Anniversary/Jon Schmidt

Stan and I celebrated our 8th anniversary yesterday. We were lucky enough to see Jon Schmidt in Calgary! He put on a great show. The concert was in an old Church in downtown Calgary and there were less than 200 people in attendance. It was very intimate. I'd seen him 3 or so times in Utah when we lived there. It was so cool. The people who sponsored the concert gave him this cowboy hat. Calgarians are known as cowboys due to the famous Calgary Stampede, which we have yet to attend.

Here's a video of his "Dumb Song." I don't think I'd seen him do it before but he went nuts. He's a great entertainer. He played his Love Story meets viva la vida and it was awesome but he might not be able to put it on his newest album. He said he has a different version in the works.
Check out his website for more stuff. www.jonschmidt.com

I thought it would never happen

So, most moms worry about their kids and what crazy things they'll do for fun, or not fun, but just to experiment. The other day was an experimental day for Brynn. You can see in the picture the red line on her neck. She was trying to hide her neck from me and finally I got the REAL story. She was sitting in the window sill, just to her right in the picture, had the blind cord wrapped around her neck for some reason and fell out of the window. Luckily the cord broke or loosened when she fell. I couldn't believe it! I've never experienced anything like this. I guess we haven't really had blinds in the past. They are coming down soon! We are grateful that she is ok.

Stuff

Here's a random family picture that our friends took for us. The lighting is bad, just look at the faces.

We had some friends over for dinner last week and this was the kids enjoying dessert. Except for Macy, I guess.

Update on baby

I hope you don't find this picture disturbing. I tried to lighten it up a bit but I'm not very good at photo editing.
So, I've been emailing back and forth with several people over the past while about details of what happened to the baby, etc. So here is what we know and have decided...
1. We chose to not have an autopsy to find the cause of death. It didn't really matter to us and know that Heavenly Father allowed this to happen for many reasons.
2. We opted for the hospital to take care of the body. They did take pictures for us but by the time they did, the body looked really scary so we threw them away. They were creepy. I'll do some editing on mine.
3. We have a stupor of thought concerning the state of this little spirit so we chose not to officially name him. We'll still talk about the experience with the kids and only time will tell in some regards. We might not know in this life. We're OK with that.

Family reunion

We had a Wright family reunion in Spokane, WA on Aug 1. It was fun to be with all who were there. My two sisters weren't able to make it but we got to see Bruce, Anne and Silas, whom we haven't seen for 5 years!
On our way back to Canada, we drove through Glacier National Park, Logan Pass. It was beautiful! As you can see in the pictures, it was a little bit smoky. I love the mountains and it was so fun to enjoy the beauty around us. We also stopped at the Cardston, Alberta Temple. The other pictures that are in the middle of the collage are from Sparwood, BC, and the "largest truck in the world." It was a short trip but we had fun spending time together as a family. It's fun to have the kids old enough to enjoy the world around them. They were great travelers and we didn't have to watch movies the whole trip.

Misc summer pictures

Brynn and Joel went fishing with some members of our ward for a Make-A-Wish foundation fundraiser. She caught this fish and it was so yummy. It was her first experience fishing. I wish we could have seen the catch. The dad who talk her said it was pretty fun to watch.

The kids helping daddy make cookies.

Macy didn't want her picture taken but I had to get the rain boots with the dress.

This is our super fast and fun slip n slide. We have a nice hill on the side of our house that works perfect. The slide gives you a head start without running.

At-home campout

Foil dinners on our deck. I used the BBQ because it's so much faster.

Macy insisted that she was eating her corn like a "goggy"(doggy)

We love S'Mores! Check out the grass in the background. Yes that is our yard, we had to keep it that way to get the camping feel. :)