July flew by in the blink of an Eye!

For 4th of July weekend we went camping with Kim and Jane down in the mountains by Emery. It turned out to be a regular adventure getting down there with the radiator hose blowing off Scott's Blazer and all kinds of fun things. Luckily we were behind him in the van and were able to get back to town and fill it all back up. A three hour trip turned into a 5 hour marathon. The girls had a lot of fun riding the 4 wheelers and playing adventures inthe trees with some of their cousins. We did not get a lot of sleep, but that wasn't too suprising.

A neighbor of ours had a splash party and the girls had a lot of fun with that. They have a lot of friends in the neighborhood. Abby is the one jumping, and Isabel is the rainbow one hanging on the edge.

Abby got to have 2 birthdays. We had her friend party on the 19th. It was a bug birthday with a spider cake, spider cupcake decorating, decorating a bug house and then going on a bug treasure hunt. I think all the girls had a fun time. We then had Grandma and Grandpa Watson x 2 over on Monday for her actual birthday. Her favorite presents were a marble race set and a Furberry.

On a hot day we went up the South Fork of Provo Canyon for a picnic. The creek was shallow and the girls all loved playing in it. We liked it too!

The last major event for July was Scott finally getting word that he had gotten a job with the US Forest Service as a law enforcement officer. The job will be in Monticello but we will not move for more than 6 months because he has to do training, more than 3 months in Georgia and then 3 months of ride-alongs in different places around here. After he got the offer and before we had to answer, we went down to Monticello and checked it out. Scott and I went there on our honeymoon, but the B&B we stayed at is something else now. It was a long trip, but good to see the place. It was their Pioneer Days, so there was a parade and fireworks which the older girls loved, Sara not so much. She was pretty sick and miserable the whole time which made it kinda stressful for us, but it's all better now. The petroglyph pic is Newspaper rock, with thousands of years of drawings. Monticello is 50 miles south of Moab and has a lot of great outdoor stuff to do. The town is pretty tiny itself.

The rest of the time we have just been around the house, trying to take care of the crazy weeds and the chickens and not get completely scorched. We have gotten our first big squash out of the garden which is very exciting for the girls.