What do you do in the summer time?

OH what do you do in the summer time? We've been trying to have more fun and do some more activites this summer. We had a fun get together with family for the 4th of July and my sister and her family came to visit soon after. Some other things we've been up to are....Justin tried to donate blood for the first time. Got a bit lightheaded and dizzy. Didn't quite fill the bag but got an awesome battle wound for it. The sad thing is he has great veins so I don't know what happened I wasn't there.

We had play time with all the Stoddard cousins and tried to get a picture of the 3G network. Gabriel, Graham and Grace. Yeah it's kind of hard to get a baby and two toddlers to all look at you for a picture. I love all of these pictures though but especially the second one where Graham is holding Grace's hand and she's about to pat his arm. Graham is alwas trying to hold her hand, Cousin crush already! 

We have fun taking goofy pictures. I have been feeling pretty good at work lately. I had to place an IV on a lady that I thought I wouldn't get. I could feel her vein and it was good but I couldn't get a feel further up her arm due to excess tissue. So I just went where I saw and said a little prayer and it worked! I had to draw blood off of it so I ended up making a big mess but I was super proud of that one. Since I've come back from maternity leave I've almost done an IV a week! It is SUCH a confidence booster to have them work and get it on my first try. I was a little worried that if I ever got into the hospital that my IV skills would be non-existant but nope. At least for now. I have almost been at my current for a year amd it's been great. I sometimes miss my little pts and the alone time I had doing graveyards but I know that it was a blessing to be able to get my current job and become pregnant when I did. It just all worked out perfectly. 

We love to hang out with cousins and Grandma Rain. We get to see my mom and dad once a week when they come and watch Grace. It's fun to see them and to be able to watch them interact. 

We like to paint cute little toes for fun in the sun. 

For the 24th we went to the Taste of the Town in Layton. There are a bunch of food vendors with samples and you buy tickets and then take your tickets in exchange for food. It was fun we had never gone before so it was an Adventure. We ran into Kurtis and Hailey some friends of ours. It was kind of funny because a few days before we had them over and Justin's friend David for dinner and games. 

And as always enjoy a Beautiful sunset.