Melody's 8th Birthday

She had her 8th birthday party at her Uncle Kevin's and Aunt Lori's house.  We got together with family, swam, ate, and she got to open some fun presents.  Happy 8th birthday Melody!

Melody's Baptismal Dress

I got a wee bit emotional today thinking about Melody and how fast she's growing up. She and I looked at dresses for her 8th birthday and she chose one that is just perfect for her. Fits her personality and she looks lovely. Melody tried it on and we took some pictures of her in the backyard. Her daddy's going to baptize her on June 26th. Tonight is Family Home Evening and we'll be talking about the importance of baptism, making covenants with Heavenly Father, and the gift of the Holy Ghost...and then we're going swimming.

Peaches!

My sister Laurel and her kids came to stay with us for the week and we've been having a lot of fun together.  I took her and my kiddos to Schnepf Farms to pick us some locally grown peaches.  MMMMmmmmmm...fresssshh peeeeaaches.  We were pickin' them, rubbin' them on our shirts, and eatin' them right off the tree.  Soooo good.  Laurel made us some homemade peach cobbler, and together we made a double batch of peach jam to split.  The kids snacked on those peaches for a few days, then I made peach smoothies with the left overs.  It was a fun experience.  Dane couldn't reach the peaches in the trees so kept bringing me any he could find on the ground.  We met my friend Tiffany there with her kids and we had our strollers for the younger kids.  It was a fun day.  The only disappointing thing is no ninjas jumped out of the trees at us. After picking those fuzzy fruits we went over to the otherside of the farm where we took a train ride around the farm and saw other vegetable gardens, took a hayride and got off half way to feed some deer, went to the petting zoo and came into contact with some very friendly goats, rode a carousel that was built back in 1912, and played on a very fun playground with tractor trikes, slides, tractor tires, haybales, and a little house.   Seriously, if you haven't been there you should make a point to go.  October is my favorite time to go because of the chilli fest, pumpkins, and corn maze.   After Schnepf Farm we went home and jumped in our neighborhood pool to cool off for a few hours.