{ New Arrival }

The countdown is on. 11 days until we meet this little miracle. I am always excited to meet my new baby but this time is different. This little guy decided to come to our family as a surprise, which makes him pretty special. I'm not sure why he was in such a rush, but I'm excited to meet him and feel of his sweet spirit.

And he has 3 siblings that are going to love him more than life itself.

{ Misc summer fun }

I have so many fun picture that I took this summer with my phone that I thought I'd just do a random post of summer fun. I recently started using instagram which is where I post most of my pictures. I wish there was a way to have my instagram pictures automatically post on my blog.

Getting ice cream with Dad

Daddy took them to see the horses. Myla is obsessed with horses. As we are driving we always have to look for horsies to point out to her.

While I was with my parent's at a JeeHee Cho's wedding, Logan took the kids to the cabin. They always love to do the 3 bears trail and were really excited that someone had fixed it up since the last time we went.

One day we met Jenny, Nana and the Buchanans at Gateway for lunch one day and let the kids play on the splash pad.

Seriously silly kiddos.

I had a lovely time at the Temple with these beautiful ladies. It was a special day. I had a sweet moment sitting with my Mother in the Celestial room.

While at the temple, I took a picture sitting on the bench where my sweet husband asked me to marry him 10 1/2 years ago.

One day we met Jen and the Buchanans at a park in Alpine to let the kids play and then had a yummy lunch at Chick-fil-a.

Myla and Hannah are so funny together. Both girls are such characters, they always keep us laughing.

A week before school started we had to get into the dentist. The kids were so tough, I'm so proud of them. Even Myla let the dentist look in her mouth!

Swimming with Cole Lockwood and McCord Lloyd.

Myla, Cami, and Samantha.

I spent almost every Friday in Orem with my Mom. I didn't bring the kids every time (which was really nice) but a few times they came to play with Nana.

Nana being a great sport and letting the girls push her in a wheelchair.

A sweet picture of Sophie Lynn and NanaJan.

Sophie and McKinley in matching shirts! 

Grocery shopping with my Dad for Sunday dinner.

I brought the kids with me to IKEA to get some stuff for the baby's room.

Cherryhill with Myla's bestie . . Cam Cam.

It has been a very fun and very busy summer! Now that they are back in school things are slowing down and we are just waiting to meet our new bundle of joy.

{ July 4th and 24th }

I'm so behind on blogging that I need to combine events to get them all in. We had a wonderful time in July celebrating the 4th and the 24th.

We used to invite our neighbors over for breakfast on July 4th but we took last year off and this year our yard is torn up while Logan builds a stone patio back there. We decided to go to the Kaysville parade again because our nephew Josh is in it and they throw out candy so the kids think it's Christmas.

This year we got there a little late and couldn't quite remember where to park so we ended up walking quite a ways. It was extremely hot for this very pregnant mama! But once we got there the kids just jumped right in and had a blast. 

 After the parade we had lunch and headed down to Orem to spend the day with the Rife/Cox/Buchanan family. We had a delicious BBQ and lit a bunch of fireworks! (Thanks Papa Rich)

When we were almost done with our fireworks the neighbors came out and started lighting off some ariels. One of their fireworks tipped over and started shooting out balls of fire all around the cul-di-sac! It was pretty scary and made for a memorable firework experience!

July 24th:

We have a tradition with the Hammer family of doing a RED WHITE and BLUE breakfast every Pioneer day. 

The whole gang! Pretty incredible that have the whole family together.

This year we not only had breakfast but spent the day at Brammy and Bapa's playing with the cousins. Brammy rented a blow up water slide and the kids were in HEAVEN!

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Laura didn't have any plans that day and wanted to have Ayden and Sophie sleep over at her house that night so she came up in the afternoon and brought her kids to play at Brammy's. It was so fun!

Laura brought some sparklers and the kids had a great time lighting them. It was a fun filled day with filled with lots of people we love.