July Pictures

We did lots of swimming this year. We loved playing in the pool at Grandma and Grandpa's house. A new tradition was born to always eat an ice cream sandwich after swimming. We did it one time, and every time after that the kids would demand a treat after swimming.

P1 does a great job swimming with floaties. P2 still wants someone to hold her. She didn't like the water the first time we went this year, but she warmed up to it.

We also made use of our little swimming pool at our house. Although I think the kids had more fun filling it up than actually playing in it.

I got a new ride! Two new rides actually. But the kids commandeered them and were a new favorite toy for a while.

The kids had their first root beer floats. P1 wasn't a fan.

Fun at the park. P2 still loves the swings.

Lately, P1 always says "I'm tired!" probably because I always say it. So he decided to take a "nap" at the park.

Strawberries were on sale one day, so I decided to try making strawberry jam. The kids enjoyed helping. Unfortunately, during the 30 seconds that I ran to the bathroom, it decided to boil over. Nobody was hurt, but the kids were jumping up and down and were very worried. It was our erupting volcano.

We picked raspberries at Grandma's house. P2 would eat them up faster than we could pick them. P1 was excited to help, but then didn't pick a single one.

We took P1 to the dentist for his 3rd time. He was a champ! He did so great, and let them take x-rays and everything! I took P2 along so that she could see that it wasn't scary. She went for her first time in June, and she did not like it one bit. But it seemed to help see her brother do it, so hopefully next time will be better for her.

Feeding the ducks at the pond.

All Aboard!!! The kids like to build their own trains and pretend to go places.

Pioneer Day

 Last year we took the kids to the Handcart Days at the park, and they were too scared to go on any of the rides. This year my parents took them while we went on a date. P1 was so brave and went on a lot of rides all by himself! I was so happy and proud of him when we found out! P2 still just wanted to watch at a safe distance, but maybe next year!

My parents were telling me how P1 would spin his cup around in the teacup ride. They mentioned there was a little girl with him, and showed me the pictures. I laughed because I know her! She is the daughter of one of my high school classmates, and I had just barely seen her post pictures of her daughter enjoying the rides at the park. Small world!

Happy Pioneer Day!

Sending off a Missionary

My baby brother left on his mission, I can't believe it! He will be serving in the Omaha, Nebraska mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He will be a great missionary, and we are excited for him!

Fourth of July

PE's parents live close by the golf course where they do city fireworks for the 4th of July. They always host a BBQ, and then everyone walks up to see the fireworks.

This is the first year that we all went as a family. Last year, PE took P1 while I stayed home with P2. It was very hot, and we were melting, so I went to go find us some cold drinks. The kids decided to tag along, which made carrying back 2 smoothies through a huge crowd extremely difficult. I'm amazed I didn't lose one of them in the chaos. They drank the smoothies in less than a minute, and experienced their first brain freeze. 

Once it started getting dark, P2 kept wanting to go home.

They got some fun light sabers, which they absolutely love! P2 did not like the fireworks, but at least she didn't cry or scream. She just snuggled with dad while we covered her ears. P1 did great with the fireworks this year!

 We did some sparklers and a few little fireworks at our house. Both kids liked the sparklers, except P1 burned his finger on one.

P2 did not like the ones we did on the street. Grandma has to take her inside while we did those. P2 just cries and says "Loud...loud...loud." At night, our neighbors did some really noisy ones, so she would wake up and cry that is was loud. So we had to rock her back to sleep a few nights.

Happy Independence Day!