Check out the grease on those knuckles! It has been a good summer and we have done a lot of fun things together, when I look back on it we have had a great time! After Tyler left Kathryn after only 3 weeks of marriage she came to live with us. Aliya made sure to help her study and we all had a good time. 
We bought a pool and Aliya learned how to splash (and how to flash the neighbors)
We went on a gorgeous hike from makeout point to the point just north of Squaw peak. We saw rattlesnakes, giant wasps, horned toad lizards, and it was just all around gorgeous!
We went to the freedom festival and watched the balloons take off. The pig balloon in the background made a crash landing which was pretty crazy but everyone was ok!
Then Grandma and Grandpa Hanks came down and we hiked squaw peak on the 4th of July-it was a beautiful hike!
The next week Aliya and I rode the bus to Rexburg and went to yellowstone camping with Amy-that was an adventure. The bus ride was pretty long-but marginally better than driving....once I made it on the bus that is...First we nearly missed the bus due to a flat tire and ineffective inflation systems at the 7-eleven, then customer service told me the wrong place to catch the bus at the airport and I'm sitting at the wrong terminal with a baby, carseat and 3 big bags, then I nearly got left at the gas station in Ogden because the bus driver didn't see me get off the bus at the pit stop and I have to chase the bus with the baby in my hands...phew it was crazy, but Yellowstone was amazing and Aliya was as cute as ever! Ryan stayed home to work...
Grandmama bought Aliya her first pair of walking shoes...oooh arent' they cute!
Aliya celebrates her pioneer heritage with a bonnet (made from a diaper)Fortunately as Aliya grows her dependence on us for food is decreasing as she is successfully foraging for her own food and loves eating cherry tomatoes (three at a time)
