Mr. Mom

Dustin is now the person who stays home with the kids during the day while I work (because I have the insurance). He has completely embraced his duties as a stay at home dad and this is what Lucas had for lunch today. Dustin had seen this on some website and had to try it out. They have so much fun together - just the boys!

Game Night at Grammy's

The Brandon's came to visit! I was so excited to see them that I organized a game night. I really miss those family parties that we would spend hours playing games. We would play Skip-Bo, Scum and Phase 10. Those were the good old days - so much fun. We got together and had dinner, teriyaki and afterwards played Scum. Joey and Jay made a really good steak teriyaki that was so good, the chicken teriyaki was good too but the steak was so delicious. I made brown rice and steamed veggies to go with it. Gotta get those healthy grains and veggies in too!
Ean brought a "friend" with him, her name is Katlyn. Cute girl, we really liked her. (But maybe it was for the best since his sister's name is Kaitlyn, that wouldn't be confusing at all!)

Of course Lucas didn't play and so Grammy and Karen played with him and held Grant while the rest of us played games.

I really miss those Brandon's and can't wait until we visit them for Thanksgiving! Another game night coming up!!

Bowers Family Reunion

Michael, Kristi & Elle McHenry with Ken and Jillinda Bowers

We went to the annual Summer Bowers Reunion. Each of the Bowers Brothers take a turn planning and hosting the reunions each year and this year it was Ken's turn. We went to a park in Sandy and had lunch that was catered by the Blue Lemon(Michael works there). It was so good. We had pulled pork and chicken sandwiches with a really good salsa and chips and veggies.
We love to see everyone each year and always have a ton of fun visiting with family and catching up on what's new with everyone.

Seth, Jess and Sawyer Bowers

Steven, Neesha & Taelee Sherwood

Dell & Billie Bowers

Kelly, Courtney, Abby and Rachel O'Driscoll

Sam, Jennifer and Ashley Blackham

Bob and Judy Bowers

Grandpa B. and Julie Bowers

Brian Bowers and his friend, Patti

The Bowers Brothers
Dell, Ken, Bob, Dean and Gene

The Brothers and their wives

Dell & Billie Bowers, Ken & Jillinda Bowers, Bob & Judy Bowers, Dean & Paula Bowers, Gene & Julie Bowers

Brandon Bowers

Wienie Roast up Millcreek Canyon

Summer is never complete until you go up the canyon for a wienie roast AND of course - s'mores. We went with Grammy, Poppy, Uncle Jay and Uncle Joe. This was also Grant's first time in the canyon, I think he had fun.

We took up hot dogs, marshmallows with all the fixings and I made everyone have some veggies that I took up. Gotta make sure we have some healthy options as well as the yummy options. It's all about balance, right?

I think Uncle Jay has missed us - we have definitely missed him. We were glad he was able to come back to SLC for 5 weeks while he did a rotation for his PT degree. This gave us lots of chances to see him and do the things we love to do together.

Lucas, however, was a crazy boy. I think he was so excited to have so many people to play with that he got a little too wild. Because he tripped by the fire pit and fell against a roasting stick and burned his arm. He had quite the welt. Of course there were hysterics and we had to look for the first aid kit. Poor Lucas.

Dustin and Joe had a hot dog eating contest and Joe won. It was pretty funny to see the two of them stuffing their mouths with hot dogs.

Of course the s'mores were delicious and sitting next to a fire is always relaxing. We had a really good time.

British Field Day

A definite must do every summer is attend British Field Days. Dustin loves to drive his mini down to Liberty Park and enter the car show. Dustin has a 1970 Mini Cooper. It's a ton of fun to drive around in and freak people out because the steering wheel is actually on the right side of the car.

Lucas LOVES his dad so much that he wants to do everything with him. So of course he went to the car show with Dustin. They had fun hanging out and looking at cars. Grant and I came down later and we brought a picnic lunch with us. Liberty Park is one of Luke's favorite parks to go to.

Some of the cool cars from the show.

Grant is 3 months old

Grant is 3 months old!

Isn't that the cutest smile?

We have so much fun with Grant, we are so glad he is a part of our family.

The Sister Missionaries come to dinner



Lucas pouring Mountain Dew over the apple dumplings.
Who knew you could cook with Mountain Dew?

We had a special dinner at our house. Our ward was having a special day of Service and everyone was encouraged to participate. I thought it would be great to make the missionaries dinner for our service. Plus I had a couple recipes I really wanted to try out and I needed a couple guinea pigs. Lucky missionaries! Lucky for all of us, the food turned out really good and everyone was happy. :)
Lucas loves to help in the kitchen so of course he wanted to help. He now has his own apron (thanks to a very kind Primary teacher). Sometimes he is very helpful and other times not so helpful but I still let him help because he actually wants to spend time with me AND how else is he going to learn? I've heard it said that cooking is becoming a lost art!
For dinner we had chicken and mozzarella ravioli with ratatouille and for dessert we had apple dumplings a' la mode. Both were really good. Dustin and I are both trying to get all our fruit and veggie servings in for our Healthy Lifestyle points. (We are participating in a program called Color Your Palate in an effort to eat more healthy which equals eat more veggies.)

Sister Arbacca and Sister Gould are the new sister missionaries in our area. They are the nicest women I have ever met and it was a pleasure to have them in our home. They shared with us a great message and left us with such a nice spirit in our home. I am thankful to have such a great example for Luke.