Sunday, June 9, 2013

Summer of Fun-Week 2

We have had a busy, busy week!! Here is a peek at what we did.
I have been walking with some friends in the morning. I love my early morning walks and I love my view! Being up with the sun feels so good...most days.
Monday was a sad day as we said goodbye to our friends, the Permann's. Adam is going to miss his basketball buddies. 
 Gavin and Adam
 Braden and Adam
Tessa and Zach
For our "Make Something Monday", we made snowballs and had a summertime snowball fight.
We mixed together cornstarch and shaving cream and had a mixture that we formed into balls. 


 Once we had our balls made, the "snowball fight" began!



 Gwen liked playing with the leftovers. 





 Tuesday, Tessa started gymnastics!

 For our "Take a Trip Tuesday", we went to the Library.
 Tuesday was picture day for baseball. 
Gwen had her first ice cream cone and she loved it!
 "Wet and Wild Wednesday" started off with a game of miniature golf with Ma, Andrew, and Ares. I love the way my kids play. Someday I'll teach them the rules. 




We spent the afternoon out back in the pool. Gwen would get in and climb right back to come tell me one of her stories. Then go back and get in just to get right back out again to come tell me something else. She repeated this for about 45 minutes!




 After swimming, Adam and Tessa wanted another ice cream cone. Gwen wasn't satisfied with her go-gurt. She knew what she was missing out on!

 Adam set up an obstacle course in his room to practice his shooting from different angles. 
I married a good man! Even though he had mountains of homework, I found him bathing the girls after I finished the dinner dishes. He's a keeper!
 "Thinking Thursday" took us to story time at the library. They read fun dinosaur books and made some dinosaur masks. 


Adam started an art class. 

 Tessa was invited to Kate's birthday party Thursday afternoon, and she was thrilled to get a pet fish as a party favor! It's a red beta fish and Tessa has named her, Priscilla. 
Daddy wasn't able to make it to Adam's games this week, so it was Mommy and the girls to cheer him on. Gwen is less than fun to wrangle during the games. I was thankful that she found a good place to play during Thursday's game. In my park bag.
 "Fabulous Fun Friday" was full of things to do! We spent the morning doing our grocery shopping, which is always a challenge with Gwen who refuses to stay in the shopping cart! I have to remind myself that someday, it will be easier....
In the afternoon, we took a bike ride down to the river. Adam and Tessa love to throw rocks  in the water. 



We did a science experiment and made underwater fireworks. Thankfully, Adam and Tessa were impressed. 


 Daddy was at school all weekend, so we made Friday night our movie night. 
 Saturday we got to visit with some cousins from California and Adam and Tessa got to spend a couple hours playing with Pa while Mommy and Gwen went to a bridal shower. When we got home, we made a new recipe for Sunday dessert. 
Sunday was a special day! Tessa gave her very first primary talk and she did a wonderful job!!
 We were also lucky enough to have the missionaries come have dinner with us! Elder Messer and Elder Olsen were good sports as we asked them a billion questions (including who was their favorite NBA team-Adam's very important question) so we could get to know them a little better. Tessa drew them a picture and once again, tried to kiss poor Elder Olsen. It was nice to have them in our home and we hope we get to have them back soon!
So many other things happened that I didn't get pictures of....play dates, playing outside, hair cuts, etc. We have big plans for next week already! We are loving our summer!!