Cale Holding Danielle

Swimming race between Cale and Carli

Cale usually wins because he's older and bigger, but sometimes he gets lazy and Carli wins. She pushes herself really hard to beat Cale.

Cale Boogie Boarding in California

More pictures

Here are some more pictures from the 4th. Enjoy!

Mohawk

Cale has always hated getting his hair spiked. He always just wanted church hair, with it parted on the side. Well, when Matt and Debbie were here, Matt said that if he wore a mohawk everyday while they were here, he would buy him a pellet gun. DONE! Cale did it and now he lets me spike his hair and put it in a mohawk everyday! It's so cute. Thanks Matt!

4th of July weekend and Baby Blessing

We also blessed Danielle during the 4th of July weekend. Unbelievably, Danielle fit into the blessing dress that Carli wore. She is already almost 12 pounds, and she's only 6 weeks old. Spencer's family came and Spencer surprised me with a birthday party Sunday afternoon with everyone. It was really fun.

4th of July

We had lots of fun on the 4th. Because we're in Arizona, the ward had a breakfast outside starting at 7am to miss the heat. It was still really hot, probably 99 degrees. The kids had a parade on their decorated bikes. It was a rather challenging route though, because there was a slight hill. At least 3 kids zoomed down the hill and crashed into a cement wall, including Cale. Thank goodness for helmets! We also had a family pool party and BBQ. Another fun thing about being in Arizona, is that you can't buy your own firecrackers. So we went to a fireworks show that night and saved lots of money not buying our own! My sister, Debbie and her husband, Matt came to visit from Denver. They spoil my kids like crazy! And now Danielle thinks she should be constantly held because there were so many people to hold her over the 4th of July weekend. But it was a great weekend.