The McDermott's: Days in Sunny June

What a fun-filled month!!

~ It started with Deacon's birthday on June 2nd. ~

Deacon ate Mickey Shaped pancakes (with a side of blueberries) for breakfast

so that he would have a full tummy for the zoo!

Anna, James & Aunt Kara brought Deacon his favorite thing... Balloons!!

(or "Ba" as Deacon calls them!!)

Then it was off to the Zoo with his cousins Anna, James & Londyn

and his Aunt Kara, Auntie M, Aunt Bree and Nana.

Deacon had so much fun digging for dinosaur bones with Anna & James

and hanging out with T-Rex...

...and watching the elephants with Londyn...

...and riding on the carousel with his Auntie M!!

(okay, so maybe he didn't love that so much!!!)

James found Melissa and didn't want to let go!!

Thanks Melissa for being such a wonderful Aunt to Deacon and a wonderful pseudo-aunt to James!!!

~ Then it was time to PARTY!!!! ~

The weather was perfect!! It couldn't have been a more perfect day for an

Under the Sea Birthday Party!

The decorations:

(there were three centerpieces with Beta fish in them. This one is Henry, Deacon's fish that he loves to look at and point to and even kiss the fish bowl!!)

Henry's Red friend is living at Grandpa & Grandma Fisher's house and his Blue friend is at Uncle Dylan's house... thank you to my wonderful family for agreeing to give Henry's friends such a good home!!

The treats:

"Sweet Sushi"

more "Sweet Sushi"

We also had sliders and fruit... it was yum!!!

Thank you, Darling, for grilling them to perfection!!

Deacon's friends:

Holly (how darling is the Polo swim suit and the pink shades???!!!)

Chloe... I just love this girl!

Jackson

Deacon with Cannon

(emily... I didn't get a good pic of cutie Cannon... can you e-mail me one??!!)

Luke, Anna & Holly

Emmie

Bronx & James

(these two are little fish... they didn't get out of the water unless it was to run to the other pool!!!

So cute!!)

Sweet Maddie... do they come cuter?

Londyn (aren't those shades DARLING???!!!!) She is always so stylin!!!

and Lucy!

Deacon had so much fun splashing and playing in the water with all of his buddies!!

He was just exhausted when it was over!!

Happy First Birthday Deacon!!!

~ Scottish Festival at Thanksgiving Point ~

We missed the games on Friday night but made it in time for the Tattoo

The Utah Pipe Band

(Stevie played in the "Salt Lake Scots" with John Barclay (centered in picture) when he was younger)

Deacon watching the Tattoo

It got a little windy and cold toward the end but Deacon was loving "washing" Nana's hair!!

~ Oxford ~

We went to Oxford, Idaho to visit my cute Grandma Fisher and while we were there we decided to take a little walk around the tiny farm town.

Deacon had so much fun watching a real farmer mow his grass!!!

Where is James?

Where is Anna?

Dylan and Hannah decided to tromp through the grass to an old abandoned log cabin... Creepy!!

We didn't make it to the dairy farm up the street to see lots of cows,

but we did see these new mom cows with their little babies!!

Deacon had fun watching the horses!

As long as they didn't get too close!!

James thought he would try to feed the horse... but decided he didn't want to get too close either!!!

SO THIRSTY after the long walk!! Thanks for sharing Grandma, or maybe Deacon shared more with you than you wanted!!!

~ Sun Valley!!! ~

We spent Father's Day this year in Sun Valley with Becky and Melissa.

It was fabulous to swim in the 95 degree pool!!

Jumping to Nana from the side and LOVING it!!

You can't come to Sun Valley and miss out on "Sun Valley Serenade" at the Opera House!!

It was such a darling movie... they just don't make movies like this anymore do they?

Relaxing at the Lodge with his Sippy Cup and Sun Valley Chocolates with lipstick on his face from all the kisses from his Nana and Auntie M!! What a glorious life!!

Sad to be leaving Sun Valley but hope to come back soon!!

It was so fun to be in a place that means so much to Steve & Becky (they even honeymooned here) and to remember the fun times spent here with him before he was diagnosed with cancer.

A great way to spend Father's Day.

~ Cousins, Cousins, Cousins!! ~

Sarah, Collin and Mason came up from Flagstaff to spend a couple weeks here

Deacon is in cousin heaven!!

At the park:

On the tire with Sarah, Collin and Mason!

Going down the twirly slide with Sarah!

Petting a dog with Sarah!

Now the straight slide! Thanks Sarah for being so cute with Deacon and taking him down all the slides! He loved it!!

Mason climbing up so fast!!

Shy James!!

Collin having a great time spinning fast on the tire swing!!

At the Zoo:

Collin was so cute making sure Deacon didn't get too wet playing with the rolling "world" ball!

Watching the Elephants... why is it I only seem to take pics of the elephants... I know there are more animals at the zoo!!!

Sarah and Collin being like Rhino's with "Horns" on their noses!!!

(This never gets old... I remember doing the same when I was younger!!)

Waiting to get squirted with water by the dinosaurs!!

After being squirted by said dinosaurs!!!

And back to the ball once more before heading home!!

~ Other Fun June Activities: ~

At the aquarium:

We spent a good 20 minutes chatting with the Lion Fish...

...and another 20 minutes chatting with the Butterfly Fish...

... until Deacon discovered the Sting Rays... He didn't want to touch them, he just loved looking at them and pointing at them and running back over to them when I would try to get him to look at something else!!!

Luckily, Mom found the Penguins....