Mormon Miracle Pageant

Last night as soon as Eric got home from work, we loaded up the car and headed down to Manti to see the Mormon Miracle Pageant. We were worried about how the evening would be because of all the smoke in the air due to all of the fires burning around Utah, but the sky was a beautiful blue in Manti.

 We packed a picnic dinner and had a nice evening before we got our seats for the show.

 Adam and Tessa loved talking to the cast members and missionaries before the show began.

 You could see all the nasty smoke in the distance.

 The temple was beautiful! The kids loved the show and had so many questions. Adam loved the battle scenes between the Nephites and the Lamanites and Tessa loved the "volcano" scenes. Tessa was asking so many questions about why the Nephites and Lamanites were being naughty. At one point she whispered to Eric, "But they are only pretending not to choose the right, right Daddy?" That made us laugh. 

We were glad we were able to go this year and hope to make it a new family tradition. We are thankful that we have been able to do so many fun things as a family this summer!

Rice Cereal

Gwen finally started rice cereal last night! She loved it! She kept trying to shove her hand in her mouth with the spoon, but she eventually got the hang of it. She did her famous shaking when she got excited about the spoon getting closer to her mouth and that made Adam and Tessa laugh hysterically! I think she is going to be my best eater.

Mmmmmm Good!!

Another Week of Fun!

It has been another fun and busy week! Monday night we had some friends over for Family Home Evening and a S'mores party. It was fun to get together with everyone and eat some yummy treats! 

 I love Adam and Boston playing basketball in the background.

 Boston spent the evening doing what he loves the most!

 Adam loved the caramel apple s'mores we made!

 Tuesday we had a sick day. Adam and Tessa had grumbly tummy's, so we took the day kind of easy. We spent the day reading our library books and watching movies. Eric laughed at me when I told him and I had been able to cross several things off on my "extra" to do list. He said he was going to post on facebook that I had an "extra" to do list. I told him women everywhere would understand!

 Gwen's rolling over like crazy and is as cute as can be!

 When the kids started feeling better, we got to work on our jar activities that we had pulled for the week.

The kids drew pictures blindfolded. Adam drew himself walking in to the Jazz Stadium and Tessa drew tornadoes.

 We tried a new recipe. The kids decided on homemade frosty's. Both of them gave it a thumbs up!

 We had fun painting on the driveway again. Adam wrote messages for Daddy to see when he got home from work.

 We spent one morning at the park and spent a lot of time swinging! We love to swing!

 The cutest baby ever!!!

For a fun night out as a family, we went to the Beach Party at the Riverwoods in Orem. The kids got to fish for a grab bag.

 They tried the ring toss game.

 And they had lots of fun getting wet and playing with the beach balls!

 Carousel rides!

 Tess loves to ride the big elephant.

 Adam showing off his new teeth from his grab bag.

 We splurged and got a fun treat to share. Adam's favorite....

a banana split!

 Catchin' a wave!

 Right before we left, Adam spotted our favorite Cougar...Cosmo!!

Another fun summer week with lots of activities. There is still so much to do! I hope summer starts to slow down!