AUGUST

august was such a busy month for us.  we were either gone or we had company.  it was a great month.

this is riggs at our ward party.

this cute boy got baptized! we are so proud of trey and his awesome choice to get baptized.  i was lucky enough to play the piano at his baptism and rhett confirmed him! it was a very special day.  after his baptism we went to the canyon and played in the water with paddle boards and canoes.  the water was warm and the weather was perfect.

 on our way home from the canyon we stopped and maxi's and got some pizza and then ate it on the tramp at my dads house. riggs loves it as much as we do.

my kids with their uncles.

 after our trip i was trying to catch up on housework. i was a bit overwhelmed so i put the girls to work.  i can't believe how well they fold laundry.

 awesome.

 this is a typical summer day if we are home. i love it.

 one of the highlights of our summer was when our good friends came and stayed with us one weekend. they just moved back to idaho from TN and we couldn't be more happy about it!

reeds dairy

rhett somehow broke his tooth off at work but luckily our friend came to the rescue and saved rhett....in our kitchen! it was pretty awesome.

fishing!

 rhett really wanted a picture of riggs holding a fish, which i thought was kind of gross...

 ..and then riggs shoved the whole fish head in his mouth!! i about died.  riggs didn't even blink an eye and rhett had no idea what was going on.

and my girls were obsessed with this snake. seriously? i had no idea they liked snakes. i'm not a fan but i wasn't about to tell them that.

 when we were at the park playing tacey fell in a puddle and was so covered in mud and water.  i couldn't just let her run around naked since there were a ton of people at the park so we got desperate and pulled out one of riggins' spare outfits from the diaper bag. between tacey's outfit, rhett's missing tooth, and well, brylee just looking homely we were the most redneck looking family.  it was hilarious.

 these two are so cute.

some of my cousins were in town for a rodeo so we met them at the fairgrounds.

tacey and i had a quick minute to run and go school shopping when we were visiting my dad.  this was her favorite outfit. can you tell?

 kids rodeo at the cassia fair.  i cannot get my dad to smile for a picture. 

 pretty much my dads whole family came into town. that's probably why fair time is always one of my favorite times of year(:

 we brought cooper back to rigby with us and he stayed for a few days.  i could keep that boy forever. 

 soaking up the last few days of summer.  this was a breakfast picnic.

 my rose bush finally got a few roses!!! it's gorgeous.

 since i have the opposite of a green thumb i was pretty proud that i kept most of the flowers and bushes alive!! makes me so happy.

weeding was my therapy this summer. (we have a LOT of weeds) i'm going to miss that during the winter.  seriously, i am.

 so when we were looking for houses last year rhett and i didn't think it was really that big of deal to buy a house with an unfinished yard.  ummm. it is. it's a really, really big deal.  haha.  at least our front yard has grass. but our backyard is another story.  it is ghetto.  it's all rock and weeds.  we are hoping to get the grass planted this fall so we have a backyard by next summer.  we will see.

anyway, so don't judge our weeds. we're working on it.  just look at my cute kids.

riggs likes to crawl in our shower and play. these pictures just crack me up.