Melissa, Andy and the kids' Blog

8/3 - Lily and Dawn playing sum swamp to keep their summer math skills up.  Melissa was watching the Lyman's because Kati started work early with her new Assistant Principle job.  It has been a few years since Finn had a pile of sand in the yard.  We took out the sandstone patio to prepare for concrete and he was very happy for a few days. He even convinced the girls to play in the dirt a few times.  8/4 - Teddy Bear clinic in Blanding.  Melissa had the Lyman girls again, so we were bursting with children.  8/5 - Lily was invited to a water/bouncy house birthday party for one of her preschool friends.  8/7 - Melissa hired a friend's daughter to pull grass out of the flower bed and she found a bird.  Everyone got to give it a little snuggle.  Then Cali the cat ate it the next day.  8/8 I had to stop for a quick photo on the way to MV clinic.  Somebody left a piano at one of the pullouts along the highway, presumably to encourage rand...

July 1 - The July 4th celebration kicked off with Farm Days at Bears Ears Buds farm.  Here we are on a hay ride. The kids also built pneumatic paper rockets and we shared dinner with Grandma.  Monday the 3rd Melissa and the kids visited Scales and Tails.  The parade was lots of fun on the 4th. Lilian is proud to be an America, with an otter pop.  Lots of candy, floats, fun... And cash!  Redd's Mechanical was launching dollar bills from a t-shirt cannon and Finn collected $5.  Everybody all dressed up at the parade.  Melissa and Grandma went to the park by themselves this year.  The rest of us were too hot.  We had a BBQ at Grandma and Grandpa's.  Then the fireworks didn't start until 10:30 PM this year! It was a long wait, we ended up watching 90 minutes of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, having a glow stick rave on the front porch and getting "bored!" all before the fireworks started.  On the 5th Hannah helped make breakfast for dinner....