June-SummaTime!!!

Once again I have to say What a GREAT month it's been for us. The beginning of the month was a little iffy because of the rain, but soon enough the sun has decided to shine and brighten our days with it's warmth. We've been able to enjoy camping and playing outside.
Our highlights this month are:

We went on our first camping trip of the summer! We had tons of fun doing that with some of our close friends. Porter did great and loved being free to roam and explore outside. Patrick took him fly fishing and Porter loved catching fish. He'd shout ISY-More! And now whenever we go near a river/stream he thinks of catching fish.We were also able to use our new tent for the first time and boy do we LOVE it! It was great because we had ours set up by the time everyone else was laying their tents out flat getting ready to set up.

We were also able to enjoy a wonderful evening of BBQ with our friends the Tuttles and out to  a concert in the park with Jon Schmidt and after wards some fireworks to celebrate the city Nibley.  Porter was a little ill that day so he was a very mellow kid that night. Yet, he loved the concert and would bop his head to the music and say NANO! He also found it fun to clap and cheer and share his excitement of listening to the music. The best was when he did it all on his own and nobody else was clapping or cheering. He all of a sudden clapped and said "WOOHOO!" I think everyone in the park heard him! It was so cute!

I was able to take the kids down to visit family and go to a good friends wedding one weekend. We celebrated Fathers day and Porter sang I'm so glad when daddy comes home to him, even though he was super sick! He did a great job. So as I mentioned Porter was sick, he had a double ear infection AND strep throat on top of that. He was miserable! He's never been so sick before and it broke my heart to hear him come to me and say "Mommy...hurt!" And because it was all just the flu symptoms of sweats and chills and the aches there really wasn't much I could do to help him. We did a lot of cuddling and watching movies on the couch.

We've also been enjoying the nice warm weather, Finally, in the pool. Porter loves to play in the water! I don't think we've ever heard such a tantrum from him when it was time to come inside for dinner. He LOVES playing in the water outside.

Kinley turned 5 months old this month and has learned how to roll over! She can only roll over from her back to her front on the left side, but it's still a milestone being reached. Right now we are working on sitting up on her own. We've started her on veggies and she gobbles those down. She really likes the Green beans! Everyone tells us she is a feminine little Porter! We agree! She has such a contagious little laugh and a smile that could brighten anyone's day!