A Few Classic Quotes

There has been a lot of talk about Jesus lately around here. Hopefully you don't find these too sacrilegious. The kids really said these.

Dave and I are going to vote and take the kids along. Ronan keeps mistaking vote for boat and is surprised when there aren't boats inside the elementary school. Eva asks, " are you guys going to vote for Jesus, or the bad guy."

Another great one from Ronan. Dave is putting him to bed and told him the story about how Jesus walked across the water. He leaves and comes back and there is a puddle on Ronan's bed. Dave says sternly, "Ronan did you spill water on your bed." Ronan responds, "Jesus spilled it and then he walked across it."

Salt Lake Temple Square

We spent the afternoon Wednesday touring Temple Square. The flowers were beautiful as always. And they have redone the smaller visitor center to all about the Salt Lake Temple. It has old photos and tools of how it was built. There is also a large replica of what the inside of the temple looks like. I found it fascinating and so did the kids. And the best part is it is FREE. Unless you have to go to the Lion House Pantry for some pie and maybe soup and maybe a roll.

Thanks Carmacks for the fun adventure! And here is to many more.

Simple Fun

With all the fun things we did while visiting at my parents this was still the favorite activity. The kids loved playing in this stream that is in my parents backyard. It did keep them busy. But they always come out completely wet and covered in mud. Don't ask me how you get so dirty in 2 inches of water but they do.

Bowling

Loved the bowling shoes on these rug rats. They had fun thanks to the bumpers and ramp. We met my friend Lisa and her kids in Logan and hung out for the afternoon. A little bowling and a trip to McDonald's.

Logan Fun

Logan has a great aquatic center. It has slides, a huuuuuuge kiddie pool, diving boards, and a deep pool. We spend the afternoon Tuesday there. As soon as we got there is got overcast and windy. Lucky for us they keep the kiddie pool heating to 90 degrees. The kiddie pool was amazing. It is the size of 2 full pools and the whole thing doesn't get deeper than 3 ft. I am happy to report that both the girls can now doggie paddle short distances. That is a huge improvement from last year.

I was surprised at how cool this photo turned out. The sun was in just the right place.

We spent some time at Ryan's park. It is close to my parents house. For you Davis County folks it is a lot like Castle Park.

Leah's school ground trick of hanging upside down.


Gotta love the sunglasses

Life on the Farm Camp

We are spending the week in Logan. The girls are doing a Life on the Farm Camp at the American West Heritage Center. They get to feed the animals, collect eggs, go on pony ride, and train rides. So far they have really loved it. And the weather couldn't be more perfect.

They are suppose to take care of each other, it is the rule. I am so glad I don't have to drop them off alone. I love how they are best friends.

LOOOOVE This Kid

Ronan was dancing for some pictures this morning and found himself quite hilarious. Sorry for the picture overload there was just so many photos I liked. And don't mind the PJ's and messy hair I had to wake him up to take the girls to camp.

As much as he keeps me hopping I can't imagine life without all the giggles and smiles this guy provides. He truly enjoys life to the fullest. If we all could have just a little of his energy and happiness the world would surely be a better place.

Beazer Swim Lessons

The kids all took swimming lessons the first week out of school. I was referred to these guys from my friend who took here last year. And I couldn't be more happy. They have a huge play area next to the pool. Plus lots of shade for the parents to sit in. Also I was so pleased with the progress the kids made.

Eva gliding by herself. She is much braver this year. She can get about 5 feet on her own.

Free time at the end of class. Always involves this great slide.

Leah practice her back float and kicks. She can now swim decent distances and has really built up her confidence in the deep end. Last year she wouldn't even go in any water that was above her head.

Ronan at the top of the stairs up to the tree house.



Eva doing her back float.

Ronan jumping off the side.

Loving every minute of being in the water.

The teachers kinda cracked me up. Every comment about Ronan was. "Alright wild man, or you have no fear." Finally after Eva was in class the teacher had her point me out. She said, "your children have no fear." Yah I know I thought. The next day she said, "your children all have so much energy. You must be really tired at the end of the day." I just smiled and said, "I am but this year is much better than last year. I guess I don't know any different. I wouldn't trade those wild kids for anything.

I can't blame anyone but myself there energy is totally genetic passed down from me. My dad said I was always full of energy, but obedient. In the first grade the teacher didn't make me sit down I just stood at my desk. That energy did fizzle out at some point now I am just left and one tired mama.

Any Fun Ideas for the Summer?

Do any of you guys have fun free or cheap ideas to entertain your kids this summer? Here is what I have thought of so far. Leave a comment if you have more ideas. It will be fun to have it all right here as a master list.

Gateway Fountain

Local Parks

Hikes

Camping

Play tennis

All the Davis County Library activities

Go to play on the beach at a reservoir

Ride traxs

Rivers at Liberty Park

Wheeler Farm

Chocolate Factory Tour

Geo caching

Museum of Natural History- free first Monday of each month

Join the Fat Cats Bowling Leage - kids bowl free all summer

Air force Museum

Air Show - Does anyone know when this is?

Boondocks - Sign up for a free 25$ card for use on the day of your child's birthday
Boondocks - Also has a deal on Tuesdays for unlimited on activities for 12$

Tinsletown 1$ movies at 10 am on Tuesday & Wednesday. Or 10 for 5$

All the local pools, Bountiful, Clearfield, Farmington, Roy, Surf and Swim

Classic Fun Center - 2$ each activity on Tuesday, Moms club is 7$ a person for everything plus 1o tokens. Go between 10-3. (I am not sure if this goes during the summer or not. Anyone know?)

Davis County Fair

Bountiful Handcart Days

What good hikes do you guys know for kids. The Shoreline Preserve was great. I have also heard the Lagoon Trail goes right by the zoo animals at Lagoon.

Free Family Fun

One goal of ours this summer is to get lots and lots of exercise. The other is to not spend a fortune entertaining the kids. This is a free and really fun activity to do. We went on this walk just north of my house. It is The Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve. This is so close to my house and has taken us 3 years to make it too. I am sad we waited so long.

Anyone in my neighborhood knows that you can see this tower out in the distance. It is kinda like a tree house with a great view of antelope island. The walk is about a one mile loop on a boardwalk. Their is information through out the walk telling you about the preserve and the animals that live there. We were lucky enough to see lots of birds and were surprised by seeing a fox.

I would recommend walking during cooler weather and not during a time of night when bugs would be out. We went the other day at 10 am with no problems. That is one thing we can thank this crazy spring for. It is definitely cool enough to enjoy some of this stuff.

And the other front tooth of Leah's finally decided to come out.

The girls had their dance recital. It seemed to take over Saturday. We had a 2 hour run through in the morning. And the recital that evening. They both did a great job. The costumes are of course the funnest part. But also crazy for me. I had to do 5 costume changes each within just a few minutes of them going back on. It was quite the rush. In the mean time I tried to get some good photos. Only to find out when I got home that my zoom lens was set to manual focus and my image stabilization was off. Darn. So don't mind the blurry photos while the dances are going on.

Cute kitty cats warming up

Little ballerinas

Eva the frog. They danced to a cute song about a frog that knows how to tap dance.

Leah tap danced to "Working at the Carwash."

I really wish this wasn't blurry because Eva is cracking me up. The kitty cats danced to "I Wanna Be A DJ on the Radio."

Leah's ballet dance was a beautiful classical song

Leah's jazz number was "Me and My Shadow."

Funny story too. When we were watching back the performance on the video camera Leah said, " I didn't do very good, look I didn't even cross my feet there. It felt like I was doing a much better job."