Random in July

This is some of what we were up to in July:

Watching this little boy get cuter and bigger everyday!

One day we ran tons of errands, had swimming lessons, and spent a few hours at the museum. They were exhausted!

 3 on 3 Tournament

Jonathan played in a 3 on 3 tournament. It was a lot of fun to watch until a huge storm blew in and they had to cancel the rest of it.

 Classic Fun Center Waterpark

We bought a Groupon last summer to go to this waterpark and we finally got around to using it the day before it expired! We tried to go later so that Jonathan could meet us after work and it didn't quite work out. He got stuck longer then he thought and it closed earlier then we thought so we were only there for about an hour. Luckily, they gave us passes to come back another day for free and we took advantage of that!

It was so cool that she could go down the waterslides by herself!

 Water party with Friends

One of my awesome friends hosted a water party and it was so much fun. There ended up being about 20 kids and we stayed for about 5 hours! The kids were having so much fun and it was nice to sit and chat uninterrupted while they played.

 Friends day at Tumbling Class

Abigale got to invite a friend to her tumbling class and I wondered which of her friends she would invite. I was shocked when she asked to bring Daxton, about the only boy she is friends with. I asked his mom and he was pretty hesitant at first but I think they ended up having a lot of fun together.

 Swimming Lessons

The girls took private lessons and it worked out great. They got to go at the same time and I was able to get in the water with them and Ryan. It was much easier then trying to keep him out of the pool the whole time. The first thing they had to learn was to float on their back. Scott would not teach them anything until they could float for 2 minutes. By the end Abigale floated for 4 minutes, could jump in the deep end and flip to her back and swim 4 laps. She came a very long way from her first lesson. Lydia was floating on her back by the end and starting to learn some strokes. It will be fun to see where they go next summer!

Floating away! Don't her legs look super long?

 Fun with Cousins

My sister was heading back to Chicago after her month long stay in Idaho and stayed with us her last night. It was sad to see her go but we had so much fun with baby Sam and Max.

 Art Projects

I made a list of crafts off Pinterest that I wanted to try with the kids and we finally got around to doing some of them.

 Pioneer Day

Jonathan surprised us and brought home a ton of fireworks. We started by going to the park and throwing the poppers, which they loved and then we waited for it to get dark so that we could do our own fireworks. There were so many fireworks going off in our neighborhood that we just sat on the corner and watched them on every street.

Little Excited!

 School Time

This summer we tried to spend time everyday doing some kind of school work. Lydia really came a long way. At the beginning she couldnt really write any letters and now she can write her name and every letter. It is so fun to watch her learn and get excited about learning!

 Wicked!

For Christmas Jonathan gave me tickets to Wicked and we had to wait six months but the day finally arrived! His mom took all the kids for the night so we made a weekend out of it. We went out to a great restaurant before and the next day we went to the temple and walked around City Creek and had lunch. It was so fun and the play was amazing! I played the music for the girls and now they are obsessed with it and its all we listen to in the car but I don't mind! I love it!

 Bowling Night

We had passes to a bowling alley near Jonathan's parents house so after we picked up the kids we took them bowling for the first time. It was a little difficult- trying to keep Ryan out of everyone's way and the girls would get a little bored when it was not their turn but overall they had fun and I am glad that we did it.

Love her!

I have to add this one! Jonathan was doing his P90X workout and Ryan was trying to do it too! So cute!