The final instalment of our summer break...the part with Dave anyway.

After we got home we still had a lot of time to fill. We had a fun BBQ with the other LDS grad families that were still in town. Caden got to hold baby Max, his first real baby, and we went to the zoo (a few times). The boys got to touch a Gator, an Elephant and goats. They love to play in the splash area.

Our good friends gave us their little boy's old bike. Dave got some new training wheels for it and we put Caden on to try it out. He loves it!! His mom on the other hand is still trying to get used to the idea that he is going to go fast and yes, he will probably fall, a lot. Yes, he usually does wear a helmet, this was just a trial run.

Next up was no small thing. Austin and Taylor turned 7. I wanted to share their story a little but realised that it would take entirely too long. Lets just say we are so blessed to have these little boys as part of our family. Congratulations Austin and Taylor for overcoming so much and working so hard to improve your quality of life. Mom and Dad love you more than you will probably ever know. Thanks for taking a chance on us and deciding to stay with us in this life. So, for their birthday they got new bikes. Taylor's is your typical bike. Austin's however is a specially made adaptive bike so that he can ride a bike like little boys should. They both love their bikes. Austin kept riding by me saying, "I love this bike, I love my bike!" It was so fun to see both of them doing something they were never supposed to be able to do. Austin doesn't really care for cake so I made them a fruity pebbles crispy treat "cake." We also had Grandma in on the festivities through the computer. That was way fun for the boys to show her how they ride their bikes and to sing while they blew out their candles.

So you have heard me talk about Del Taco, right? Well if not it is probably Dave's favorite place to eat. He found out that there is one up in South Bend. So with a last minute decision we drove up to Michigan City, Indiana, played on the beach for a while and went to Del Taco for dinner. The beach is awesome, you can go really far out before it gets too deep to stand. We had a great time. Oh ya, Del Taco was good too.

We have some great friends from when we lived in student housing at the U. They live in Cincinnati. We have visited a couple times and they come down here but this time we took a couple pictures. The first is on the Purple People Bridge, you can walk from Kentucky to Ohio. The big Ice cream cone looking thing is just that, it is a very yummy ice cream stand called The Cone. They have hundreds of things to choose from. Yummy!!

Are you still with me? Two more pictures left. Our buddy Russ (another 2nd year dental student) went home to Utah and got married during summer break. The first day back to school we had a BBQ as kind of a congratulations get together. These are the first pictures we have of all the guys, and girls for that matter together. We were only missing one of the guys and two of the wives.

Well there you have it. I think now we are caught up to date. See you soon!!