Dustin's Big Day

 Dustin doesn't get very excited about birthdays anymore, he says that you get to a certain point and it's no big deal anymore. But we try to make a big deal for him.

We had to celebrate the night before because Dustin had to work on his birthday. :( Oh well.

Dustin wanted a Boston Cream Pie and to go out to dinner with his family. We went to dinner at Red Lobster with Grandma B. and the Whites. Afterwards we met at our house for cake (or pie) so we could see Seth, Jess, and Sawyer too.

Grant had a really good time playing with Sawyer and of course Luke had fun with Tyson and Andrew.

Makin' Sumthin'

 After we had dinner tonight, I suggested  a walk or a bike ride but Luke had a different idea. He told me he just wanted to make sumthin with me. He insisted that we needed to make chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting.

So we began and in the middle of everything, discovered we were out of cocoa. Luckily we have really nice neighbors and the Millers gave us some of their cocoa. Luke loves to help in the kitchen and now Grant thinks he needs to help too. It took a lot longer and it was a lot messier than it needs to be but the boys had fun.

Of course the best part was eating the treats!
After thinking about why Luke was so adamant that we needed to make chocolate cupcakes, I realized that he had recently watched a show called "Bedtime for Frances" and they had chocolate cupcakes in that show. So of course Luke had to have some too.

One last play-date

Luke had another play date with Lucas Barrett, Eva and Connor. Grant also loves it when kids come over to play with Luke.

The kids played with a lot of the different toys that we have: cars, our fireman costume and basically enjoyed running around after each other. Luke has such a fun time with his friends!

Up the Canyon...

We had our annual weinie roast in the canyon this weekend. We usually go up to Millcreek Canyon and we had to pick a weekend when Jay was home because it just wouldn't be the same without him. This year we also decided to invite our cousin Carrie and her family - Emmanuel, Ember, Amanda, Emma and Jonathan. The more the merrier, right?

Poppy, Dustin, Grant and Emma

Uncle Jay and Uncle Joe

Luke has so much fun playing with the kids. They played hide and seek together and since Luke was wearing a green jacket (I don't know why in the middle of summer), it was kinda hard to see him.

Carrie and Ember

The best part - roasting marshmallows and making s'mores! We had a great time sitting around the campfire and chatting while eating good food and spending time with awesome family.

Of course we had to go on a little hike! We walked a little ways and then came to a stream and a bridge. Luke took his shoes off and walked through the water and it was COLD!

But it was fun even a little muddy. We threw some rocks in for awhile and then headed back to camp.

Flag Day Breakfast

We have the BEST realtor! She also happens to be a close family friend to Dustin's family. Kristen Price is also the person who helped Dustin when he bought our house. We like her a lot.

Every year, for Flag Day, she hosts a breakfast at the park with lots of yummy food, a fishing pond for the kids, and drawings. It's a great time and we usually bump into lots of people we haven't seen in awhile. We never miss it! This year we had to hurry because Dustin now works on Saturday mornings at Emergency Essentials but we made it. Thank you Kristen!

Why Dustin TOTALLY rocks!

 Check out this cool pirate ship Dustin made Luke. I saw our neighbor driving by with a huge box in the bed of his truck and I told Dustin to call him and ask him what he was going to do with the box. He said we could have it and I begged Dustin to help me make a pirate ship. Well, while I was at work, he went above and beyond what I asked and this is what Luke ended up with. Doesn't it look cool?

Plus, Dustin is an awesome artist. Luke needed a brown bag lunch for the Carnival with his preschool class and I wanted to put something cool on his bag but I don't have the skills. Dustin does and this is what he did. Luke was the only kid with something cool on his bag. He sure is a lucky boy!! (And I'm a lucky wife!!)

Amanda's Baptism

Amanda was baptized and our family was invited to attend. Luke loves to go to baptisms and I think it's good preparation for him for when he is baptized.

Amanda is such a quiet but sweet girl, we are proud of her for choosing to be baptized.

The Lusinde Family: Ember, Amanda, Carrie holding Johnathan and Emanuel holding Emma

We had a great time visiting famiy afterwards since we don't get to see our Arizona cousins a lot. Here is a picture of Gen and Becky who came up from Arizona especially for Amanda's baptism.