Happy 4th of July

We finally had some free time for Quinn to help James learn to ride his bike with out training wheels. This is a must before school starts! 

He did it!

Emma is always a great motivator. 

Time for fireworks!

June goes out with a bang

This girl managed to bite through her own lip one night while bouncing on her ball that you sit on that has a handle to bounce with. There was a huge gaping hole inside her lip and smaller one on the outside. After dropping Emma and James off at Grandma's we took her up to the ER at Primary Children's Hospital because if she needed sedation for stitches that's where they would send us anyway. The bleeding had finally stopped by the time we got there and she was doing really well. 

She was even able to drive!

She was examined and the Dr. decided she would only need about 2 stitches on the outside. They don't do anything inside because it heals so fast and so well on it's own. Here she is with the numbing gel on.

We love this place! This girls job is to make your kid happy and feel safe. She came in with a doll and had Mia help her clean her chin and pretend to fix it. She helped Mia understand what the doctor would do. She is also there during the procedure to distract with toys and book and an ipad. Mia was doing so well and was so calm we went ahead with no sedation. The doctor was able to get the stitches in with minimal crying from Mia. At one point she just very calmly asked her to stop crying and hold still and that she was almost done. It worked. (Never works for me!)

Here she is with Dad all done!

Now it's a liquid diet for the next few days until the hole in her mouth closes.

Woods Cross City Recreation

Emma and James had three weeks (two times a week) of classes at the park. They boy chose to do basketball. Emma was able to do this with her BFF Kate as she calls her. They had fun but the hoop is still really tall for both. Emma made a few more baskets than she did last year though. 

James also did Adventure Camp where he did activities and games centered around a theme for the day. This day was the Wild West. He painted a cactus, made a sheriffs badge and roped a cow. 

Mia got two whole hours to just play at the park twice a week. She loved it!

Emma's other class was Science Camp. She learned about rockets, bubbles and what happens when you mix baking soda and vinegar and made ice cream. 

Museum and More Swimming

This week we got a year pass to the Discovery Gateway downtown. It is so close by we should be able to go more often than we did the aquarium and zoo. The kids had so much fun it was hard to get them to move on do a different area. They had so much fun we ran out of time to play in the fountain. This was fine by me because it was only 100 degrees outside. Much nicer inside. Grandma Van Bibber was able to go with us too. 

Than the next day we were able to go visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Moore. These kids are sure spoiled. We swam, played a game and had a good dinner with ice cream for dessert. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Moore. It was great to spend sometime with you. I think we will be inviting ourselves over again!

Grocer James

Mail Carrier Emma

James racing the lego derby car he built.

Just after we started swimming a storm came up and we heard thunder so out we came. The kids were not happy at all to have to wait for it pass but playing Skip-bo and having a snack helped.

The storm did pass and we had a blast. These are kids are brown already and it's only the end of June.

Snow Bird

We had the place to ourselves this year but were only able to go up for one night. We left Thursday after the kids recreation classes and stayed till Friday evening. Thursday some friends came with us and it was so much fun to have them there. The weather was great and the scenery beautiful as usual. The kids slept much better than they did last time (no midnight freak outs). We did many of the things that I remember doing as a kid. We swam, ate junk food, got ice cream, walked to the Snow Bird Center, and went on the walk to the overlook. We just forgot to blow bubbles and ran out of time to play any games. But there is always next time. The kids love the water and I had to drag them out the second day but the pool was so crowded I was having a hard time keeping track of them.  Thanks so much Grandma and Grandpa Zundel for letting us use the room. We love you!

Silly kids - James was a party pooper at this moment.

The kids were given fish food by one of the works and had a blast feeding a ton of fish.

All the rides and activities were closed - we missed the season opening by one day.

On our walk the kids found this shelter.

We came upon a deer on our way back!

Ice cream!

Summer is Here!

We are having fun this summer already. The kids have been at friends houses and they have been at ours. Most of that time is spent in the water. Swimming has been pretty popular for us this first month. From our backyard to the rec center to Grandma and Grandpa Moore's pool. Not to mention Snowbird. But we have fit a few others things in as well. 

Most morning the kids have to do some reading and learning games on the computer. Emma also has a reading bingo sheet she is filling out that has her read doing different things. One day she had to read while wearing a hat, she chose her Dad's and another was reading under a tree.

At the Rec Center - we love this place.

Pirate James

Neighborhood Hike #1 - we hope to do more! We had 21 kids - some of us brought extras - and 5 adults. We did a nice family friendly hike which was good because we had to take turns carrying some of the 2 and 3 years olds. We also finished just a storm rolled in. Loved the Wild Rose Trail in North Salt Lake.

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Neighborhood barbacue in very windy conditions. So windy that your hamburger bun was dry before you even sat down to eat it. But the kids had fun getting their faces painted.

The kids have also been participating in the Woods Cross City Recreation program. They both are doing a basketball class. Emma is also doing a science class and James adventure camp.

Emma and Kate

James painting his cactus for wild west day at Adventure Camp.

Mia just gets 2 hours of play time!!

Emma learned the science behind homemade ice cream, yum!

James playing a game during his basketball class.