Abe leaves on his father’s day trip

On Friday Abe left to go biking in southern Utah with his dad and brother. Tom and Jere came by to pick up Abe in the early afternoon. Ammon and Clarissa took that as their cue to go outside, where I got these pictures:

Eli plays so nicely with Ammon, and Ammon is extremely amused by his antics.

After school I let the girls play outside instead of doing their usual routines. It was a gorgeous afternoon, and I don’t know how many of those we have left!

Then I basically ran around inside getting everything ready so I could take the kids down to Zion and join Abe the next day. I did a bunch of laundry, vacuumed and tidied, and got everyone fed and in pj’s. After that was all done and the kids were in bed, I met up with Emily, my sweet neighbor, and we went to Pizzeria 712 for dinner.

I should have gotten a picture of both of us, but we were so deep in conversation that I completely forgot. We talked for almost two hours, and then Emily was super nice and came to Target with me so I could grab snowsuits for the kids. I am SO blessed to have the best neighbors in the world. Emily is such a gem. I feel so grateful for her friendship and had an awesome time grabbing dinner with her.