Night Out With Mom & Dad

We took the girls to the Orem Owlz game Thursday night.
Emma has this worry that I'll say "No" to any and all of her requests.
So, instead of asking if they could roll down/play on the hill she asked if
they could "exercise" on the hill. I must be really mean because she's
always choosing mom pleasing words to put the right spin on things.
Kinda funny.

Forget looking at the world through rose colored glasses.
Emma's green ones are way better!
And they make me look HOT! don't ya think?

The girls each had $4 of their own money to spend.
They settled on cotton candy ice cream in a baseball hat bowl.
Sluuuurp...mmmm...

Bear Lake Weekend

We went to Bear Lake last weekend and had a great time.
The weather was perfect. The Lake was a beautiful blue.
The family time was fantastic! The fingerpainting fun ended in tears
but we've got all these happy pics so they'll never remember that!

Cousin Sam & Abbie were quite a team.
They found a great mud puddle and stayed there the whole weekend.
They were in heaven!

Emma was busy, busy. Digging holes, building castles and motes.
They all played so hard they practically begged to go to bed at night.

Dallin and Vivian were cute little squirts!

And this is my favorite picture...
Abbie looks like she has just discovered the New World.
Well, to her, I guess she did and all she wants to know is
when we're going back.

p.s. Thanks Kelly for posting - obviously I stole all these pics from you.
I can't believe we didn't take any pictures!

Just Plain Worn Out

So we've been busy lately and I guess the kids have been run ragged.
The girls keep asking me if they can put their
pj's on in the afternoon so they can take a rest.
Maybe it's time to slow down and have a little snooze.
ZZZZZZZZZ...

Our One and Only

Just sendin' some love to my "main squeeze".
You are a stellar husband and father.
We love you every day of the year!!

A Little T-Ball Action

Bright and early Saturday morning we were out to see Emma
and her team, the Green Leaping Lizards
(the kids picked the name), play ball.
Thought we'd share a few of the action shots with you.

T-Ball is my kind of sport.
You get to swing until you hit the ball.

Then you run to first and get to stay on base even
if you were tagged out. And everyone gets
to run all the bases and score.

Look at that form!
Notice that the ball is headed straight for 1st bases' mitt.
Way to go Emma!

What a girl!!!

Emma's biggest fans

TUBS

Just a couple forms of containment for this little monkey!

Summer Duldrums

"Mommy, I'm bored...there's nothing fun to do..."

“Already…are you serious?”

Ok, so obviously the newness of summer vacation wears off very quickly. I told a friend the other day that I had used up all the tricks in my bag after day one. Yikes! I’m in big trouble. How do we handle the boredom?

Here are a few things we’re going to do…

Nature walks
Kite flying
Backyard and Park Picnics
Zoo
Swimming lessons
Toothpick & mini marshmallow construction
Aluminum foil play
Painting outside
Wash the bikes and cars
Forts and flashlights
Backyard Camping

This ought to take care of one week, but what about the rest? Good luck to all you mothers out there and let's get together soon for something - anything - before I go crazy!!!