There's going to be a lot of pictures. We spent the whole month of July in Utah. We got to visit lots of family and friends. We were pretty busy, but we had lots of fun.

Bennett's first plane ride. We tried to keep him awake so he would sleep the whole time. He was so tired he fell asleep sitting up at the airport.  He'd never slept like that before.

Here he is on the plane on Lincoln's lap.  He behaved excellently (unlike the rest of the many children on this flight to Salt Lake City), mostly sleeping the whole time and taking a bottle for takeoff/landing.

Cousin Julia holding Bennett

This looks worse than it was. This is the top layer of our wedding cake. We moved shortly after we got married and kept forgetting about it. It's only a year late!

Cousin Bradley reading to Bennett

4th of July

Our little firecracker

Best 4th of July tradition: slip n slide. We added the little kiddie pool not too long ago, which was good since Bennett can't really handle the slip n slide yet.

New found game thanks to Pinterest. Viking Chess (try it, it's super fun)

Bradley took the boys to the Air Force Museum for his birthday. The girls got pedicures.

After that, we all went to dinosaur park in Ogden.

Then we went to the drive-in to see Brave (which was good, not great)

We had a swim party at my parents. Kim had games for the kids so the parents could finish eating. This one was water balloon pinata.

Great Grandma Swenson came to visit

Bradley holding Bennett

Cousin Laney holding Bennett

Everyone wanted to hold Bennett, especially Grandma Andreasen

We had a family party with the Albretsen side.

(Lincoln's cousin) Amanda Holding Bennett

Bath time with Cousin Tyson

Cousin Tyson is exactly 4 weeks younger than Bennett

We had a party for Great Grandpa Andreasen's 80th birthday at Maddox

Great Grandpa and Grandma Andreasen

(Lincoln's cousin) Natalie holding Bennett

(Lincoln's cousin) Mike holding Bennett

This is almost all the babies that have been born this year (we're missing Franklin) And we have two more coming soon! (left to right: Camli, Bennett, Brecklyn, Tyson, Arilyn)

Great Grandpa Andreasen

4 generations (do you think Bennett will have those calves?)

Great Grandma Andreasen

We went to Bear Lake

The sand castle we built

I love that Bennett is wide awake in this one

Julia being a diva

(Tracey's cousin) Hannah

Puzzle time

We went to Hogle Zoo with Tracey's Brother Nick's family

Bennett is as big as an infant gorilla

Riding the train at the zoo

Cousins Kenlee and Skyler

The cousins love to play together

While we were out there we had a baby shower. We let the kids help us decorate. This is a waterfall coming down the diapers!

My cousin Harmony made this baby in a bassinet

Some of the cute clothes we got

Swimming in Grandpa Torman's pool; Bennett loves to kick his feet

I'm not sure what's going on here this is Cousin Call and Bennett

Aunt Kacey

Uncle Nick

We went on a drive up Payson Canyon and had lunch up the mountain

Great Grandma Albretsen

Great Grandpa Albretsen

I wish this wasn't blurry. It makes me laugh

Auntie Mitsie (watching the Olympic opening ceremonies)

(Tracey's cousin) Derek. Bennett Stared at him pretty much the whole time he was holding him (maybe cause Lincoln doesn't grow facial hair like this)

As you can see Bennett got lots of attention. He was so good to let everyone hold him. He grew both in height and weight while we were gone.  He also became a lot more active with kicking, standing, holding his head up, etc. 

We had lots of fun. Now we just need to get him back on his schedule at home...