Lost camera, Woman's Conference and too much on one plate...

Those are my excuses as to why it's been so long since I've posted!
A LOT has happened!

Grandpa Lehnhausen and Tate

Tate was blessed last Sunday, July 27th. We did it a week early because that was one of the few weekends my dad has been home all summer. He has been fighting the fires in California. (although in his case, "fighting" is a loose term. He has the cushy job of driving the "Fire SUV" around and talking to the media.)

After Tate's blessing, we had dinner at my parents house and all of Jeremy's family came as well. It was such a nice day! A friend in our ward wrote down Tate's blessing in sacrament meeting as Jeremy was giving it and gave it to us afterward. She said she does it for all baby blessings, what a great idea! We were so thankful.

Because it's been a little on the overcast side, we have been trying to find ways to entertain the kids indoors. There is a new place here that recently opened called "Bouncin Bears", a large room with 10 or so of those bouncy "things" you see at the fair... Slides, obstacles courses, etc.

Jack went with his cousins and had so much fun!! I bought a 10 pass, so we will definitely be back!

Yesterday, I was in the kitchen finishing up a sewing project/birthday present before church. This project to be exact:

In my peripheral vision I saw a black dog come up to the sliding glass door and put his snout on the glass. I called to Jeremy- "Jeremy-- there's a big dog at the door" in a lackadaisical way. He always goes out and scares the stray dogs away so they don't poop on the lawn.

Anyways, Jeremy walks into the kitchen and says" Laura, that's not a dog. That's a bear." That bear would've walked right into the house had that slider been open-- scary!! He was small, but a bear nonetheless. He had already wandered to the front yard by the time we got these pics: