This Weeks Adventures

We have had another busy, but fun week! It has been so hot and we have had so many fires around the state! Our skies have been very orange and smokey this week. The kids have lived in their swim suits and  have had a blast playing in the water when it wasn't too hot or too smokey.

Here are some of this weeks activities:

 One afternoon we painted in the bathtub. They came up with some interesting art!

 We have been learning a lot about our country in preparation for the 4th of July. Adam and  Tess have been coloring the flags from all 50 states and are trying to be finished with them by the 4th. I think they will make it.

 Gwen is just cute!

 Tessa has been having lots of tea parties this week. She always serves hot chocolate to her guests.

 One afternoon, Adam decided to teach all of his stuffed animals how to shoot a basketball.

 They made a new 4th of July decoration for our house.

 We tried a new recipe. Adam and Tessa decided on Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies. 

 They were delicious!!

 Tessa spent one morning with her lady bug friend.

 They ran in sprinklers and swam and swam and swam!

 Even Gwen went swimming. She liked to be eased into the cold water and was not happy when Adam just plopped her in!

 One thing I love about summer is that we have more time in the mornings for breakfast! Tessa helped me make pink pancakes this week.

 We spent one morning at the splash pad  here in town.

 We went to Manti on Thursday and yesterday we took the kids to the movies to see the new Disney movie "Brave". We ended the day at Mamma and Bampa's house to celebrate Uncle Alex getting home from his long stay in China. The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins! It was a fun afternoon!

 Adam jumping into the pool

 Tessa and Ellie pretending to be jelly beans on the tramp

 Roxy in her sweet duct tape swim suit

 Adam and Zeke are good little buds and had fun playing baseball with Bampa

And Gwen got LOTS of kissed from Uncle Gordon!

We finished our second Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Book and the kids are moving right along with their summer reading program at the library. They love going to Storytime every week! This next week is a big one for us! Adam can hardly stand to wait any longer. We surprised him and signed him up for BASKETBALL CAMP!!

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!!