Lunt Family Reunion

We had an amazing time with my mom's extended family at our reunion in Pinetop a couple of weeks ago. We missed Phil who had to stay and work, but loved our time there with family and beautiful weather!!

My kids love playing with my Grandpa--Ty was so excited when I told him Grandpa Lunt would be there!!

My Aunt Suzanne helped the kids make some fun baggie ice cream, and we did so many other fun things that day, too--like hemp bracelets, making cards, ladder ball, an outside photo booth and more. So fun!!

My kids had fun playing games with all the cousins there. Ty's even old enough to join in the fun instead of just hanging out with me =)

Suzanna loved hanging out with my cousin Sophie and my Aunt Julie playing "Loaded Questions". Pretty sure my girl loves any game where you get to talk about yourself =)

Brendon got to complete his Canoeing merit badge and Suzanna & Sophie took a long canoe ride across the lake by themselves to return a canoe. My dad followed them and brought them back. I was pretty impressed they took on the challenge.

We had such a great time doing other things like attending my cousin Hyrum's baptism, participating in a family talent show (Suzanna played a duet with my mom and Brendon played the trumpet and did a skit with my cousin Spencer), taking a hike on the Mogollon Rim, playing "minute to win it" and just hanging out, visiting and catching up with everyone.

Ty's Fourth

We celebrated Ty's birthday with swimming and (gasp!) a store bought cake.

Don't think I've bought one before--not because I don't think they're great and all, but I usually have fun decorating one at home. But we had just moved....

Anyway...it must be the summer of lame birthdays for our family, but he loved the small decorations we put up and we all had fun getting out of the house and swimming at the pool. He also loved his presents and was just as impressed by his store bought cake as anything I've ever created for him. Shocking, huh?!?

Father's Day

We attended our new ward for the first time on Father's Day. I was surprised when they didn't pass out anything to the dads after Sacrament meeting, and then surprised again when the kids brought these cute paper bag shirts to their dad after primary. Love those cute bags!! And I love how my kids couldn't stop laughing to take a picture--they were in a good mood =)

Brendon turns 12!

Brendon turned 12 in June, and we celebrated by moving on his birthday! So exciting...we know.

But after we moved all our stuff to our new place, we drove back to Phoenix so that we could attend our old ward one last time and have Brendon's priesthood ordination there on Sunday.

So, I don't like to get all mushy, emotional here on my blog, but it was pretty awesome to be there as my husband ordained my son to the Aaronic Priesthood. One of those great moments in life that I want to (and will!) remember for always.

The rest of church was emotional, too, as I said goodbye to all of the young women and countless friends. I am sooo missing them all.

And then we continued our celebration for Brendon by having a family lunch at Evan and Laura's home. It was so kind of them to host--they have a wonderful home that is perfect for family gatherings. Thanks again to all of our family who came and celebrated with us!! We are so proud of Brendon and the steps he is taking in his life--he's turning out pretty great so far!! We'll see what the teen years bring =)

Kindergarten Graduation

A long, long time ago, and in a land that is now far, far away...

Jonathan graduated from kindergarten!

All the kindergartners were totally cute in their grad caps, and it was so fun to see them perform all their songs. And I'm so thankful for all our friends there who sent me cute pictures of Jonathan since I, once again, forgot my camera. When will I ever learn?

Anyway...we're so proud of Jonathan and all he's learned--he's so excited to be reading! I think it's fun to see how his world has changed now that he can read everything around him. He had a great year with a great teacher!