The Final Days of Summer

This summer has been so great. We have been able to do so many fun things together as a family and having Ashton and Addy have only made it better!! But I am ready to say goodbye to the hot weather and hello to fall leaves, football, sweaters, and the holidays. This is my favorite time of year. So here are some of the recent happenings in the Hales' family as we have been enjoying the last days of summer.

I took the kids with my parents and we did a little fishing at Payson Lakes. My dad found a spiderman fishing pole and couldn't wait for Ashton to try his hand at a little fishing. It was a beautiful day and it was so fun. It only took about thirty seconds to get dirty but they had a great time. Ashton was in love with his fishing pole and with grandpa. They sat together and caught one fish after another. I think we caught like six. We just turned them back because they were all little.



Ashton's first fish!!


Grandpa's little buddy




He's a natural


While Ashton was fishing, Addy was very entertained with the straw from my mom's drink.


We also fed the ducks at Salem pond and went to Salem Days






Me and Jesse left the kids with grandma and headed up to deer creek to do a little wave running one night after work. We went with Jordan and Karen and two of Karen's brothers. It was freezing cold but we had a blast.






Finally, yesterday we headed up the Hogle Zoo with Jesse's sister Brooke, and brother Josh and their families. It was a little chilly in the morning but Ashton and Addy were totally amazed at the animals. We went to the bird show which was really cool except for the birds flying only inches above my head. (I was terrified). We also went on the train. Ashton hated it but other than that it was a very fun day.

100% Little Boy

The other day I took Ashton and Addy outside with me to do a little yard work. They love to go outside and play so I took some toys and thought they would play on the grass. Ha Ha was I wrong. Ashton found dirt to play in within like two minutes. He was rubbing his hands in it and picking out the rocks and bark chips and of course he had to taste it. I let him continue to play in it because it was keeping him so entertained. It's a good thing he is cute because he sure was messy!

Mr. and Mrs. Homer

On Friday my little sister got married!! She was married in the Bountiful Temple and had her reception in my Grandma's backyard. It was a wonderful day and I couldn't be happier that she found a great guy like Brady. They are going to be very happy together. I am a little sad because she has been home all summer from school and it has been so fun hanging out with her and I'm going to miss now that she's married and moving to Logan to finish school.


Waiting for Tana and Brady to come out of the temple.






The new Mr. and Mrs. Homer

24th of July...

What a great month July is!! I have always thought the fourth was fun with fireworks and the Stadium of Fire and such things. But I never really appreciated the 24th and Fiesta days until I got married and moved to Spanish Fork. I have decided that the 24th is one of my favorite holidays. I love the rodeo, parade, BBQ's with the family and the fireworks. Last year we didn't really do anything for the 24th because our kids were brand new but I think we kind of lived it up this year. I started off the holiday weekend on Thursday by going swimming the Whitney and Katie and their cute little girls. It was fun to catch up with them and play in the water, which Ashton and Addy loved.



Friday night we went to the rodeo with Jesse's family. It was tons of fun and the kids were completely entertained until the got too tired and crashed.











Saturday morning we watched the parade. I can't say that Ashton and Addy were too interested but it is always fun to see the floats and hang with the family.








When we got to the parade we found out that Jesse's little sister Brittney had gone into labor and was at the hospital. Her due date was the 24th and she went into labor on her own. How often does that happen??

After the parade we headed over to the Jesse's sister's house for the BBQ and pool party. The food was good and hanging out with family was way fun. We kept waiting for the news that Brittney's baby had arrived and took bets on how much he was going to weigh. So, finally, Ritter Kyle Durfey was born around 5:00 (I don't remember exactly what time), he weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and was 18 in long. Jesse guessed the weight right on. Bummer I forgot the camera for Brooke's house. After the BBQ we went home and relaxed for a while before we headed out for the fireworks. The babies fell asleep on the way there so me and Jesse and Jordan and Karen sat in the back of Jesse's truck and watched the fireworks. The fireworks are always my favorite. It was such a fun day and it is definitely one of my favorite holiday.

Family Pictures

We had family pictures and pictures for Ashton and Addy's first birthdays too. I loved how they turned out. It is so hard to get good pictures of them because they don't want to hold still and for sure they don't want to smile but we did get some good ones.

Payson Lakes

Awhile ago we went up to payson lakes with some of our neighbors for the afternoon. We sandwiches and our neighbors had a canoe and raft and we just hung out for the afternoon. It was way fun and Ashton and Addy loved being outside.