brian's birthday, pony tails and monkey bars!

so first off....Brian turned 29 on July 29th!! Its his special sparkle year! My parents came for dinner, as did my sister and brother in law and nephew who were on their way home from Calgary. We BBQ'd steaks, and had stuffed potatoes, baked beans, corn on the cob, veggies and garlic bread!It was a lot of food!!

Then we had a skor trifle, that I make with white cake instead.

Lexi can now wear ponytails!! Its the cutest thing! and she LOVES it! She got so excited about it when my mom put them in for the first time!

AND....

Kennedy has been dieing to do monkey bars since she could say the words "monkey bars"!
And yesterday she did them!! First time she did 7, second time she finished them! They are pretty tall- like the last rung she still can't touch, so this is quite impressive! She has been trying SOOOO hard!

We went to the park today that had straight monkey bars not on a slope and she couldn't do those. So the slope is easier for her and soon she'll be doing the straight ones! I'm so proud of her for sticking with it! Its so hard when your friends can do things that you can't. But she kept trying!!