Wow! I blinked and it was gone!

The second weekend in July we flew to Southern California to spend some time with Camille and her family. On Sat. we went down to thebeach (Corona del Mar), by way of and In and Out Burger place, Laguna Beach, and Newport Beach, which I believe you can see in the pictures below on the far right. The beach was sooo crowded and hot and seaweedy. The view was incredible, the colors were amazing. We had a great time. Thanks Camille and Jack for taking us.

Below grandpa waving to us.

the boyz of summer (as I like to call them).

Alex

Jack, the day before his farewell and three days before the MTC.

Miles

And Zack.

Look at the colors out in the ocean. It was so cool!

We made them stop grubbing around for sand crabs? and pose for a picture.

Good looking guys. I love all the hair styles.

Leah at home with the kitty. they are getting very used to her. They still don't like her too much.

Third weekend spent in Castle Dale with the newly returned missionary Whitney.

Lily my little sweet snoozer at Grandpa J's house.

After the shower such happiness and such curls in her hair.

Yikes! You scared me.

Leah and Zack at the Pioneer Day Parade. Leah was into gathering taffy and eating it.

Grandpa came with chocolate milk.

some fun floats.

Chocolate milk tastes best on a hot day in the sun.

This was a great float bu Broulim's supermarket.

This was thefirstplace winner.

Today I showed Leah how snapdragons work. She didn't get it.

In the garden in front of the corn.

such a sweet little face.

Click on this to get a better view of the roses, dark hollyhocks, and the delphiniums. Gorgeous.

And then we had a tea party!

Getting ready. . . she sort of had an idea what was happening.

She got very excited when I brought out these darling little spoons.

Oh, such a happy little tea drinker.

We had graham craker with frosting, and bread with humuus, peppermint tea, sugar, and milk. and the cutest cups and saucers and a pansy tablecloth.

When we got everything on the table she sat down and folded her arms for the prayer, so of course we stopped and asked a blessing on our tea party. And everything tasted great.

Lily at the party.

Very milky tea.

Leah loved all of it, even the humuus.

And then Figaro joined us for a little bit.

Then we stacked our cups and saucers . . . .

And we went inside.

And soon July will be over and it has gone way to fast for me. The fields are starting to turn and the weather has cooled slightly, a sure sign that harvest is coming and our lazy summer days will soon be over.