Catch up July

So, yes this post should have come before the last one. But I didn't feel like doing it that way so there you go. We actually had a really fun July. Probably the best month of the summer for us. For the 4th we went to my sister's house in Blackfoot and had a lot of fun. Paul and my bro's in law bought fireworks from the Indian reservation so they were nice and loud and big. Lauryn was totally scared of them but I finally convinced her not to be scared. So, she's finally sitting calmly on my lap when she starts to freak out again. Apparently, she'd been chewing on her glowstick necklace, which broke open and then she somehow got it in her eye. How do I know this? Because I could see it on her face in the dark.

Two weeks later we went up to Idaho again for my family reunion. We spent one day boating, one day at the waterpark, and one day to go see the new Harry Potter. And then that Sunday we were able to go to my nephews Cache's blessing. Lauryn still randomly brings up the reunion and how much fun it was, especially the waterpark. "Mom, do you remember that lazy river we went on at the family reunion? Maybe we should go there next week." She thinks cousins are pretty much the best thing in the world and she had so much fun with them. Annie was an angel on the trip and even slept through the entire movie which was probably the loudest one I've been to. I didn't take many pictures of the week, but I stole some from my mom that she took at the dam..

Finally, the last highlight of the month was Paul's birthday. He ended up working until about 9 pm on his birthday, but when he came home we had cake (actually cake balls) and ice cream. Then on the following Sunday we had dinner at our house with Paul's brother Key and our friend Wayne. We made ribs in the slow cooker and then finished them on the grill. They turned out good, but I wish we would have left them in the slow cooker even longer. And a note on cake balls, they are super rich, good, but rich. They're pretty easy to make, but dipping them was the trickiest part for me, probably because I've never really dipped anything but strawberries before. I used a french vanilla cake with rainbow chip frosting. I think a more contrasting cake and frosting combination would have been even better.
Oh yeah, we also got to go to Lagoon for Paul's work at the beginning of August. It was pretty fun, Lauryn was really brave and loved all the rides she was big enough for.