Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

July 4th was a busy day.  We woke up in Blanding, dressed in our patriotic clothes and walked down to main street for the parade. 7/4/18 This was the first time the twins understood that by running out onto the street, they could get free candy... and Dad would only eat about half of it. Why do we teach our kids to run into the road for candy?!   Melissa's friend Nikki, riding a unicorn in a tutu. Then, by dinner time we were in Utah County at Josh and Mandy's house for a BBQ and water fights. Busy day! And "catching up" with family. We said good night right as the fire works started.  The twins hadn't napped, we had a 6 week old, and Melissa hadn't napped.  So we headed to Nana and Granddad's.  7/5/18: Then we lost a child in the hollyhocks in the front yard. 7/6/18: Aunt Belle got to hold Lilian for the first time. We had Lilian's blessing July 7th and we were able to get most of the family together. Even...

6/2/18: Andy used some of his PTO leave to get the apartment addition on our rental done, so that we could rent it out while he worked on the main house.   6/3/18: Hannah and Finn started to be entertained by Lilian, even though they might have been calling for help.    6/7/18: Lilian got her first bath at home     Daddy helped get her dressed.   6/9/18: Took a little walk around Nations of the Four Corners Dwellings.  We all needed to get out of the house and the toddlers needed to run off some energy. We visited a Ute tepee, a Navajo Hogan, and a Pioneer rock fort tower, all within a few minutes.   Zoe is always up for an outing as a family.   6/11/18: Water play is always a good way to entertain the kids for awhile and then it encourages me to mop the floors.     Finley enjoying some snuggles with baby Lilian.   Hannah getting more comfortable with her baby s...