Hot Pots

I am still playing catch up from this summer. We took a fun hike up the canyon by our home to some hot pots. It was really fun and the waterfall had a lot of water.

Of course, Keslee had to bring a long a baby to take care of.

Everyone had fun climbing behind the waterfall. There was a little room behind it and a hole in the rock where you could stick your head out through the waterfall.

The water was the perfect temperature and we had fun soaking.

The boys didn't think I would go under the cold waterfall.....they were pleasantly surprised.

The kids played downstream for a long time building things along the river.

Alyssa's Cake

This summer Alyssa wanted me to teach her how to make a cake. She looked through all my cake pans and decided to make a pig cake. I showed her how to hold the bag and we practiced on the counter and then she decorated the whole thing by herself. I helped her learn how to do things when she came to them, but I was so amazed at how good she was at decorating. She has a good future in cakes!

I think her favorite thing was all the frosting she ate. She loves frosting!

She named her pig "Buck Tooth Piggy".

After the cake was done, Paul had a fun time decorating the kids with frosting.

Some Summer Highlights

Here is a mix of fun things we did this summer. Audrey and her kids came for a few weeks and it was so much fun to see them. One of our favorite things this summer was BABY LILLY!

                     The boys and girls had a tank war when we were doing fireworks for the 4th of July.

Michael has gotten so big and he just loved Josh!

For Father's Day Paul got a huge sandcastle building kit and new church clothes.

                                                       Like I said...WE LOVE BABY LILLY!

                                        Amanda got her gold cart drivers license from Grandpa

                                                                  Audrey's cute girls

                                              Rylan mastered many tricks on the trampoline

                            The girls dressed up in Winnie the Pooh clothes to go see the movie.

                                               Here are our "fat kids" goofing off one night

                            Josh loves the golf cart and Keslee loves pushing anything in a stroller

                                                          Look at these cute cousins!

                               These girls are crazy! They made up some cute dances and cheers

                                               We could not get enough of BABY LILLY!

                                                     Keslee's favorite person.......Isabelle

                                                                The 3 little amigos

                                                              Fun at Classic Water Park

                                                       We had fun boating at Utah Lake!!!

Hershey Track

Down here in the schools, they hold the Hershey Track Meet. Rylan won third place in the softball throw and the 400m. A few weeks later we got an email from the association stating that he qualified for the Regional meet in those 2 events. It was held at Provo High School including all kids in Utah County who qualified. Rylan took third place again in the softball throw and 4th in the 400m. He ran that race in 1 min 12 seconds. At the end he said "mom, does it ever get to the point where after you run you do not want to throw up?" I laughed and told him yes, if you train, but that shows you ran your best. It was so fun to watch him compete. It took me back to all my years of track and field. I must say that I realized that it is way better to be the athlete than the spectator at a track meet. Thank you mom and dad for all the years you sat there and watched. Track meets are really long. CONGRATS Rylan, you are a natural athlete and you did great!

Keslee's Soccer

Keslee played soccer this year for the first time. She got to play on the Kindergarten team with kids her own size and she loved it as long as it was warm. On cold days, her whole attention was on her hands being cold, her feet being cold and why she had to wear her coat under her soccer shirt. It was really hard to get her to focus on the ball on those days. :) Keslee did really good. She was the only girl on her team and at times she would get in the middle of things, throwing her little elbows around and kick the ball. At other times, she would show everyone her neat tricks on the field in the middle of the games. It was pure happiness to watch her play. She is really looking forward to playing again in the fall.