4th of july

Parade!!!!
...and fireworks!!
I guess I should take more pictures... and maybe of more people than just Dennis. :)

fun @ the fischers

It was so much fun having dinner at the Fischer's house. After dinner we went out in the front lawn to play in the sprinkler. Crazy to think that Jenna and I used to play together like this and now we are watching our little boys. Dennis is about 6 months older than B but since Dennis is small and B is big they were just about the same size.
Dennis got to have his first long board ride with Brett. You can tell he feels totally cool- how he is leaning into it.

Guess you know who we think about all the time... since there weren't any pictures of us! haha

yard work

This was much too fun not to share. Dennis helped papa out in the yard with putting patches of sod in. He wanted to be apart of every step. literally. Hopefully, he keeps this motivation throughout his life!

dancing skills

Dennis has some mad dancing skills. Watch him dance to his favorite song these days... a 15 second money song from a greetings card.

jam

Check out Dennis' amazing mashing abilities.

strawberries

So we went strawberry picking and it was so much fun! Dennis got to ride in his little wagon.


And as soon as we started picking strawberries... he didn't want to move. He thought we were dishing up his tray- He would just eat one after another... luckily he got sick of them and we could start a pile to take home.
Then he got out of the wagon to help us pick. He loved running around in the field and helping us pick the berries. But, once in a while he wanted a quick and easy snack, so he sat down next to our box.
mmm so good. It reminds me of that book about blueberry hill. curplink, curplank, curplunk.
He had so much fun on the ride home with not just 1 but 2 twelve year old gals that love him. (check out that red smear down his arm and on his face)
He had to have strawberries for breakfast the next day too! Nonnie's specialty- strawberries on toast.
Thanks for the great day!

reunion wedding

This first picture is before the wedding. We went to SLC to a sidewalk art show. And, I got to see some old friends from college. Actually, the day was packed with college reunions. LOVED IT!! This was Andrea, Kristina, Mitch, Micah, and me. Andrea and Kristina were on my dorm floor freshman year and Mitch dated my roommate and Micah and I went on a road trip to his house in Cali with some other people. Soooo good to see these guys. I see Micah every 3 years or so for about a half hour. Solid friendship don't you think?

Then there was the wedding! Don't they look great! Allison & Brad Snelson
We were so hot waiting for them to come out of the temple that a few naughty girls dipped their feet in the Provo temple fountain! These are my friends Taylor and Erica. Both gals I hadn't seen in several years.
My Allison BFF. LOVE THAT GIRL. And I love her family. So, I took a road trip to her house in Cali sophomore year and her family totally adopted me and treated me as their own- not like they needed another one-They have 14 kids. But, I still feel like I belong with their clan 8 years later. I walked into the sealing room a little late and as soon as I came in Alli's dad said, "hi Rita". I guess you had to be there... but it totally made me feel special. I love those guys.
Here are all of my friends that came plus a few: Nikki, Erica, Andrea, Allison, Kristina, me, some girl, Taylor, Berta, Kate. I wish Kamden, Marie, Katie, & Abby could have made it- We missed you all!
Here is a picture of a few of my favorite people. Kristina and Rachel. Rach was my room roommate freshman year. We really grew up together. And Kristina was just down the hall. BFFs!
It was a party to remember.