4th of July in Deer Valley--Better late than never!

Last month we had a great Enloe gathering in Deer Valley for the 4th of July. Parker had a client with an awesome condo that we all got to stay in. There were a few gliches--the water heater was broken--but you definitely can't complain when it is free.

Jeff celebrated his 31st birthday while we were there. I'm pretty sure Olivia was more excited about his cake than anyone. She drove back to Las Vegas with Hillary and Jeff and got to stay with Aunt Betty for 4 days. Hillary brought her back to Spokane when she came to visit the next weekend.

We went to Park City and rode the Alpine slides. The kids thought it was the greatest thing in the world.

There was a pool at the condo that the kids wanted to be in every minute of the day.

All of the kids were always piled on Eric or Parker in the pool.

On the way back home, we stopped in Logan to see our friend's the Warnicks. They are moving to Dubai this month, and we figured it was a lot easier (and cheaper) to visit them in Logan than in the Middle East.

Back in June Olivia had her end of the year soccer party. The whole team got trophies, and that might have been the most exciting moment of Olivia's life. She shows her trophy to everyone and wants to keep it in the living room for everyone to see. She tells everyone that her trophy makes her special. I've tried to explain to her that "things" don't make you special. I told her that working hard in soccer makes her special, not the trophy.

Also in June, we went to my friends' sons birthday party. Tara's sister does facepainting, and Olivia was not going to miss out on that. She said later, "mom, aren't you so sad that we don't know that face painting ladies phone number so she can come paint our face again?" I told her that was very sad. I didn't tell her that I had her phone number and could easily get a hold of her.