Something other than a cruise post!!!

Our summer has been a bit of a whirlwind this year. Usually we enjoy lazy summers with not much going on. This year we've had plans. Kind of different. When we got home we celebrated the fourth of July (which we have no pictorial record of) and then we headed down to Salt Lake to visit with John's family. We went mainly because Melanie was there visiting from Atlanta, and we never get to see her.

The kids had a blast with their cousins. Ainsley and Owen were so sad to have to say good-bye after only getting to play for a couple of days.
We celebrated 3 birthday's while we were there. John's aunt Marilyn, Steph, and Goob. I love this picture because it was taken at the moment that Owen declared that Marilyn was turning 100. She was a good sport about that one.

We also made a trip to the Hogle Zoo while we were there. Of course I made everyone go to the bird show...because I think it's great and no trip to the zoo is complete without it.

Maybe we'll get lucky and get to see Melanie and her family soon, instead of in another 2-3 years as is usually the case, because we loved getting to spend some time with them.