{more chaos} Maybe I'll try this again

I know I haven't blogged in a very long while, but maybe I'll try this whole blog-thing again and see if I can give it a go. We enjoyed a fun summer and the kids don't mind that it is officially over with school starting tomorrow. Lulu is looking forward to first grade and Buddy is eagerly awaiting his first day of Kindergarten next Thursday. Here's a quick overview of some of our summer fun:
Buddy played soccer and Rob was the assistant coach.
We went to St. George and the Grand Canyon with my whole family.
Buddy, Lulu, Squiggle and cousin Isaac all took swimming lessons.
Lulu & Buddy ran a kids half-mile race and Rob ran the 5k for Steel Days in American Fork.
We vacationed in Breckenridge, Colorado with the majority of Rob's family.
Buddy learned to ride a bike without training wheels and proceeded to ride to Bridal Veil Falls with Rob & Lulu.
Squiggle learned to pluck her eyebrows--very important.
All the kids spent a lot of time playing in the water. Our garden also kept growing and growing and we have enjoyed broccoli, cabbage, cilantro and lettuce.

That's a brief wrap-up of our summer adventures. Tomorrow begins a new adventure--and we are ready!

{more chaos} We're alive, are you?

Okay, so I've been quite on the blogging front for awhile.  This is what we've been up to during the month of July:

And this is what we've learned this month:

• Our favorite family ride at Lagoon is "Dinosaur Drop"
  
• Lagoon is even more enjoyable without a stroller (*special thanks to G&G for watching Squiggle while we were playing*)
  
• It is better to ride "Rattlesnake Rapids" while the sun is shining & very hot
• Squiggle loves the train ride in Mona
  
• No matter how passive your kids are, they can still come home with plenty of parade candy
  
• Second-Cousins are fun! They are closer to our age.
  
• Lulu & Buddy already have rocker names: Roxanne & Rock, respectively
• AF Steel Days Parade is waaaay fun, especially when you get to sit in the shade
• Squiggle is CRAZY about animals & doesn't seem to mind any animal sucking on her fingers, licking her face, etc.--we're not sure where she came from
  
• Goats LOVE to eat corn & can't seem to get enough
  
• Calfs are really slobbery while eating corn out of your hand, alpacas are not.
• Hanging out with Grandma & Grandpa D & living so close to them is VERY FUN!
  

So we had a fun, busy, event-filled July.  It went by really fast and now we are preparing for Lulu to start kindergarten & Buddy to start preschool.  We are also traveling to Arizona with G&G M.