Kent, Mariam and co.

I often forget how much I love modern technology.  It seems like you never appreciate what you have until it is not there.  Case in point, my digital camera.  It is not broken, but I left the recharger cord at my moms.  Well, my batteries went dead, and we had a fun little adventure this last weekend.  I was sooo sad not to have my camera, so I did the unthinkable.  I used a FILM camera.  I haven't used it in years though, and the batteries were dead.  As it turns out the batteries were about $15.   We spent the weekend in SLC with my in-laws.  The kids had so much fun ridding the elevator, swimming in the hotel pool and exploring every nook and cranny in the hotel room.  The next morning we went to the Discovery Center and the Gateway.  The kids had a blast, and they were so cute.   I wanted to capture all the fun memories, so I pulled out my old camera.  It was so hard.  I couldn't see what I was taking a picture of, you only get one shot, and the camera was big and bulky. ...

We had our first cook-out of the summer.  Some friends invited us for a little hot dog roast last Friday.  The kids had so much fun.  Food is always so much better when you cook it on a stick. Monday was D's last day of school, and it was also his water party.  (I was so excited he was finally having his party since he talked about going non stop for the past week).  The kids had so much fun.  Here Ms. Jami is shooting a water rocket with the kids.   Kent and I came to help out and we filled up so many water balloons that Kent's fingers actually started bleeding.  The kids had so much fun though.   Later that night, D had his preschool graduation.  (He's the one with the black hat putting his fingers up).  Like a true player, when the teacher's teenage daughter passed by he very loudly said, "Wow, you look beautiful today!".  He likes the older ladies.   Preschool has been so good for D, and his teacher has been so patient with him.  Here is a movie with D...