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No, we're not twins! Although Mommy likes to dress us alike and we're ALMOST the same size, we are definitely 18 months apart! This was part of our fun Kamas trip while visiting cousins in Utah!

Faith loves Daddy Yes sirree! And in their favorite place...the water!

Hey Jeff (Hillman), Andrew must have taken some secret "face" lessons while we were together. I have never seen this one before!

At the top of the rock in Gettysburg, PA. WE learned all about the battle during the Civil War and really loved CAMPING for the first time as a family!

Johnny posing in between the rocks. I love his hair shorter like this!

This is our Camping Crew - the Ahrens & McMullin families from New Jersey. There were 11 children under the age of 8, and we had so much fun! It's a great reminder that kids don't need "things" to be happy. Just give them a stick and lots of dirt and they are great!

Faith at the Hayes Park Sprayground. This was before our Utah trip, and a perfect day for it, because it was SO hot!

One of the unique features of Assateague Island, MD is the Wild Ponies. They roam up and down the beach, through the parking lots poop on the sidewalks. They aren't even phased by all the people around. Once a year they herd hundreds of them across the bay to the mainland where they sell the horses to people who will train and ride them. It helps keep the numbers down and is a VERY big event in the area.

The kids at Family Home Evening one night (Just Kidding!) Our Stake is having a Film Festival, and our kids are some of the STARS! The clip really is about Family Home EVening, so we'll pass it along as soon as the film is complete! But, I couldn't pass up this funny picture!

The NEW Trampoline! We have jumped EVERY single day (except Sunday, the kids will point out) since we returned from Utah. This has been such great exercise and FUN for everyone! Both Faith and Grant have figured out how to do a front flip, Clark can do Knee-Bum-Up and Johnny can stay on his feet despite bounces from everyone around him.

Isn't this cute of two of my boys? John's shirt matches his eyes, and we just can't get enough of this sweetheart. He speaks in full sentences now, and it's so adorable! Today during Sacrament Meeting I told John that we think of Jesus during the Sacrament, and he immediately said "Where's Jesus? Where's Jesus?" I replied with "He's in heaven, watching you...because He loves you!" What he said next just melted my heart! He turned to me and in the most sincere voice said "He loves ME?" I teared up right then and there when he smiled, knowing that was truth.

This is the outside of the Crab Shack. Sorry, so many pictures of the shack. Just wanted you to feel the full experience. Our ward members, the Dredges, offered to have us stay in their Ocean Home in Maryland, and we took them up on their generous offer! We left work at NOON on Friday and drove 3 hours to Ocean City. The home was beautiful and IMMACULATELY clean, complete with giant tub, screened in porch and passes to the Beach House Pool & Assateague Island. What could be more fun? We packed every minute with swimming, eating and sleeping!

Andrew and the kids building a sand castle on the beach at Ocean City, MD. It was so fun to leave D.C. and get to a REAL beach in only 3 hours! The water was almost warm, and Clark couldn't get enough of the waves. He would get toppled over and over again, and as we'd go out to rescue him, he'd just spit out the salt water, and run right back toward the waves! John was content to eat popcorn on the shore, while Faith and Grant tried out the boogie boards. Just so much fun!
Grant on the boogie board. He'd get hit so hard with the waves that his "floaties" would come off, but it didn't slow him down a bit! He got so that he could ride the waves in all by himself, smiling all the way!
After the beach on Friday night, we went to Dunsters for burgers and ice cream. The kids were so hungry and the ice cream tasted great!
This is the Crab Shack, run by a mother-daughter team. They were so nice to us, and we got some authentic east coast seafood! Great fun!