but I have no idea where we went. I don't have anything written on my calendar, so I guess it will remain a mystery. While we were gone, the kids decided to have a tea party and a fancy lunch.
I guess Lydia provided some musical entertainment and they danced around.
Monday July 27th
It was Maggie's best friend's birthday today and Maggie made Emma and herself these matching t-shirts. She was so excited about them and they turned out really cute.
That night Garrett helped Noah teach the lesson for Family home evening. They taught about the anti-nephi-lehi's and how they buried their weapons and promised to never fight again.
They gathered up all of Noah's weapons (and he has a lot!) and buried them in this basket and covered them with a blanket.
Noah showing off his muscles for the camera.
Garrett helping Noah bear his testimony at the end of the lesson.
Wednesday July 29th
For mutual, the girls were playing basketball, so these two decided to "dress-up" for the activity.
Friday July 31st
Playing outside--Paige decided to run through the sprinklers in her clothes.
riding his new bike
hanging out in dad's truck. I'm not sure why the car seats were in the back of the truck.
And that was our busy month of July!!
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