Around Our House - July

July was a very low-key month.

We celebrated the 4th of July by going to the parade in the morning, and then swimming and BBQ with the Holts in the evening. We decided to skip fireworks so we didn't have to mess with Caleb's sleep, but then at 10pm we could see 3 different shows from our driveway so we woke up Bradley to watch them. He loved them!

We celebrated six years of marriage. :) Joslin babysat for us so we could go on a date. We went to PF Changs and Barnes and Noble, and then Target, Lowes, and Walmart looking for our anniversary gnome. We ended at sonic to share a sundae. It was fun.

We started taking dance lessons from my friend Katie who is a ballroom dancer. We won 3 lessons from her at our ward's service auction. It was so much fun!

We rented a pedal boat at Sharonwoods Park. The boys really enjoyed it. Then we let them play in the little spash pad river for a few minutes.

We went to the Indianapolis temple open house. It was beautiful! It was neat to get to take the boys there.

Tommy baked and cooked a lot! We are all enjoying his new hobby. :)

And other random pics:

One of the prizes from the library's summer reading program was fireman hats

Gotta make sure cow stays safe!

How is that for a 3 year old outfit???

Playing in the rain

Dress up!

Bradley is definitely in the asking questions stage. There is a question or a "why" for everything! He is getting excited for his birthday. He has finally started to show more empathy for others and is very quick to apologize lately. I'm glad for those developments. His energy levels continue to amaze me. Fun boy!

Caleb is crawling! I'm so happy for that. It's nice that he can move around where he wants to. Of course with that comes a lot more mess, but I am so okay with it. His babbling is starting to change to the older baby gibberish that happens before words. He makes the biggest messes at dinner! The second he is done with something, it all goes on the floor! He has started wrestling with Tommy and Bradley and that is super cute.