Sam is finally slowing down at work and gets home at a normal 6:30 in the evenings now. We had planned to have a late night swim last night so the kids could have the lights on in the pool because they love that! It was really fun. We were out there for almost 2 hrs, playing and swimming together. As it got darker the lights were more obvious and they loved how the pool changed color as the lights changed from green-red-blue-white. Kami is getting very confident in the water (maybe a little too confident) but she is hilarious as she swims around, holding her breath until she can touch something and pop out of the water. She likes to swim face in... :) After so long we started to shrivel up so Ryan and I got out first and wrapped up and lay on a lounge chair and watched the stars and clouds for a while. It was fun spending alone time with him talking about the moon and the stars and what the clouds looked like to us. We found a face in the clouds that was kinda freaky lookin'. Ryan is such a busy little guy that it's not too often that we just have quiet time together so I really enjoyed it. He needs that emotional connection too. It wasn't long before Kami realized that she wasn't the one snuggling with Mom, so out she came and Ryan was nice enough to scoot to another chair and all three of us looked at the sky and dried off.
It's always nice to spend time together as a family and we've missed Sam being with us so it was a great evening. Goes to show you that the important family times don't have to be extravagant or costly, it's being together that makes the memory!
Cousins!
Something is wrong when the kids can get on higher ground before (OLD) grown men!!
Nana & Kami Poo!
The cave where the kids found a "dead man" or so they were convinced!
Pool Time after a hot sticky hike
Talent Show.............
The Wiggles in concert!
Rock Band and chillin' to end a great day.....
HAPPY 4th of JULY
Baili got to ride *again* on the ambulance in the parade!
Lewis & Beverley
Mam & Scott
Baili & Kim
Sam & Kim 
We had a 2nd annual rodeo at the singles ward. The kids loved it last year and knew what to expect this year so we donned our western wear and headed to the dusty "Stewart Ranch". 
We had to lay some ground rules down for the kids because last year Ryan almost died when one of the horses took off across the corral bouncing Ryan up and down. Our friend Ray just barely caught Ryan before he fell off when the horse came to an abrupt halt and would have bucked Ryan off. Thankfully I had chosen that moment to visit the little girls room so saved myself the heart attack that everyone else had at the scene. They were still talking about it this year.
