My Summer...Backwards

I uploaded some of my pictures from this summer in the order I took them, and it put them on my post backwards. So much for chronological order.

Jason and I were in Utah for the closest of three of his cousins' weddings we attended this summer. (Seems like we go to a lot of weddings and reunions every summer.) We also picked up Giselle at the airport. She's living with us for a few weeks and working at the fruitstand. Brenton and Katie came up and had lunch with us, too! It was fun to see everyone, and it was really yummy food.

Abby met us for lunch at Beto's in SLC. It was so good to see her and finally meet her two babies! She is one of my best friends and roommates from college, and she has the most adorable kids! We spent our 4th of July weekend attending another of Jason's cousin's weddings all the way in Minnesota. On the way home, we stopped at Mt. Rushmore. It was amazing.
These skeptical-looking people are my in-laws. This picture makes me laugh bc they look so onery! In fact, they are the most wonderful and happy people! Must have been that long car ride.

We watched fireworks at Mill Ruins Park in Minneapolis. The stone bridges and flour mill ruins were beautiful. We took some pictures on Jeff's cell phone, but I don't have them yet.

I love fireworks. It has been a really fun summer. Three weeks left!

Good News

Jason was invited for his first dental school interview yesterday! It's at Midwestern in Glendale, AZ in October. This one came about a month earlier than the invite he got to ASDOH last year, so I'll take that as good news. I hope this time this is only the first of many invites.

I babysat my niece, September, yesterday. She's 5 1/2 months now, and she gets cuter and chubbier everyday. We went for a walk and played under a shady tree for a good half hour. It was peaceful and satisfying. I can't wait to be a mom. Yes, she cried for quite awhile at some points yesterday, and no, I didn't have a clue what she wanted, but when we got home from our walk and she was fast asleep, that was cool. I very gently got her out of the stroller and used my free hand to gather the bottle and toys and put away the stroller. By the time I got her upstairs and into bed, I thought my arm was going to fall off. (At least newborns start out small so my muscles can grow along with the baby.) She looked so sweet snuggled with her blanket.

Last night we had family home evening with a family in our ward whose third baby was born just a week ago. Today I'm visiting Shannon and her week-old baby girl. At the end of the month I'll have my first little nephew, Ryan. So many beautiful babies this month!

Oh, this morning I tried to toss some of September's clothes accidentally left here down the stairs to Jason, but they landed on our awning instead! The broom-attack just pushed them farther away, so this is Jason fishing them down. Miraculously, it worked--and he didn't even snag the clothes. He is quite the fisherman.