Today was school picture day and I couldn't resist posting a few pictures of my own. Bella has been saving this outfit to keep it special for the picture. You can tell it is special by all of the jewels on the shirt!
I love the knee socks!
Bella begged me to let her pose silly and this turned out perfect!
With summer lasting forever this year, the girls have been able to spend plenty of extra time outside doing some of their favorite things. whenever these two get a quick minute, they grab the chalk and start to color. They have also discovered if you get the chalk wet, it works even better!
June was just wondering how the blue chalk tastes.
Just one example of their fine work! It is sad to see the rain on the forecast and know these days are at an end!
We headed out to see the eagerly anticipated Owl Movie with owls in hand. Bella liked it, but thought it was a little scary. June, who was there with her owl was far too grumpy to pose for a picture. I don't think we will see it again, but it was fun one time!
I am ever glad this weekend is over. It has been a crazy one for Bella. It started out with a dentist appointment on Friday. Bella refuses to get in the dentists chair, so we had to make an appointment with a pediatric dental anesthesiologist in order for her to have a couple of cavities filled. Just by seeing his title, that tells you it wasn't cheap! We started the afternoon by giving her a Valium which just made her hysterical, and of course set of June too. Poor Bret. I was already in the dentists chair having the last of my ugly silver fillings replaced, while he was in the waiting room dealing with these out of control girls. Luckily, Dr. Jon has an awesome staff who soon had toys for the girls and lots of Scooby Doo coloring pages. 
Bella had another game this weekend, and she did pretty good considering. But the best part...
Sam came to the game!!! She was so excited and kept shouting to everyone, "That's my cousin, Sam." even though she was supposed to be playing. It was cute to see her try to play really hard to impress him!
The girls were very excited to drop by and see Grandma Pattie on her birthday. They loved going outside with her and helping her pick a few peaches from the backyard.
Junie loved her peaches. She would snuggle them and smell them.
Being silly.
When Grandpa Boyd got home it made for a cute picture. We love you Grandma Pattie, hope you had a great birthday!
Bella has started playing soccer! She has been so excited, I think it was mostly because of the uniform!
Her team is mostly girls and they are still pretty new. I love to see the mob of kids running down the field after the ball.
Taking a little break.
Sometimes, it helps to get a different angle on the ball.
Power kick! Don't worry, we are working with her to stay focused on the game, but for now, it is all just in good fun!
Every Friday at Bella's class is Fairy Tale Friday. She was so excited about these cute little houses they made for the 3 Little Pigs!
Since we were out and about, I had a few historical markers for us to find on the way home. We focused on Huntsville.
We found the marker for Jefferson Hunt, whom the town was named after.
Mary Smith, who delivered more than 1500 babies including 9 of her own.
This is a monument to the residents of Huntsville. All of these were at a great city park.
Across the street, we found the monument to original settlers of Huntsville, who were mostly Danish.
In front of the Aldous cabin, closed for tours on Sundays.
A fountain in the park. (I'm not sure the significance of this, but it was on the list.)
Lastly, there should have been a marker here about Utah's first free school teacher, but it seems to be gone, along with the Valley School. We were pretty disappointed that the school has been torn down. This was the first school were Grandpa DeYoung was a principal. He used to drive here every day from Ogden. I had hoped for a picture.
After checking out the monuments, we spent a few minutes in the great city park. It had this very slick and speedy old slide built into a tree.
Bella after making it across the monkey bars and back! 
There is nothing quite like the hair on my girls in the morning. (It looks like this every morning and I always get a kick out of it.) Notice the mark on Junie's forehead. She woke up in the middle of the night, sleeping for the first time in a big girl bed. (A cute toddler bed that Grandpa DeYoung actually made for Grandma Chris when she was a baby.) She was so excited, she started jumping on the bed and saying "Cabin, Cabin." and bam, she smacked herself right in the middle of her forehead. After a restful morning, we headed out to check out the area. 
We were hiking around Moose Lake when we met some friendly fishermen and this little guy. What a cute little frog.
This is the reaction of the girls to this little guy. You would have thought it was a dinosaur from the screams and hysterics. Good thing the fisherman had already caught breakfast because I am sure we scared everything far, far away!
After we calmed down and had a little lunch, Bella wanted to try out the ATV's. A good helmet is always a must!
She and Bret had a great time. She was laughing, yelling and holding her arms in the air. Thank goodness!
Later in the afternoon, we headed down to a picnic area with a great stream that the girls loved crossing on the rocks.
Junie tried the bridge, but wanted to jump across the rocks, same as Sissy.
Once she knew about the rocks, she was not happy to be on the bridge again.
We saw some moose, but didn't get close enough for any pictures. We did see quite a few beaver dams and Bret decided he needed a stick for his stick collection. (I am not sure what this is, I would guess I have thrown it out if he really does have a stick collection!)
We spent a lot of time relaxing on the front deck. Bella blew bubbles.
Junie tried really hard to blow the bubbles.
Junie turned into the grumpopatomus without her nap so we tried and tried to appease her. Finally, I rocked her to sleep in the buffalo chair. Bret made us an awesome dutch oven dinner, which was a ton of work. 
Junie stayed asleep so we had a great evening around the campfire, roasting marshmallows and making s'mores.
Bella and Grandma
Bella and Dad
We stayed up to watch the moon and stars come out. It was amazing to see so many. One of the things I really miss living in the city is seeing all the beautiful stars.
The next morning we made our way home. Thanks again Mike and Susan, e had a great time. Bella is still talking about the trip and can't wait to go back!
Since the girls are both in dance, I loved having an excuse to get them new dance outfits. (They can be coordinating, but Bella will not stand for matching any more!) I loved these sweet little dresses I found at Target!
Bella loved posing, especially in her new jazz shoes.
Junie just loved to twirl and sit. Pretty dancing princesses!
