Jonah and Michelle

Sunday, August 17, 2014

July 4th

Emery felt much better on the 4th so we were able to go about our planned activities for the day.

We went out to my parent's for our traditional swim and dinner party. The Howells (friends of the Nickells), two sets of Nickells, my parents, and the three of us were the people there.

All the kids at my parent's.

Cousins

We switched things up a bit this year and had the firework party at our house (usually its at the Nickell's)! We left my parent's first so we could get the last minute things ready.

The snack table with the snacks we provided, lots more snacks were brought by everyone else.

Buck and Jamie were the first guests to arrive so the little girls started with sparklers as we waited for the others to come.

Soon there were lots more people! Everyone who was at my parent's house came plus Sarah and Josh, Buck, Jamie, and Harlow, and our new friends the Empfields.

Emery and her friend Evan had matching shirts that Joanne (Empfield) and I had made earlier in the week.

Emery loved doing the sparklers.

She also loved the glow sticks (who can blame her?!).

And of course there were fireworks.

It was fun (and a little stressful) having the party at our house. Some of our neighbors got home while it was still going on and they commented that it was the biggest 4th of July party that had been held in our cul-de-sac, I was quite pleased with that!

July 3rd

We went to our traditional firework show at the Rawhide Stadium on the 3rd. We were so excited for Emery to watch the show this year. Unfortunately she started running a high fever in the afternoon and she felt really bad. By 5:00pm she had climbed into our bed, wrapped herself up in the blankets and fell asleep. Poor baby! We knew she wouldn't be up for going out so my mom offered to stay at our house with her so that Jonah and I could still go. We were severely disappointed that Emery couldn't go and it put a damper on our excitement about the fireworks but we managed to still have fun.

Of course we got snow cones!

And the show was great.

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Preparing for the 4th

We were too excited to wait for fireworks so we drew our own on the patio. This was an ongoing project that lasted a few nights of adding more fireworks and finishing touches. I'm pretty sure this is going to be a new tradition.

We met up with the Nickells to buy fireworks together.

It was rather hot outside buying the fireworks so we decided it would be a good idea to get some frozen yogurt. Emery brought her ponies along.

We thought we should see what Emery thought of sparklers so she'd be prepared to do them on the 4th. At first she wasn't too sure but after a couple that Mommy and Daddy held she was ready to try one herself. She loved it.

June Happenings

In June we...

Watched the Nickell boys at a swim meet.

Had a tea party.

Emery had her first ice cream cone.

Watched a movie in the park with the cousins.

Emery discovered a different way to ride in the shopping cart.

Played with our new friend Evan (and his parents Joanne and Greg).

Met our newest nephew Jaxon Ray.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

The Beach

Jonah took some time off work for our 6th anniversary at the end of May. We spent one of the days at the beach. This was Emery's first time actually getting to experience the beach. At first she wasn't too sure, she thought it was too cold and dirty.

We put her sweatshirt on and got her playing in the warm sand.

Then we got her down by the water and she enjoyed the foam.

Jonah finally coaxed her into the water...

And she loved it! The water was so cold and she was shivering but wouldn't get out because she was having so much fun running into the waves. She was soaked and fell down a couple times but she didn't care.