Daniel still has a passion for cell phone. Here is a new Lightening McQueen one he got from Walmart that he is very excited about.
Every morning after we finish exercising we visit a pond near University Ave. where we feed "our ducks". We've all become very attached to each other!
Daniel and Nate just LOVE feeding the ducks. They come right up to them and eat out of their hands! The kids won't let us miss a morning! (So, they are keeping me motivated to exercise).
One of the ducks at the pond had babies this week! They are so cute and fuzzy!
On Saturday we all got together at Linda's house to celebrate Brooke's 3rd Birthday. Although, Saturday was actually Linda's 37th birthday as well... 
A rare picture of Jack who doesn't like to have his picture taken
Ashley and Daniel
Dave with most of his brothers and dad
Cousin Katie and her family were visiting from California. Nathan really had a great time with her. She entertained him the whole party.
Bob and Teresa chatting with Dave, Brad and Mom. It's been nice to have them in town.
Nate just loved the baby swing. He wasn't going to have anything to do with the waterslide.
Although, the rest of the kids LOVED it. Here's the birthday girl with Lauren.
Daniel was doing a little jig to show how excited he was about the waterslide.
Cousin Blake
On Thursday, a lawnmower near Eastlawn Cemetary hit a rock and let off some sparks which caused a huge forest fire on Provo's East Mountain bench. Because it's so hot and dry right now, it really spread up the mountain. Thankfully not into our neighborhood, although, it was pretty close!
You can see Mom and Dad's house in the picture.
Because the fire was so hot, it really started to spread up the mountain. Here is a plane spraying fire retardant chemicals to prevent the fire from coming to the houses.
We've been struggling getting Daniel to sleep lately, so we made a sticker chart where Daniel could earn a trip to Chucky Cheese with a friend. It took him several weeks to finally go to sleep 3 nights in a row without a tantrum or a million excuses, but he finally earned his trip to Chucky Cheese. He was excited to have Cousin Barrett come along.
Aunt Carina and cousin Austin
Daniel had been dreaming for weeks about riding this big truck. Before we started the sticker chart, I walked him through Chucky Cheese and showed him all of the rides, so he would know what he was working towards.
The highlight for Nathan at Chucky Cheese was looking for plates with leftover pizza crusts from other patrons and digging in!
It was a great afternoon.
We had a great time at Cousin Claire's party. The water slide was a hit with the kids.
Crazy cousin Brooke. She's fearless and is a little acrobat!
Cousin Blake
Daniel had the time of his life on the water slide. He probably went down it 100 times!
Sherry's twins Kate and Noah (1 yr old)
Nate had a fun time getting in and out of the baby pool
Not so much fun on the waterslide. Nice try Paka!
Paka didn't know what he was getting himself into when he started sharing birthday cake with Nathan. He throughly LOVES to eat.
The birthday girl Claire
Aunt Linda made ladybug cupcakes
And, boy did Nate enjoy his!
Uncle Jason multi-tasking-- cooking while soothing cousin Jack
The party was a bit more geared towards little kids... but Brooke and Matt were good sports.
