Beauty of Utah

As many of you know, us Lambs are vacationing in the beautiful hills of Utah. So far, our vacation has been great! We have seen many family and friends, gone swimming, hiking and partying, and spent our Fourth of July with family in American Fork. Next week, we are planning to go to Lake Powell for three days and stay on a houseboat...yippee!

Unfortunately, the two-day, twenty-eight-hour drive was not all that much a jolly holiday. But aside the screaming, fighting and vomiting, the drive wasn't all that bad. Now we have to go BACK to Georgia next week and spend more time freaking out in the car. That's okay - we still have the rest of summer to calm us down.

Here's our current 411:

Addison: Starting junior high/middle school is everything she can think of. She's also gaining a reputation to be involved in gymnastics. She's so hyped up about it she's actually reading about it. (Don't worry - I'm still a soccer fanatic, too).

Talmage and Ethan: You're probably wondering why they share a column. Well, duh! They both are excelling in their baseball skills and talking endlessly about random baseball facts at the dinner table (Now we all understand who has the most RBIs and who leads the highest baseball average in the American League).

Emma: Our little princess is turning into a major drama queen. This is also her pottytraining stage, and the stage she obviously considers her Big Girl Stage. But that's okay, because even if she colors on the walls and dissappears into thin air doesn't mean we like her any less.

Rob and Lisa: Rob and Lisa work happily together to keep their kids under control. They're pretty good at it, I guess. Well, Mom and Dad, thanks for being good parents!

Addie, Tal, and Kristen the day Kristen has to leave...sad! We had so much good-natured fun, like surprise trips to Chuck E. Cheese on a rainy day when there was nothing to do; confusion on math homework; napless hours of constant fun; pitching for the neighborhood boys' baseball game. Kristen loves us and is always caring for us. She's never sitting around doing nothing. Kris, we love ya!

Emma more like her mom everyday. Shopping, doing her mascara, "Getting a bargain!"...she's very moved by the power of shoes. Her mother looks like her, too, so that' their common-ness.

This is Ethan in Destin Beach, FL. We had a ball building sand castles, playing frisbee and playing on the boogey-board. The only tragedy was how bright the sun was (I could hardly open my eyes!). Then we dumped out our wallets at "Fudruckers" just to buy food. Other than that, our three-day vacation in Florida was great!

Emma Elizabeth Lamb

Here's our tragically beautiful drama queen on her Dora scooter. Isn't she so amazing? Sorry I couldn't flip the pic...my apologies!!!!!!!!!