Water, Foam, Dirt.... and White Clothes

Every year, our company does a party in the summer. Of course, since we just started this whole shibang in 2007, that really means that this was our second summer party. We went up to Ragin Waters and everyone had a blast. They have a good mix of rides for the older and younger of us and the day was perfectly hooooooot for getting in the water. There is one set of rides (last pic here) where you lay on a mat and ride on your belly down a huge drop off. I nearly lost my lunch on it... but Cloudburst went on it and loved it! She swears that she didn't even get scared on it. Sheesh, she's only 6! This girl is a daredevil.

For Pioneer Day here in Utah (July 24 for all you out-of-towners), Lehi city brought out the firetrucks and sprayed a huge field with foam. You know, just for fun. The kids loved it! Poor Cloudburst got lost and that was a bit stressful at the end, but other than that, the kid had a great time slipping, sliding and eating watermelon.

And we decided to finally pull out the ol tent and set it up in the backyard this summer. Everyone was all excited... until it was time to actually go to sleep and there were strange noises outside. I totally roughed it... inside in my bed with baby Sunrise. Yes, our tent is awesomely huge and yes, Thunder can stand up inside it!

Thunder had a business trip to Florida and brought back a T-shirt he made... Cloudburst fell in love with it and wore this cute number to bed that night.

And here are a bunch of pictures from the Fathers and Sons campout! I was not there, so I don't really have any commentary... but it looks fun, doesn't it?

And we were able to bless Sunrise on this past Sunday. We didn't have any family in town but it was such a special experience to hear Thunder give him a blessing in church. One part of the blessing talked about Sunrise turning to Heavenly Father in prayer as he goes to school and participates in athletics... maybe he will be a star athlete? He certainly has long feet for excellent stability!