Merry Christmas (and the magic of Photo Shop)

After a long absence from the blog, I am back! I will probably post some catch-up pictures later, but for now here is our family at the annual tri-stake community creche exhibit. Jeff was okay with dressing up for a photo at first but then dug in his heels and refused to cooperate. The photographer actually took his picture separately over on the couch and then photoshopped him in! Happy holidays!

As promised here are some pictures of Barb's visit in June. We went to the beach and built a sand castle and looked at tide pools.

Sarah really isn't into the beach yet, but she did manage to get a nap.

Ezra and Sarah were cute together. We're so glad they were able to come see us!

This week it is hot, hot, hot at our house so we are doing stuff like swimming and saving our yard work for the evenings as the sun is going down. The kids did a huge load of weeding for me and earned Blizzards from Dairy Queen. Of course we are all looking forward to fireworks tomorrow night!