We love summer!

It's so great to have summer here! (Although it hasn't been much of a summer to brag about weather-wise here in Utah.) We are enjoying it though. Adam finishes his five and a half week bailiff training this week. It's been a rigorous schedule, as he leaves about 5:30 am and gets home around 7 at night. The good thing is that it's Monday through Thursday so we've had long weekends to play! Here is what we as his family have been blessed to experience as part of his training:

In case you're wondering, it's really uncomfortable being handcuffed.

I'm a little slow on this one, but Emmy had her first birthday on May 24! I can't believe she's one! She is such a sweetheart. She is very active now that she can walk, run, and climb all over the place (ask me how excited I am for the nine hour flight to Denmark next week!). Despite always being on a major self-destruct mission, she is at a very cute age. She can say maybe five or six words and is just full of personality. The other day she started walking around pointing at things she knows she's not supposed to touch (silver platters, electrical outlets) and saying "Nah! Nah!" (No no!) She is a crack-up. Here she is sitting on the chair she loves to sit and stand on. And you can see the ghetto box protecting the stairs behind her because she's really good at going up but stinks at coming down.

Enjoying her birthday cake

This is just a cute video of her. She loves to cuddle with Elmo, stuffed animals, and her blankies.

A couple weeks ago Adam's sister Anya and her husband Joe and family came to visit. We loved hanging out with them. This is a cute cousins pictures with Birks, McCombs, and Hafens.

And last week we went to Lake Powell with my family for a couple days. It was a quick trip but was so fun! It was Adam and the girls' first time going and I hadn't been in nine years, if I'm counting right. Nothing beats a day at Lake Powell. We were in the water practically the whole day Thursday. Mini and Emmy loved it. Here's how we managed Emmy most of the time:

She was really content to just float around and hang out. Check out Mini sporting her life jacket and sunglasses:

And with her best buddy Lucy (apparently Lindsay and I have similar taste because our girls showed up in matching swimsuits)

Here's our houseboat and camping spot with some of the Lake Powell scenery.

And I couldn't post about Lake Powell without some of the memorable hairdo's. Here's Adam (love the little curl at the bottom of his neck!)

and Lowli (she did her best to remain anonymous). I must say I was impressed multiple times by Lowli's "creative" hair style there. (This picture is mostly for my out of town sisters who can appreciate how hilarious she is.)

And the obligatory skiing picture (purposefully from a distance)...

Just for kicks here are some videos of Mini. Occasionally she makes up little dances/movements with words. A couple months ago it was "Turkey-on-a-boo!" (Sorry it's sideways)

Then a couple weeks ago she made up "A doo, a duh" with this little walk. I think it's so cute!

So there's some of our latest happenings. As mentioned earlier, we head to Denmark next week with my parents to visit Adam's parents. It's a graduation present from my parents and we are super excited! (Oh, and if you haven't checked our blog for a while, don't miss Adam's superhero post below. It's hilarious!)