Camping

Last weekend we went camping and had a blast! We roasted marshmallows, saw TONS of beautiful stars, slept on rocks (literally) and boated in the lake. We wanted one last hurrah before school starts. the boat was a little awkward and I kept going in0 circles, but we had fun anyway.

Locks of Love

Becca's hair FINALLY was long enough to cut. You have to have 10 inches to donate. I think we will do it again, and I might just do it next time :) Sorry I have the after and before pictures mixed up :)

riding on the bull

Last Saturday we had to get our cars inspected. We had a coupon for $10 inspection which saved us about $25. Well, so did a lot of other people. When we dropped our cars off at 9 in the morning the guy said, we will have these done by 2. What do you do then...you ride a bull of course.

we didn't realize that it was a local festival going on so we had a great time at a petting zoo, inflatables, rock walls, and watching burly Scottish men chuck heavy things. after spending the money at the carnival, lunch and the Hawaiian shack we still saved $15 AND made great memories :)

top 10

Top 10 reasons why I don't want summer to end

10. We can't go to the pool when ever we want.
9. David's playmates will all go back to school
8. The girls will be gone all day!
7. I will have to do my "chores" all by myself
6. Homework
5. It will get dark and cold
4. I love having the kids home with me
3. No more lazy days and adventures
2. I have to think about what to make for dinner
1. I love summer!

David jumping off the board

This is David going off the low diving board. He went off the high one too. That kid is fearless. Kinda scares me.

Off the board

Here is a video of the kids going off the board. I dove off the high dive and realized that I don't know how to dive off the high dive because it HURT!

Only 15 days left!

I can't believe that we only have 15 more days of "summer!" We have had such a great one. We have been frog hunting, swimming, balloon gazing and more swimming. David can now go off the diving board by himself. I get a little nervous when I see his little head bob up and down as he swims to the side, but he loves it. He even went off the high dive. He climbed the stairs and just ran right off.

We only have a few more days of our Thanksgiving Point membership so we went last week to the big gardens to look for frogs. We started at the waterfalls and worked our way down the stream to the pond. We saw 6 frogs, numerous dragonflies but Emma's favorite part was feeding the huge fish.

Friday morning we went to Sandy to see a hot air balloon festival. They were supposed to fly 15 balloons, but it was too windy. They blew up about 7 balloons just to see some color. It was fun, but we had to wake the kids up to go and they were a wee bit grumpy by the end of the day (can you say David had a screaming tantrum at the pool and I just kept walking...yeah, not fun)

We have been getting together with my sister and that has been fun. Last week they came here and we tie dyed shirts (she forgot to bring hers to AZ) and then we made snow cones.

We are still looking forward to going camping (next weekend), Aaron and I are going to Sundance this weekend for dinner and an outdoor theater show (thank you UVRMC), classic fun center and a lot more swimming.