Summer.

It's been a while since I've posted. It's been a crazy couple of months, but things are going well. Erik has a ton of fun projects, Ingrid is crawling and pulling up to stuff like crazy, and I start school in three weeks!!

As many of you know, Erik and I have been on the journey to be sealed in the temple, and after a year I finally feel like things are happening. Erik is going to be ordained an Elder on Sunday. I am so proud of him and the changes he's made in his life to become a better person. He works so hard to make sure Ingrid and I are comfortable and happy, and I love him so much. We are planning on blessing Ingrid on September 1st, and we should be going through the temple some time in October. I love the change in life style we have done, and I love the way the gospel has touched my life.

We went to a good friend's wedding reception in Salt Lake, and Maggie snapped this cutie. I'm so happy for Tia and her lovely bride! I'm so glad we were able to see them while they were in town.

We went to Bear Lake last weekend, which is my absolute favorite weekend of the year! I love seeing that beautiful, blue lake, Oreo (and the occasional raspberry) shakes, walking a mile or so to the beach (we had a pioneer trek across a river this year), and this year we added our little fishy to the mix. Ingrid LOVES the water! She was so adorable splashing around, and kicking her legs with her dad. We crawled around on the shore for a while, then she just zonked out. I'm already excited for next year!

Nikki just saw how we were walking with Ingrid and immediately jumped on the photo op. Thanks!!

They have so much fun together. 

She crawled around and got so mad at me when I made her get out for a nap. We definitely have a fishy in the family.

This was our pioneer trek in order to get to the good beach. It was quite the walk, but the water was great where we ended up. There were more pictures of Erik, Steven, and Clifton all helping my grandpa across, but somehow they got deleted from my phone. 

This is for Melinda. We always bring lunch to the beach, and someone decided putting the potato salad into baggies was a good idea. Erik, with his ingenious ideas, bit a hole in the corner and squished it out. Hilarious!

These two are so cute together! I love that Ingrid has a cousin so close to her age.

I'm kind of glad summer is starting to wind down. I'm ready to go back to school, and start getting on with the rest of our goals.

We took Ingrid to the drive in last night to see Despicable Me 2 with my brother Steven and his family. It was so much fun! We need to do it more often!