Utah summers...'n stuff

I'm behind on my blogging!!!! I'm going to try combining several potentially interesting posts into one long, boring one to chronicle our summer goings-on thus far. We are LOVING Utah summers again and almost forgot what it was like to not roast to death for 4+ months out of the year (we still miss our friends and family in Arizona...wah.) Perhaps it is the non-triple-digit weather conditions that inspired Adam and Jason to put on their warm Christmas jammies on this particular occasion. They decided to really mix things up and were beaming with excitement when they came downstairs dressed like this...wierdos! All in all, we are having a great summer and they are spent mostly outside, doing things like this...

...and this...

We also get to go swimming every Tuesday with my friend Heather at her in-law's very awesome pool. The VERY BEST part about summers in Utah is, without a doubt, VISITORS!!! My sister, Lisa, and her family came from Arizona. We picnicked at the park with the entire Jenson clan and had a great time with everyone.
Then came my friend Luanne and her kids...also from Arizona. My friend Shawna, who moved to Utah from Arizona last year came too. We spent the day mostly at home, playing with bunnies, jumping on the trampoline, and eating...a lot. We walked the the park, too, with all ELEVEN children. Luckily in Utah you don't get too many strange looks when herding around that many young'ns. Here's Rachel and her "boyfriend", Kaden. (It's okay, Dawn...she's still betrothed to Rigdon. This is just a fling.)
Yesterday our friends Mark and Jill drove in on their way up to Oregon from, of course, Arizona (duh) and spent the night before heading out this morning to finish their trek. We had dinner with them and the Schnepfs last night. It was so much fun. We are so lucky to have such great friends that will come and stay with us. We tried to spoil them rotten so they'll want to stay here again! Mark and Jill have 5 kids, too - 3 boys and 2 girls and they are all very close in age to ours, so needless to say, they had a blast together! Here are Mark & Jill and their cute clan...
I've also been spending a LOT of my time preparing to start up an online baby boutique called The Pretty Petal with my sister Suzanne, featuring very cute flower headbands like this one...
Isn't it adorable??? (The headband is pretty cute, too!) We'll see how this new business venture goes...we really have no idea what we're doing, but we're having fun. Stay tuned...