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July 2024 - Murder Mystery

We had fun with lots of glow-in-the-dark jewelry while we did fireworks.  Our neighborhood also did a bike parade this year which the kids loved. 





Alexa and I went to a play with our neighbor called Mister Act, a goofy spinoff of Sister Act.  


Our neighbor Emily turned 40 and we threw her a surprise murder mystery party.  She's an avid reader and loves mystery novels so we thought it would be a fun surprise.  Her son, Ian, and Alexa made the cake and it turned out awesome.  We bought a murder mystery kit on Amazon and it turned out that Kyle's character, Papa Vito, was the killer!







Audrey continues to be adorable and although she got sick this month that meant Kyle got lots of extra cuddles.  And we finally got her hair into pigtails!








She gets crazy hair after naps and we love it





Misc happenings

Tad passed off all of the Articles of Faith and got a fancy certificate.
He worked really hard to memorize them this year.

Alexa went to YW Camp in Heber and did lots of fun crafts and activities.

Alexa's softball team made it to State! They won their first game 16-1 but then they lost the next 2 games by only one point (6-7, 7-8). 

I caught Nathan on the toilet reading a book and had to laugh

Tyler with his mustachio

Alexa got hit in the face during family baseball :(

Tyler is the best cuddle buddy


Funny Story:

I overheard the boys playing:

Liam: Nathan, you are NOT Mario in this game, you are my pillow!!!

Nathan: Oww! You hurt me!!


Tad's baseball hit:

https://youtube.com/shorts/8KlIglgEH-4?feature=share


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