Catchin' Up

I feel that blogs have had their day in the sun and are now going the way of floppy disks and parachute pants.  Between Facebook and Google Plus I now get all the life-updates that I ever need on most people, and I'll bet that many others feel the same way.  But since this blog has always been my sorry excuse for a family journal, I must press on-- even if it feels like I'm being redundant.

As you can see, I did find the camera after Bear Lake!  That's the good news.  The bad news is that the pictures are awful-- most look like they are shrouded in mist.   I'm hoping it was just something on the lens.  Anyhow, here are some highlights from June and the first part of July.

 We went on a little family hike up Bell Canyon.  The trail was quite steep, and we were nervous about how Jacob would do, but he actually did awesome!  And our pathetic camera does not do it justice-- the reservoir at the end was stunning.  We all had a great time!

Benjamin and I ran the Cedar Hills 5k on June 9th.  Part of it runs along the trail behind the Gramps' house, so he and Grandma and the little boys sat back there and cheered as we ran by.  Benjamin and I both took third place in our age divisions, but Benjamin's victory was much more impressive than mine since he was racing against kids up to 14 years old.  He was really fast and it was really fun to do it with him!

 Here are some of the pictures of the Dastrup family reunion at Bear Lake (described in a previous post).  What a good time!

Brigham turned 33 at the end of June.  He started his day golfing with his parents and brother, and then we had brunch and went to see "Brave."  After that Brigham and I went to see "Crazy For You" at Hale Center Theater in Orem and to La Caille for dinner (where Brigham tried escargot and I did not).  What a handsome guy, huh?

 The Fourth of July was a really fun day.  Benjamin and I started out by racing the Sandy Classic 5k again.  Brigham had to sleep in this year to prepare for an evening shift at work, so we were sad that he couldn't join us.  I took 3rd place again, but Benjamin didn't have a very good race.  He was really bummed about it, but it made a lot more sense when later we realized he was coming down with a nasty sickness.  He had a fierce headache most of the day, and by the next morning he was running a fever and nauseous.  Poor kid! 

 After Brigham woke up we went back to City Hall and let the kids enjoy the bouncy houses and games there.  They all had a good time, but especially Jacob.  I love finding activities that they can all enjoy!

That evening after Brigham left for work, I took the boys to the Sandy parade.  I'm dying because I actually remembered to take the camera, but it ended up being out of batteries.  I would have LOVED to get pictures of our boys sitting on the curb completely absorbed in the parade!  It was hands-down the best parade experience that we've had since I was pregnant with Jacob.  Jacob has always had a hard time with parades.  We've had to bail on parades after not very long for the past several years, but this year he liked it!  He still shook every time there were loud noises from sirens or bands, but he didn't cry once, and he was totally enthralled by the experience!  He couldn't take his eyes off the parade.  Ty and Benjamin really enjoyed it too.  Ty occasionally got up and danced around in the street with excitement.  It was so cute!  Curse that wretched camera!  What a great day!