Fourth of July was a great weekend for us. Bren's Aunt and Uncle Brian and Carmen came to town to meet Quinn and spend time with all of us. We had a really nice time, on the actual fourth we went to our community pancake breakfast and then ended up just hanging out at the house enjoying the very entertaining Quinn. He is now at a stage where he is almost crawling, instead he army crawls, rolls or bulldozed (butt up, head down) to wherever he wants to go. We also managed to make it up to Park city when they were here and also to downtown. It was really nice. Fireworks from our patio will never get old. Our weekends have continued to be pretty busy with finishing up the garden and side of the house work. We finished our planting by getting honey suckle in on the side of the house, a peony bush and some fresh herbs like basil and mint. We are having a heat wave now so I we have been watering a lot in order to try and keep everything alive. The last of the yard project that if left is planting some iris, getting mulch on everything and hopefully planting a tree. Bren really wants to plant a tree this year because Quinn was born so we can watch as it gets bigger and bigger each year and remember that it was planted the year he was born.
Parenthood continues to delight us in how much Quinn just keeps changing and learning. I know other parents go through this but it is truly astounding to watch how babies brains just start making all of these connections and suddenly their motor skills, recognition and so many others basic skills start working. We continue to keep him busy with biking, picnics, playing on the swings and in the pool.
Hopefully the second half of the summer will continue in great weather and enjoying family weekends and friends. Hoping to maybe make it to MN in August. Life is good :)
Love,
Alyssa, Bren and Q
