Kimball earned his bear rank in cub scouts. Before the meeting started, we marveled at the unbelievable hail storm. This is early August, the ground is covered in 1-2 inches of dice size hail and super wet! Pretty exciting times.
Ultrasound today! We found out we are having one modest little baby. The ultrasound tech really tried…but to no avail, we will be surprised in 4 months when this little one is born!
Sterling loves to box. He gets two boxing gloves and walks around tapping everybody with full force. This particular night in July, he boxed a few rounds with Ammon.
The Rowbury reunion was 3 fun filled evenings and one full Saturday. Day 1: the rodeo. Day 2: the adults went to Desert Star Theater to see a comedy called “My Big Fat Utah Wedding.” Day 3: humanitarian kits service project and weenie roast at David and Heidi’s home. This is when I broke the good news that we are expecting! Day 4: Boating during the day. Dinner and rockets in the eve.
A very busy and very FUN weekend!
End of July we had a Rowbury Family Reunion. The kids got to experience their first rodeo. We all had a fun time and we all were tired from staying up so late. My favorite was Kimball’s comment walking back to the car. “That wasn’t a waste of time like I thought it was going to be!” Logan loved learning what the riders were trying to do to win. Sterling pointed at the horses and then pointed at himself and would say “horse, me.” The half time entertainment was a motorcycle show called “the wild child” the kids really thought it was exciting and funny.
Waiting for the tickets was hot and not very fun!
The rodeo was fun!
Back in July we had days of birthday parties. We celebrated Kimball’s 10th birthday early with pizza, doughnuts, and friends at the lake! Very fun.
We had a family party and mooncrater cake on monday his real birthday…very important to celebrate on the actual day 
Dart tag! and watching a movie as a family…got pretty exciting and wild with darts flying during the movie.
Sterling’s 2nd birthday was July 20th! We had a choo choo cake and present time…what could be more fun than a lawnmower so he can be just like Dad?
Happy birthday boys. We love you!
Warm day, cousins, water…what more could a kid want? We had a great time going to Bridal Veil Falls mid July with Driel and her girls.
Bridget was in the mood to pose for lots of pics when we got there!
The big boys were climbing, even up the falls further than I thought was safe!
It is hard to look at the camera when you have found the perfect rock!
Fun times…the only thing missing…we needed a towel and some lunch. Thanks to Driel, she saved the day. We went and spent the afternoon at her home.
Thank you Rachel for getting the supplies all gathered and ready. It was a fun craft day with sisters. I love the Family signs. The kids enjoyed playing with cousins and Sterling loved wearing Bridgets shoes and playing with the vacuum! Good times.
July 9-10 was Steel Days. We went to the carnival, quilt and doll show, art show, book fair, swimming, parade, geocache treasure hunt, and car show. We stayed very busy and had lots of fun. The kids wish we had bought more carnival tickets, four rides each was just not enough, I will try to do better next time.
Calvin wanted to try the Ferris wheel and Bridget was brave enough to ride too. They really liked it!
Sterling loved the bus in the parade.
The kids got quite a stash of hard candy.
Geo Cache: We found the GPS locations and learned a little about the city history.
Each kid chose their favorite car to get a picture by…of course Bridget chose the pink Cadillac.
Sterling is the “big fish” around here. He loves “fishies” so he had to have the fish pj’s.
Monday July 5th we woke up really early and ventured to the hot air balloon festival. We joined the masses of tired and sleepy people. Thanks to Driel and Grandma we had donuts, bagels, fruit, water and life was pretty great again. Being woken up is hard on some of the kids. Sterling and Bridget thought it was great to get up and go bright and early. The hot air balloons were impressive up close, and very exciting to watch in the sky. The kids, especially Sterling, really loved the pink pig! Notice we all needed jackets in July, unusually cool morning!
After a pizza lunch we had the best water fight ever! Logan had us save empty milk jugs just for this water fight. Justin and Ammon taught us the fine art of how to drench someone with the spray from a milk jug. This is not for the faint hearted…some opted to stay safe on the deck and toss a few water bombs. I was a bit wet, so I didn’t catch any action pics!
a needed refill of the jugs.
Justin taught Bridget and Logan the joys of eating caramel ice cream topping by the fingerful!
There’s always room for ice cream!
Bridget went shopping with Justin to get the pizza and ice cream. She was very excited that Justin let her choose some of the food…what a little shopper.
We enjoyed the 4th of July weekend with Ammon’s parents, Justin, Driel (and family), and Breezy (and Gable). We had a nice trip to the lake with a great BBQ, dinner at Thai Village, and then fireworks in the evening. It made for an exciting yet long, no nap kind of day. I didn’t have my camera on the boat, so only pics of the picnic site.
Justin grills a mean hamburger or hotdog!
Bridget and her “bird egg”
Breezy poses just in time for the pic!
Fireworks in the evening.
More 4th of July to come!
Yeah…we have warm sunny days and the start of lake trips. We went as a family mid June. The water was pretty cold still. The kids really wanted to swim…I opted to stay on the boat with Bridget! The boys are really brave, Logan jumped off the hotdog, far from the boat, just to swim! Oh kids are full of adventure!
Kimball,Calvin and Logan
Ammon and Sterling
Kathy and Sterling
Calvin, Logan and Bridget…we are fond of “no hands”
Sterling played on the hotdog instead of swimming in the cold water.
Driel, Evan and girls joined us for a boat trip the end of June. It was lots of fun.
Driel holding Sterling, Bridget in front.
Taking easy rides for all the daring, and not so daring, little ones!
Always time for swimming…I think it is Calvin’s favorite part of going to the lake.
Sterling got his 2nd haircut the end of June. He had long fine baby hair that needed a trim. He is a handsome boy.
