Come again? The 4th and so forth...

Remember way back when, when I said new posts coming soon? That took a little longer than I imagined. Anyway, we're now caught up (3 prior to this) and ready for the next big posts, which will be after this weekend. They will feature the lovely Kt's baptism and Sophie's 1st birthday! We are also getting family pictures taken tomorrow night--so you may see some of those in the future too. The talented Kate Benson will be our photog for the night. We're going to the water park tomorrow prior to pics, so hopefully we won't be a family of sunburnt tomatoes in our new portrait. Now, I know you've been counting down the days till a new post appeared (all 2 cats), but a wise woman (Tom's mom Marilyn Hadd) once said that blogs are therapy, and that's what we just have to keep telling ourselves when no one is interested in our blog but the people who write 'em. So true M. Hadd, so true.

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A couple other things that have happened over the last month are:

--My good friend Meg got married in the SL temple. Our other good friend Denise flew out for the occasion and we even got to have a girl's night/slumber party the following Saturday, complete with several costume changes from me and an appearance by Seaweed.

--My friend Chris and I had a b-day party for our friend Brad. I even coerced Chris into giving him a best friends necklace. The two heart halves were even adorned with a dolphin with a gem eye. It was a hit. What can I say, I've got good ideas.

--Nicole W. and I went and saw Eclipse. We giggled along with everyone else, and thoroughly enjoyed it. We're girls, we can't help it.

--On the 3rd of July, Chris, Kathryn, and I went up to Rock Canyon Park and watched the fireworks from Stadium of Fire. I wished we had a radio so we could hear the timeless patriotic tune of Neil Diamond. Alas, we did not.

--For the 4th of July, I went up to Addie and Shaun's and we lit off a pack of fireworks in front of their house. Sophie didn't like her knees touching so she was doing the below typish crawl, which was super funny.

--The 5th of July I met Addie and fam at the Scera park/pool for a picnic and swimming. While we were waiting for the pool to open I took Kt and Izzy over to the playground. Izzy got hot and marched herself over to the shade. Meanwhile Kt managed to get herself stuck in the kiddie swing. Admist my laughing and taking photos Izzy undressed down to her swimsuit and requested a photo. While taking photos Kt casually walked over with a piece of licorice in her mouth. I asked her where she got it and she immediately spit it out, with a "don't tell" following. Just goes to show that you can't take your eyes off them for a minute. I put Izzy's swim cover up on her backwards (on purpose) and then it became a game for the two girls. After our picnic Izzy was dying to get into the pool. As you can see, she is the lone child in the pool while all the other hundreds of kids are still getting slathered with sunscreen. We spent a good 3 hours there and I even got carried all around the kiddie pool by Kt and Izzy. Royal treatment with lots of "accidental" dunkings.