SuMmEr FuN!!!

On Wednesday we went to the Gateway to cool off in their splahpark and visit the planetarium.

I love this picture of Andrew!

Zach LOVED the water. What a cutie.

Here's Jacob waiting for some water to shoot up.

Emma said it was too cold to get wet and wrapped herself up in her towel. (Such a girl!)

Sitting in the shade.

The planetarium has so many fun hands-on things for the kids to do.

Standing in space.

Sitting on a planet.

Andrew - PLEASE stop growing up so fast! It makes me sad.

I love how focused Zach is on climbing this rock. Nice tongue concentration happening.

After all of that fun we stopped at Build-A-Bear. Emma had some birthday money from her grandparents and this is what she chose to spend it on. She wanted an ice-cream bear. Emma put a voicebox in her bear so she giggles everytime Emma hugs her. Emma picked out a sparkly purple outfit for her bear. Emma named her bear Fluffy.

Emma with Fluffy!

got laundry?

I DO!!!

Happy Monday to me!

4th of July FUN!!!

We love our country and we love the 4th of July. This year we had a fun and busy holiday. Since the 4th of July was on a Sunday we did all of our celebrating on Monday. Here's how we spent our day.

Doing some of this...

(The kids patiently waiting for the 4-wheelers to be loaded so they can go for a ride to Cascade Springs in American Fork Canyon.)

They made it all the way to Cascade Springs. There are some very beautiful places in Utah!

Here they are getting ready to start the trip!

Eating some of this...

This was the pork shoulder that Steve smoked for 22 hours in his new electric smoker. It was very tender and we all enjoyed it.

Doing a lot of this...

We spent some time swimming at the pool.

And finally, watching some of these...

Some of the kids watching the fireworks.

What a show! Thanks Uncle Robert for providing the entertainment.

It was a great day! We had all of Steve's family over and enjoyed good food, good friends and family and good times.

2010 Pinewood Derby Champion

Steve and Andrew (mainly Steve) wanted me to post this. Andrew was the 2010 Pinewood Derby Champion. This was his first year competing and he had a great time.

Here are the cars all lined up. Andrew's car is in lane 5. The BYU blue one with the Lego man at the wheel.

Here's a picture of one of the races. Another first place finish for Andrew! Way to go Buddy!

When Mother Nature gives you snow...

MAKE A SNOWMAN!!! And of course some big snowballs so you'll have snow for the next few days. This is what we woke up to on May 24th! It was awesome! (I hope you could hear the sarcasm coming through the computer when you read that last sentence!)

Boys, boys, boys...

This is the best way to play the Wii.

Pinky Promise

So Emma does this new thing where she makes you "pinky promise" everything. She doesn't understand how a pinky promise works but I think it so cute the way she uses it. Here's an example from today. "Mom, can I watch Sleeping Beauty?" "Sure. I think it is downstairs with the other movies." "Pinky promise, mom?" and then she sits there with her pinky finger waiting for me to hook and shake on it. I get a big grin every time we have to "pinky promise". So funny.