This Sunday morning has been a terrific one in my book! One o' clock church is my dream come true, as it turns out! It means that we get to sleep in (sorta. As much as you can with three little men), lazily eat breakfast together and then follow it up with some sort of family adventure to tire us out before church comes along. Maybe today was especially nice since I knew that since our whole house is sick, I wouldn't have to worry about the pre-church dash to get ready and out the door! Whatever the reason, I'll take it! 

The leaves haven't turned colors yet, but there is a definite feeling of Fall in the air and we are LOVING it! To celebrate, Mason and I pulled out a Fall craft that we started last year and decided that we needed some dead tree branches to top it off for our decor. So our whole family got sprayed down with Deet (the bugs here are unreal) and then off we hiked right up our backyard into the woods above our house! What fun! Now that we know about that little treasure, I am certain that we will have to return with a picnic basket!

 Mason, happily preparing our Fall decor

After returning from our adventuring, we helped Poppy in the kitchen:

Is there anything finer than a man who can cook?

Seriously, the BEST pizza ever!

While the pizza cooked, we played outside:

 And spied on the guys cleaning up their raging party across the street:

We counted at least four huge trash-bags full of the aftermath. But seriously, we couldn't ask for more courteous college neighbors. They clean up faster than anything I have ever seen and keep the sound level low.

And this was all done before Poppy headed off to church at 1pm. Sunday's really are good for the soul!

Swimming with Aunt Kafleen

We spent the evening at our new favorite Tuttle Creek. It was beautiful as always. I was going to brave the snapping turtles and swim tonight, but once I kayaked out to the middle and saw fish rising that were as long as my leg, I sorta chickened out. Maybe next time. Our happy time at the lake reminded me of another happy lake night that we spent with Kathleen in June. She snapped some great pictures that I have been meaning to share on the blog ever since.

Note that Kathleen and I both have the same bathing suit. Apparently, bathing suit shopping in May and June is way too late in the season. It had been about five years since I went shopping for one (four Summers of being pregnant in a row will do that to you) so I was a little out of the loop. The only place in town that had anything left was Walmart. Poor Audrey ended up having to match us as well when she came into town.

When we finished playing at the lake, we ran home, got dressed in our super-dupers and then went for a relaxing bike ride around the back roads. It was such a fun night! We miss having family so close.

Bryce and Jane Ann got married!

Early in August, Bryce and Jane Ann got married in the Redlands Temple. We Siegs took a break from moving and headed out to California (again) to be there to celebrate! We are so happy for them and I am thrilled to have another sister-in-law! Here are a bajillion pictures of their big day:

  

 Our favorite Bishop Williams, who we got to serve with in our single days