Matthew, Emily, Owen, Ava, Isaac & Lily

Thursday, July 24, 2008

24th of July!

There's a lot of things that we love about our house but right at the top of my list this time of year is the North Logan Parade we get to watch from our front yard. It was fun to have family come and watch it with us and notice more of the details from the floats- arches, stars, sparkly's, and or any other random nice things we could say as they drove slowly by cause what else are you supposed to say?

Cathrine- it was especially nice to have you with us after a few years of absence :).

Thanks goodness Olivia wore a skirt to the parade- it was very helpful in the gathering of goods.

We also got to watch the North Logan fireworks from our front yard.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Huff Family Reunion

I don't know if I'm just in denial that I'm a grown up or what but it still seems crazy to me that there is enough people in both Matt's family & my family to have family reunions with just our immediate family. It's pretty fun to get together on both sides, family is such a great blessing.

Last weekend we enjoyed the Huff Family Reunion. It was great to see everyone, hang out, eat good food, and just be together.

Owen had a lot of fun playing with his cousins.

Grandpa Huff made a fancy treasure hunt.

At the air conditioned Fun Park the kids had fun playing and the big kids played some serious air hockey.

Ah, what a fun game for little kids to play.

Family pictures- I think the photographer got some stinkin' awesome pictures of our family & families. And the best part is that it really was quit a pleasant experience.

I think I mentioned already but we had lots of food, lot & lots of yummy food.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Ava's Eyes-

So, last Thursday I was happy to discover Ava's left eye was clear as a bell without a goober in sight. After all these months of wiping Ava's dried up tears, I almost had to wipe a few of my own. And her right eye seems to be improving as well. Notice in this picture her left eye is clear and I hadn't wiped it even once all morning. This is really great news for Ava because she hates me cleaning off her eyes all the time, waking up with her eyes stuck shut, and because she had until she turned 7 months old (which is tomorrow) before she'd have to see an Ear, Nose, & Throat specialist to set up a surgery where they would have knocked her out and poked the tear ducts open. From what we've heard, it sounds pretty painful. Anyways, we feel blessed she doesn't need the surgery and we are happy to see Ava's pretty eyes.

Friday, July 4, 2008

4th of July!

We love the 4th of July. We didn't really make plans for the holiday other than to not travel and enjoy some good food and we got to do just that.

Eating fresh garden peas-

Fireworks- Owen is such a night owl so staying up for fireworks didn't even seem to really stretch him. Ava was great too. She just slept in her car seat the whole time. We also are quite happy about the spot we've gone to watch fireworks for the last few years. We have a great shot and it's just crappy enough that no one is around is which makes it really great.

I forgot to bring my camera for the good company & food we enjoyed on the 4th at the Huff house but just know it was good.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Chad & JoAnna's Big Day

Congratulations JoAnna & Chad! We are happy you are married.

Owen really is very happy for you both but it was a long day and we had the nerve to interrupt him while he was playing and ask him to come take a picture with us.

We're also happy you are back and feeling better.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Camping

Here are pictures from our first camping trip of the year. Even though I felt like I was packing all day long before we left, I still think camping is so much fun. Owen had a blast playing with his cousins, staying up late, playing with a flashlight, sitting around the campfire, sleeping in a tent, doing a treasure hunt, playing in the sandbox, & throwing rocks in the river. Ava did pretty good too.

JoAnna & Owen