July 25-31: More Summer Fun. But this time with Mom and Dad home.

July 26.  On Sunday it was my turn to host the Norman family Sunday dinner.  We had Cafe Rio pork salads and it was so fun to have Mom and Dad there.

July 27.  On Monday evening we went to Paul and Liz Belnap's for a BBQ.  The kids had fun jumping on their tramp and riding their horse.

July 28.  After the Belnap's we took the boys to Grandma and Grandpa Hansen's to have a sleep over and spend some time with Brayden.  They got to go to the Ogden dinosaur park.

July 29.  On Wednesday we squeezed in a beach day at Pineview Reservoir with my sisters since Ginny stayed in town another week.  Brayden went with us and we had so much fun.  That night the kids were so silly going to bed.  Stan said the cutest prayer: "Thank you for Pokemon.  It's the best.  Thank you for Ponies.  It's not the best but I like it.  Thank you for Jesus.  He's the leader of the whole earth . . . I mean space."  Ha!  He gets more than you might think.

July 30.  On Thursday I took Stan to pick out his birthday cake.  He chose Iron Man.  We checked out the bees when Dad got home.

July 31.  On Friday we made a trek to Silver Lake.  We took lunch and hadn't been their long when Evan fell and punctured his leg.  Charlotte had to run him to instacare, but the rest of us stayed and enjoyed the outdoors.  That night we went to the food trucks in Bountiful.  We missed daddy who couldn't join us due to work.