Little Soldier

My dad took out a tour of the West Desert a few weeks ago and took me along as his assistant tour guide. It was a bus full of 65 years and older people. They were all very nice. I never knew there was anything to see in the west desert of Utah, but I actually had a great time learning more about our wonderful pioneers. My dad is a never-ending fountain of interesting stories and I love hearing more about our history. 

We stopped in at a little gift shop and they had Union and Confederate hats. I thought Beckham would eventually love to use it as dress-up soldiers, so we got him a union one. I think he looks so cute in it!

Wicked

 Doug got tickets to Wicked for his birthday and we got to go a couple of weeks ago. He had seen the show before, but it was my first time. We had a great time at it. We ate at Cheesecake Factory and were stuffed by the time we got to the show. 

I saw this lady at the intermission and I thought she was the actual actress from the show. I soon learned I was wrong, she was just a very big fan. 

Summer Happenings

Today I finally felt some relief from the heat and it made me happy, but also a little sad. I have enjoyed summers, but I welcome the cool breezes! Here are some pictures of our summer. I felt like summer went really fast this year. I can't believe we are already into the second week of September now. 

 I think Beckham looks so cute when he is all dressed up for church. Such a stud!

 We went to Bear Lake for the Sommer's family reunion and had a fantastic time. We went on a nice hike...up a dirt road. I tried tying Beckham to my back because we didn't have a baby carrier, but it only worked for 10 minutes. So we put him on our shoulders, but that got old pretty quick too. Thankfully Uncle Shane headed back to the house early and took Beckham along with him. 

 When we got back this is how we found him...sipping on some soda. He was happy as a clam!

 I LOVE putting a bunch of babies in the bath tub. I think it is so cute. Poor Lily was the only girl, but a great sport. 

 Enjoyed lots of vegies

 We loved having lots of family in town. Beckham really enjoyed all his cousins. I love his face in this picture...like nothings going on, with all the chaos around him.

 And lastly, we placed sod in our backyard and it looks amazing. I will have to take an after picture to show it off. So lush and green! Doug worked like a little horse pulling a chain-link fence around to level the ground. We were so thankful for all those that came to help us lay it. We have wonderful family and friends.