Pioneer Day Weekend

We had a great, relaxing weekend.  I love long weekends and being able to spend more time together as a family.  Our week days are so busy with us both working and John going to school, so having two Mondays off in July has been so nice.  A quick recap of our weekend...

Friday - John and I played tennis (and Brooklyn watched).  It has been forever since we've played and we were both terrible, but it was so fun.  I might have come back in the end and beat John and he might not have been too happy about it :)  But he got over it when we treated ourselves to our favorite new treat = nutella/banana/almond crepes that are HUGE and so so delicious. 

Saturday - John had to work in the morning so Brooklyn and I got the usual done (cleaning, laundry, grocery store, etc).  We went to my brothers indoor soccer game and then had dinner and swimming at my parents house....well what I wish was my parents house.  (My parents have been home from their mission for the past 3 weeks - more on that later - and have been staying in a mansion with a swimming pool, which we have fully taken advantage of).

Here is my brother Rich with Brooklyn.  

 getting ready to dunk her - I told him too :)

 coming up out of the water - he he :)

Sunday - John spoke in church.  He did a fabulous job - his topic was on being a father.  We went up to Marc and Betty's for dinner and enjoyed the evening with them.

Monday - went swimming in the late morning with everyone again at my parents.  John, Brooklyn, and I stayed and took naps and worked on projects and then headed over to Jeannette's for a BBQ/fireworks.

Brooklyn with her Grandpa's

**Do you like our family pictures?  John's sister Shari took some of us when she was in town and I love them!!  She is an excellent photographer - you can see more here.