Happy 4th of July!

4th of July 2013 was a day that was hot but full of fun for the Kellersberger Family. We started the day by sleeping in, something that daddy loved, and then we headed up the Provo Canyon for a drive to get out of the heat of the valley. We then had a family picnic at the Riverwoods on the grass near the Provo River. We had yummy peanut butter and honey sandwiches, along with orange soda (something little girl loved), cheese puff chips, pasta salad, and fruit salad.

 

 Then we all went for a little stroll over Provo river via a bridge

 Then we got down close to the river and put our feet into the water to cool off. It was very cold!

"Daddy, don't even think about putting me in that!"

Here is little girl drinking down the rest of her bottle from lunch as we made out way home from our picnic.

Later that afternoon we went swimming. Mommy had not check the public swimming pool to make sure it was open and when we got there the pool was closed....here we are thinking all our 4th of July swimming fun was in jeopardy of not happening at all when Uncle Randy saved the day. He invited the whole family to his parent's home to use their pool while they were out of town for the holiday. Adaline was grateful and mommy was relieved that we still got to cool off in the swim pool as it was almost 100 degrees.

Having fun with Haley, daddy, and mommy! Adaline is, of course, the center of the attention!

 

 Smile for the camera!

 Then we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Kellersberger's for a barbeque. We had yummy hamburgers, brats, fruit salad, and potato salad. For desert, mommy bought patriot cupcakes for everyone to share. Here is Adaline really enjoying her cupcake...well what did not end up on her face, that is!

 

Grandpa Kellersberger kept trying to get a picture of Adaline's face all covered in icing but she kept turning her head away each time he took the shot, daddy thought is was funny and had to take a picture of Grandpa trying once again to get the picture.

 Then we headed over to Provo to watch the Stadium of Fire, fireworks display from Cory's work. Adaline did not get scared with the noise and lights and seemed to really enjoy the show.

Grandpa Kellersberger came along with us and Adaline and he had a great time together. Once again the 4th of July is over but it was a wonderful family time to spend together making memories. We look forward to many more memories.

Tenna, Dana, and Friend Visit!

It was wonderful to see Tenna, Dana, and their friend come up to Utah for the Provo Canyon 1/2 Marathon. We invited them over for a barbeque and Kelsie and Johny came as well. We enjoyed yummy food and family fun as we talked and laughed late into the night. I love when family comes in from out of town and we get to spend time with them.

100 Plus Degrees - Oh what do you do in the Summer Time?

The Kellersberger Family goes swimming. As the temperature reaches 102 degrees we decided as a family to head to the Lehi pool to cool off. Adaline and daddy were having a great time in the kiddy pool area that is just deep enough for some cool down but Adaline is still able to walk.

 

 It was fun to see Adaline enjoying the water and mommy and daddy enjoyed the cool water that helped us to get cooler.

Daddy splashed Adaline in the face and she giggled as the water ran down her face.

We swam for about an hour and then we were cool for the rest of the evening. I think the Kellersbergers are going to make family pool time a habit as this is the warmest summer in 75 years!

Adaline's New Car Chair

Adaline was so happy to get her new car chair, she gets to face forward and see everything that mommy and daddy see. Here she is in her first ride in her new car chair and you can see how happy she is.

Father's Day 2013

We celebrated Father's day for daddy, we made him a yummy breakfast of waffles and then got ready for church. Mommy made daddy a beautiful boutonniere to wear to church.

Adaline and mommy got daddy a new grill for his Father's Day gift. Daddy picked it out but it was from Adaline and mommy.

"Happy Father's Day, Daddy. I love you so much!"

The Jumpers Are Leaving.... Oh No!

 Our friends the Jumpers are moving to Minnesota for a wonderful job opportunity but we are going to miss them terribly, so we held a going away barbeque and invites some friends, The Crapo and Fillbrook families, to send them off in style.

Dinner was great and we had a wonderful time chatting and enjoying ourselves one last time with the Jumper family. The Hardman family were able to join us later and so we had to get one more picture for blog.

Adaline trying to cook!

One night while I was making dinner at the stove, I had pulled Adaline over the wall into the kitchen so she could be near me while I finished dinner. Adaline was able to find a couple of pots that we had brought into the house from camping to clean them up and she got the top of the celery stock that I had previously cut to put into our dinner. She then proceed to set up her pots, for cooking, and then she took her ingredients and separated them into the individual pots. I had to capture a picture of this little show of domesticity.

"Well mom, I'm trying to get dinner ready!"

 

 "I need to find more things for my stews."

So then she got into the cupboards looking for more things to put into her pans. It was really fun as a mom to watch this desire to engage in activities that she see me do and she wants to duplicate it. Our little ones really do watch us and learn and that is why we must bear testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel through not just our words but our actions also. I hope Adaline will learn many wonderful things from watching me and I hope that I do what I need to a mother to teach her properly.