July has been pretty great.  We are half way through summer and still surviving!  I have had so much help from friends and family, and I appreciate it so much!  My girls are learning to be big helpers too.  They loved giving Brandon a bottle.  

Our raspberries are out in full force.  So swing by and pick yourself a bowl anytime!

The best part of summer so far (aside from Brandon being born) is the week that my family was visiting!  Here is Brandon meeting his cousin, Ruby.  I have been anxiously awaiting the time that Hilary and I both had babies.  It did not disappoint.  

During the same week, Bronwyn attended basketball camp.  This is a big deal for a girl with big nerves, and I was so proud of her!  She gets her skills from Todd!

Speaking of Todd and his skills, he climbed Mount Borah with his brother and brother in law.  I am really hoping he will do an entire blog post on the hike...  Hilary and I even made it most of the day without going into panic mode.  :)  We were so glad they went, but mainly happy that they came home!

The next morning was Brandon's baby blessing.  It was such a beautiful blessing, and both of our entire immediate families were there.  I also had some relatives from Canada make it.  It was wonderful!

Here we all are!  I love how Ty is just doing his own thing.  What else would you expect from a 3 year old boy.  I am sooooo glad he got a brother.

The men from the priesthood circle.

That night we had a big party in our backyard.  Hil came up with some fun games for the kids, and we all had the best time!

My grandma and aunt.

Shut up.  She is so cute.

Todd's grandma.

Four generations of awesomeness.  And cooking.  I'm not in this picture because I can't cook worth a darn next to any of these women.  Ruby can probably already cook better than me.

I LOVE jumping on the tramp. And thankfully, my bladder still allows me to.  :)  I was teaching some of the girls toe touches, and a blast was had.

That purple blur is Mags jumping off the playhouse to the tramp.  So fun!

My uncle.

We spent alot of time outside, which made the kids super happy.  If they weren't outside, they were either swimming at the hotel or shopping.  So really, they were constantly happy!

It was impossible to get a good pic with the kids.  They were so hyper anytime they were around Ruby.  But here is the best my camera got.

I knew I would be sad when we said goodbye.  As Hilary was gathering her last few things, I was holding Ruby and she leaned her head on my shoulder and gave me the best snuggles.  That's when I just started to cry.  It's just too hard to say goodbye sometimes.  Then mom started crying, and then even Hilary teared up!  That hardly ever happens, so it made me cry even more.  Later that day I found Bronwyn crying in the bathroom because everyone had left.  So basically, we are totally depressed now and everyone I love needs to move to Boise!