It was Aubrey's birthday a few days before we got there, so I made her a princess cake. She told me what she wanted on it. She loved it. That night she was doing flips and jumps and wanted me to take pictures of her. She loved seeing herself on the camera.
Joseph came home on July 16. Job's got a limo to take to the airport to pick Joseph up. There, the family held up a "Welcome Home Elder Jones" sign. Two days later a party was held for him and they had a taco maker guy come and make fish, beef, and chicken tacos.
Job and I had his niece and nephew, Marley and Te'a for a few days. While in Cedar we took them to Discovery Park play Wiffle Ball and to play on all the fun swings and stuff. The two of them loved the wiffle ball set. We all took turns hitting the balls and throwing them to each other. Job pushed them on the big tire swing. When we got to California, Job's sister Jessica and the four of us went to the bowling alley. One of the kids even got the ball stuck between the bumper and the median. They were so much fun, but their energy wore us out completely.
Richard, Amy and Isabelle came to Cedar for a few days. It was a blast having them around. I had to cherish to moments Isabelle came to me. Isabelle found this stool in the kitchen and flipped it over to sit in. She kept making poses and this on was my favorite.
We went to Wal-Mart for a few things and on our way out Reagan spotted the sunglasses. Richard put them on her and Isabelle and they looked so darn cute I just had to share them with you. I think the sunglasses must have made them blind because they kept walking into other people, or I guess it could have just been their age.
This is our gang at the cabin. Back row: Jennifer, Tess, Ryan, Amy, Richard, Mom (Brenda), Dad (Craig). Front row: Isaac, Adrianna, Reagan, Isabelle, and Katie.
Daddy and Daughter. Aren't they so cute together. Richard is such a good daddy.
Sticks and dirt were these two new friends favorite things at the cabin. After showing them flowers, their attention turned to the sticks and the ground.
Soon Isabelle got bored with the sticks and sat down to play in the dirt. She picked it up and moved it to another place. As you can see, sometimes the other place was down in her lap.
Reagan loved the sticks though. She carried sticks from where Isabelle was playing and back to the cabin. She did it over and over.
While at the cabin, we went down to Navajo Lake to play in the water. The kids had so much fun getting wet. My mom and dad had so much fun being grandparents. With Isabelle in town and Reagan as their "new granddaughter" (she ended up calling them grandma and grandpa), they enjoyed their time.
Isabelle had a ball in the water. She walked in it and sat in the water, even if it went up to her shoulders. She was so cute as she had the time of her life.
Little Diaper Queen Tess here liked the water as well for a while.
Isabelle just loved having her daddy in there with her, as he swung her in and out of the water.
This was one of Reagan's first pictures in the water. She loved it until she thought she could swim and her face ended up in the water. Thank goodness Grandpa was there to pick her up. After that she was a little timid to get back in, but she did a few times.
Job's cousin Bryan and his wife Natalie came down from Provo for the Fourth of July weekend. When people come in from out of town, it always means late nights and long days. We spent Friday at Navajo Lake, having a Pizza Party, Home Run Derby, and lots of fireworks. On Saturday, we hiked Kanarraville Falls and went to dinner. We didn't bring our digital camera with us on our hike because it was a hike filled with lots of water. We hiked through water, climbed up ladders on old tree trunks, and went down natural water slides. We took a disposable camera with us on the hike.
We borrowed Job's uncle Steve's Kayak to have fun with at the Lake. It was a blast and none of us fell in while on it. We also borrowed the Rindlisbacher's car to get us to the kayak and back to the lake. Thanks Kurt and Kristie. I posted some of my favorite pictures of us from the lake and all the other fun activities.
That evening we invited some friends over for a Pizza Party. This was the only picture we took during the pizza. Logan Mickel put olives on Katie's fingers and she loved it. After pizza we played Noun Cubed. 
Kristie brought the dessert to our Pizza Party. This is her famous Famous Fourth of July cake. It was so gorgeous and delicious.
After pizza, the four of us went over to the High School to have a Home Run Derby. Since we just had a wiffle ball set, the guys had to land on the dirt and the girls could roll to the dirt. It was so much fun. We kept going from 12 balls each and down to 1 until we had a winner. Natalie won in the end (with the help of an extra ball from Job while Bryan wasn't looking).
Lucy likes going to baseball field because she has a lot of room to run. One place she loves is under the bench in the dugout. She is getting so big and becoming more obedient day after day.
Bryan and Natalie brought small fireworks down, so after we played Home run derby, we set them off in the High School parking lot. Job, Bryan, and Natalie took turns setting them off while I took pictures of each firework.
There were these small ones that you light and then throw on the ground and they turn different colors as they spin. We threw four at once.
This is the biggest one that we saved for last. Blue Planet was way cool, except for in the middle of it, it fell on its side. Above is it standing up and below is after it fell.
We drove out to the airport to watch the city's fireworks. We were a little early, so we took pictures of us while we waited. Above: Job and Me. Below: Bryan and Natalie.
This one was the best picture of all the fireworks. It was really hard to take pictures because by the time I focused on a firework it was pretty much gone. Thank goodness for the Grand Finale. 
