July Joy

July seems so long ago already, but here are some fun highlights from the month!

Dallin tends to do an arm sweep that causes food massacres. 

I did this fun faux fishtail braid on Brianna.

We had some pool time! After the month of July the novelty of the pool was lost on me and we have gone far less.

Maya conquered the two wheeler! She is doing great on it, and just this morning I went on a run with her riding next to me. I love how grown up she's getting.

Family bike ride/walk. She had to stop and check out the horse, her favorite animal.

The morning of the 4th of July we attended a church breakfast and bike parade. The girls had fun decorating their bikes.

Of course, fun hair for the occasion.

I love my sweet babies!

It rained and stormed all afternoon but finally let up enough that I felt comfortable attending fireworks. This year we went to Timnath. It was great! We were glad that Papa got to join us, and we were also happy to leave Dallin asleep at Papa and Nana's house.

The kids got haircuts! It was Dallin's and Maya's first, and Brianna's second. Dallin was so cute the whole time, enjoying the sound and feel of the buzzers on his cute little head.

He was sure to thoroughly thank the hairstylist afterwards. 

Fresh haircuts look so great!

Maya drew this. She looked at a picture in one of her coloring books and was able to replicate it. It totally blew me away!

We went on a run together one morning. Maya ran about 2.5 miles at an 11 minute pace. Her little body was bookin' it! I made her get in the stroller when she was breathing so hard I felt bad for her. I love that she sees the benefits of exercise, and she always pushes herself as hard as she can.

Grandma Cindy came to visit!

The garden mid-July. Now it's way bigger (end of August) and we are harvesting a lot of vegetables. It's wonderful to see the fruits (literally) of our labors! I'm excited to do it again next year.

She fell asleep cuddling with me one day. I soaked in that moment!

This year has seemed particularly rainy. 

The kids all colored together and it was so cute. Dallin didn't really color. His book ended up on the floor very quickly, but I appreciated the adorableness of it anyway.

Dallin took his first steps! Without this toy! He's still pretty wobbly but he's getting a hang of it.

We spent the afternoon at Elitches with the Browning family. It was colder than we would have liked but overall we had a great time! 

Ryan spend 9 hours steam cleaning the grout in the tile. Dallin helped a little.

The before and after is so crazy, and it's gross that it was THAT dirty!!