Levi's first birthday

Levi is ONE! We celebrated it with a potluck BBQ swim party with the Halls, Ashton's, Abu and my dad. Hot dogs, chicken, pasta salad, beans, cake pops, watermelon and a monsoon storm completed it. Levi was too full of dinner by the time he had his own cupcake, so he didn't tear into it...he just tasted it and enjoyed all of the attention from everyone.

My sweet boy Levi: no teeth yet, loves to cruise around, growls, waves and slaps to any music, still needs daily dilations, looks for his brothers around the house whenever they are not around, and is the joy of our lives.

4th of July

We headed up to Eagar, AZ for the annual 4th of July parade and party. Abu and Oscar drove up with us and stayed at the local Comfort Inn. The boys were so excited to be with pipa and their primos again, and we were excited to escape the heat. Only this year, it RAINED on the 4th all day and night! Jared still got to (try) fish and socialized a bit with some of his friends that were back in town. We were able to get the parade and firefighter pancake breakfast in the morning, but after that, the rain didn't stop. So, we didn't do fireworks or BBQ this year, but the boys still enjoyed the mud/manure/fort making and playing in the rain. Jared and I stayed in our 5th wheel and watched 3 Dvd's inside!
I took my mom and Oscar around the local spots of Eagar; the museum, Western Drug and of course Dairy Queen. We went for a little hike around South Fork and we loved the fresh air and green trees. We did a carne asada BBQ the following day, complete with Carol's Texas sheet cake and homemade ice cream. Justin later set up some really fun games and activities for the primos to play.

Levi rode home with my mom while the boys and I all piled into the truck, which provided much less stress for me not having to hear him cry for me! We hit up some Mexican food for dinner in Globe and made it home super late, in time to unpack and sleep.