Jon's brother Jim and his wife Sandra hosted their annual 4th of July bash. It is always loads of fun and this year was no exception. We celebrated with the short end of our crew. All the big boys were off partying with their other families. Jon, Addison, and Jace had fun swimming. I was a party-pooper and opted out. Jace has no fear of the water. He wants to dive right in and must be restrained constantly. Addison on the other hand is pretty nervous of just about anything-she takes after me. But she did pretty well and even shocked everyone and decided to be a little bit social, playing basketball with Uncle Jim, Colin, and Jereme. We ate some good food and had homemade ice cream. Yummy! Jon dreams about Sandra's homemade Oreo ice cream all year. It is his favorite! We stuffed ourselves until we could barely move. We all headed over to Banner Desert to watch some fireworks. Addison was a little afraid at first because the fireworks were "noisy", but she relaxed and enjoyed the show.
I am grateful for people like my older brother Preston, my good friend Christopher, and so many others who defend our freedoms and keep us safe. I feel blessed to live in a country where we are free. Happy Birthday America!
With Tate and Bradan in KY visiting their dad, our summer's around the Jarvis home are always relatively quiet. It is a nice time for Jon and Nathan to hang out and spend some quality time together. This year they went camping up on the Rim. They reported some nice bonding time and pretty weather. It looked like so much fun that I want to take the whole family when everyone is home. 
A couple of weeks ago we got Jace a "big boy" carseat. He was so ready to be able to sit up and see what was going on. I love this age when they start doing all kinds of new stuff and everything is a big deal. So here are my big kids-Addison with all of her paraphernalia-binky, bear, cup, and always shoes(which you can't see in the picture). She wears her flip flops 24-7, unless she is in bed. And the binky, she is too big and I know it. But I am too chicken to try to take it away. So for now I will just enjoy having 2 binky babies. 
Jon's brother Jim and his wife Sandra hosted their annual 4th of July bash. It is always loads of fun and this year was no exception. We celebrated with the short end of our crew. All the big boys were off partying with their other families. Jon, Addison, and Jace had fun swimming. I was a party-pooper and opted out. Jace has no fear of the water. He wants to dive right in and must be restrained constantly. Addison on the other hand is pretty nervous of just about anything-she takes after me. But she did pretty well and even shocked everyone and decided to be a little bit social, playing basketball with Uncle Jim, Colin, and Jereme. We ate some good food and had homemade ice cream. Yummy! Jon dreams about Sandra's homemade Oreo ice cream all year. It is his favorite! We stuffed ourselves until we could barely move. We all headed over to Banner Desert to watch some fireworks. Addison was a little afraid at first because the fireworks were "noisy", but she relaxed and enjoyed the show.
