The last few weeks and the 4th of July

It has been a busy couple of weeks around here. I am finally getting around to posting pictures from the lake on Father's Day weekend. Aunt Ally did a great job of snapping some very cute photos of Evan.

We made a week-long trek to Colorado to visit of the Temple and Cook families and to celebrate our nation's independence day by hosting a party at the house in Brush. This was our second trip with Evan and he did what he does best, sleep in the car. I secretly think Liz passed her sleeping genes on to him which is definitely a good thing. We did a lot of relaxing while there and Grandma and Grandpa got to spend some quality time with Evan when Mom and Dad headed to Denver for a night out.

We enjoyed time with family and friends at our party on the 3rd, the parade (Liz, Evan and Shawn drove the pickup for Grandpa) and the farm for lunch on the 4th. It rained on the 3rd so our party was cut short for the first year in 7 (I was in bed by 11:30 p.m. when it is usually 2 or 3 a.m.) and on the 4th, it rained again so we skipped the fireworks and called it an early night. My Aunt Roxanne also wrote about the "Weekend" on her blog with some featured photos and fun stories. Here are the photos from the various events. (If you took some of own, please send them my way.)

It was, of course, great to see everyone and expect to make the trip back soon. Back to work.... :-(