Gymnastics

 You gotta love matching for church...sad, the best picture of the rest of us happens to be the one where Kiri (who so easily smiles) isn't happy.

 Max and I having a blast at the water park.

 That's his marshmallow gun that he was pretending to protect me from these two little girls with.

 That is pure happiness on that chubby little face of his!

His first day at gymnastics.

 They started simple with mats...

 ...and worked their way up...

 Hopping on one foot...you'd be surprised the things your kids don't know...

 He was great on the bars...

Kiri (and Lia) both loved watching their brother from the sidelines.

Captain Chipmunk and Fathers' Day

Who is the greatest romancer the world's ever seen?
Who sweeps the girls off their feet and makes them all scream?
Who is the suavest, most dashing man the world's ever seen?
Captain Chipmunk is my name,
And I am supreme!
I am the best, No one can compare!
When I kiss a girl, She could lose her hair!
(That's my favorite line)

This was Max's obsession for a while...recently it's been Scrat from the Ice Ages and before that it was Jimmy Neutron.  You gotta love this kid!!!

This is long overdue...these are some pics from Fathers' Day. Look at that face, this is the face of a boy who LOVES his dad! 

Pics of Fathers' Day morning...and some of the gifts we gave him...This chalk board...if you can't read it, it says 'Daddy, we love you because you do the Von Eric Claw!' and Max's is demonstrating it. We also gave him a superhero book as well as a Flatenme Superhero book that I'll add some pic of later.

Dressed up as Hogarth from Iron Giant.

Sisters (Lia and Kiri) being entertained by their 哥哥

 Kiri has discovered raspberries, much to her own delight!

 Lia has just become such a happy little girl, so quick to laugh and show off those dimples!

 I love that Lia is in the background with her big toe in her mouth! She's got big toe 功夫!

Some outtakes from Fathers' Day. We are so lucky to have you as the dad, husband, friend, priesthood holder and unequivocal resource on superhero facts!!! Thanks for being so wonderful! We love you, Eric!

Fourth of July!

Max and the girls all dressed up for the Fourth of July...

We were particularly proud of this moment because two years ago on this very ride they had to stop the train in shame and we had to take Max off of the ride.

They played on a basketball team...represent!

Brooke is seriously so great with the girls! Brooke, Lia, Na-na, Kiri and Julie

The three of them were so cute in the bouncy house!

Max was in heaven!

MMMM...mango!

 I love their socks...thanks, Aunt Camille...they were a hit!

Another great fourth of July!

Like a rhinestone cowboy!!!

We went to a surprise party...

We went down to Provo on our first alone date since the girls were born to attend Eric's cousin's birthday party. It had a rodeo theme.

They posted this picture on facebook...'Cousin Love!'

It was so much fun! Jason was so surprised...thanks to the hard work of his stellar wife who just had their 3rd child weeks before!

and it was so much fun seeing friends and family.

Surprisingly, I felt much more comfortable dressed as a cowgirl in Utah than I did walking to the car driving from Wyoming.

I may be Chinese and from California...but I held my own...

Becky...you look great!...and Brandon did Park City proud!

Eric looked pretty legit...too legit to quit!

He actually was a rhinestone cowboy! The Carliles...they're so much fun. Sad, we didn't get a picture of the Fullmers...thanks, for the Bieber poster...it's hung above my bed!
Nevermind, I found one on facebook...and BTW...totally no fair...Julie, you look like a supermodel!!

 Happy birthday, Jason!