Future Quarterback

Alex loves to throw balls (and food), so Mark was working on his future quarterbacking skills. It was really cute and Alex liked it a lot!

One of my favorite things about Mark's job is that we get to visit cool places that we probably wouldn't have gone too otherwise. Since we are living in Cleveland this summer we got to go visit Kirtland (it is only 45 minutes from our house). It was really cool, but I wish that our church owned the temple because the tour they gave was kind of weird. It was still really cool to see it though! This is Newel K. Whitney's house. Back then yellow was the most expensive color of paint, so they were pretty well off. The inside is pretty cool too, it even has a master bedroom and two kitchens (sounds like my mom and dad's house).
Here we are in front of the Newel K. Whitney Store. The missionaries said it was like the Wal-Mart of the olden days. It was definitely less crowded than Wal-Mart, so I liked it better.
Here we are on the steps of the temple, and yes we are wearing different clothes because I accidentally left my phone at the Kirtland pageant, so we had to come back for another day. I'm glad we came back because we had lots of fun the second day too.

Here is the temple. They don't allow pictures inside, so there you go.

The Zoo!

Alex and I went to the Cleveland Zoo today with our friend Anna. Alex had a lot of fun, he really liked looking at all of the animals, and everytime we left an animal he would cry really hard!

People were riding camels, it looked like fun but we didn't try it.

Here is Alex comparing his hand to one of the monkey's hands.

Man, those elephants are cool!

Yum!

Alex's First Haircut

Alex got his first haircut today, and the consensus is divided. I know that some of you will be happy, but there are some of us who really liked those curls! They kept poking him in the eyes though, so they had to go. I left a little on the top so he still has some curls left.

before...

during...

after. What a cool dude!

4th of July in Washington D.C.

This year for the 4th of July, Alex and Steph picked up April and Ava Toone and they all went to Washington, D.C. They stayed with their friends Heather and Noah, who live in Virginia. They did a day of sightseeing on the 3rd and then watched an awesome fireworks show on the 4th. It was really fun but they were so ready to come home when it was all over!

The Lincoln Memorial

Alex and Steph at the Air and Space Museum in front of a cool helicopter.

The Capitol Building

Alex playing in front of the Washington Monument

Noah, Alex, and Ava brushing their teeth before bed

The kids enjoying some mac n' cheese