24th of July

thats my little niece Olivia, who is 5. (jenny little girl)

my sister Jenny

she was sad we took away her snaps. she was trying to eat them..

she loves playing with her daddy. i know there aren't that many pictures of andrew, but thats because he's always on the go when there are other kids around, and abby is still so good to just look at things, and those big cheeks are so fun to take pictures of....

there is Karl Malone...you know the tall black guy in the middle..

this is Karl's wife talking to the Hatches, who own Hatch Family Chocolates downtown, featured on TLC's Little Chocolatiers. we've been to their shop, and MMM MMM MMM.....dans sister jenny went to high school with the husband, so thats kind of cool that they know each other.

happy birthday to karl malone. and that day was also my bro in law Jerrys, and my friends baby Asa's 1st birthday.

i love how abby is holding onto his hand here. 

So i know its the 26th of july today, but here are our pics from the 24th. and i guess a little from the 25. we had a good day. watched the parade in the morning, then went swimming and worked out in the afternoon.  i ran 3 miles saturday, which for me is a record since having kids...and i dont even remember the last time i ran 3 miles was for me so it was a little accomplishment for me. then we went to sam and heidi's house where we had a bqq and let the kids play in the backyard. we also did a few snaps and small fireworks leftover from the 4th of july, so that was fun. we stopped at Karl Malone's toyota dealership for a little bit, his birthday is the 24th so he was throwing himself a big birthday party, we got to see him, but didnt get a picture with him, which i think would have been sorta cool. yesterday after church my sister jenny called and wanted to come hang out, so we were very excited to have her the kids over for the afternoon. it was just nice to hang out and have some face time! tomorrow we leave to go to Jackson Hole Wy, where we will go white water rafting with mary and b-rad! we will stay in little cabins in star valley, but we will get to go see their treehouse and i'm excited, it should be fun!