August in a nutshell

Hayley was in a summer choir this year. It was her first time in a choir and she loved it! This was her recital at the end of the summer.

We went to Idaho the first weekend in August for James & Katie's wedding. It was such a beautiful temple ceremony. We had fun seeing family and hanging out at the family cabin.

Cutting the cake

Great Grandma Georgia & Katelyn

We went to Thanksgiving Point to the farm one day. Hayley was petting the baby cow.

We went on a hayride

Hayley and Dylan in jail

We had a going away bbq for some friends in our ward.

(The best home teacher ever!)

The kids swam and roasted marshmallows

We did lots of swimming mostly at 7 peaks but this was a back to school party at a pool in Provo ( I think he was cold!)

We went camping at Chris' boss' cabin in Beaver Creek. Here are some of the kids

canoeing. None of our kids this time?

I got stung by a bee and a had an allergic reaction/infection. I don't know if you can tell that the arm on the right was swollen and so hard I couldn't bend it. It was no fun!

Here are the kids on the first day of school. Dylan is in 1st grade and Hayley is in 5th.

We had a fun and busy month of swimming, bbqs and lots of yummy veggies from the garden. I am always sad when summer ends.

Haering Family Reunion

We went to Escalante for Pioneer Day. All of my siblings were able to come. I think it was our first official Haering Reunion. Now that we are all married with growing families! We did a little photo shoot before Bobby and his family headed back to Arizona. This was the best one..
Me and my kids

Our family

The grandkids

Enjoying the pretty scenery

The cows

Doesn't this look like a postcard?

Hanging out at the river

Cute Chris and the backpack baby!

We also were able to help build and ride on their float for the Pioneer Day Parade.

Here is Grandma, Hayley and Brooklynn

The sweet pizza oven Adam made

Their float even won 2nd place for the Family category!

The last day right before we left we went on a hike.

Some of the hikers trying to go in a slot canyon. Roscoe was protecting them!

The hikers and the funny backpack baby. She actually really likes to go in it!

We always have lots of fun in Escalante and Adam and Kristen are great hosts!

Arizona or Bust

Well my brother and his family just recently moved from St. Louis to the Phoenix area. We are so excited to have them 1/2 the distance closer to us! My mom mentioned going to help them move and I thought we should go too! I have never been to Phoenix and it was summer so why not! We stopped half way in Vegas. We stayed at Sam's town off of the strip. They had fun animals that looked very realistic and a cool waterfall. Katelyn was terrified of the baby deer! The girls

The beaver

The (apparently scary) baby deer


Bryce swimming in the pool

The best find in Chandler. The yummiest ice cream in the world!

My good friend Becca from Rick's also lives in San Tan Valley. So I stopped by for a quick visit!

Us and our kids

We went to a yummy resturaunt called San Tan Flat. It had hay on the ceiling.

Bobby, Brooklynn, and Kierra

Dylan and Bryce

After we ate we went outside to the fire pits and roasting marshmallows! Even though it was probably still 90 degrees outside. There was was some Serious roasting going on here!

Dylan and his monster marshmallow hands

Hey Batter Batter Batter....Swing

On our way home we made a little detour and stayed at my sister Kristen & Adam's house in Escalante. Kristen made Hayley this yummy cheesecake! Happy 10th birthday Hayley! We had lots of fun helping Bobby and Kierra unpack. We can't wait to see them again. This time it's their turn to come to us. That is still a REALLY long drive with three kids!!

4th of July

We had lots of fun at my parents for the 4th of July. We had a pool party with lots of yummy homemade mexican food! Here is baby in a bucket. This shows how little she is. Here she is 16 months old and only 19 pounds.

Here is Steven the beanbag champion in action. We always have fun playing this game!

Katelyn and Daddy


I didn't take any pictures of fireworks this year. It was fun watching all the legal airials that we could do ourselves this year. They were everywhere! Happy Independence Day America!

3rd Annual Cousin Camp

We had a lot of fun again at the Annual Cousin Camp! We had even more cousins come this year. All of my grandparents great grandkids were there except for one! A couple others came late and weren't here for this picture. We did lots of swimming, eating and hanging out!
Katelyn learned how to walk only a few days before. So she had lots of fun exploring the camp! (and getting very dirty!)

Dylan had fun sweeping out my moms tent. (The never ending Lake Powell sand)

My cousins Becky and Cassey came for the first time. Here they are in the Lazy River.

Dylan, Kaden, Kyle and Emma getting in the Lazy River

The best picture of all. My fun grandma! This is her gangsta granny pose. I am so glad she can come every year. She makes cousin camp complete!