Summer Days!

The kids had a blast having a BBQ with friends.

Chris teaching Whit how to mow the lawn and Levi teaching the boys how to clean a toilet!

Levi and Heston are winding up another season of Baseball & Tee ball.

Casey served at a Wedding Reception.  She needed a white dress so I tried my luck at sewing.  It turned out pretty good for my first try!

First Official Day of Summer!

Today is our first official day of summer since school let out. The kids wanted to have a picnic so we threw together some food. Levi rode our little motorcycle and the rest of us loaded up on the four wheeler.

Annabella looks so small from up high on the hill.

Garden

Thursday Evening

Garden Photo

Our garden is slowly coming along.

This is the 5th time Levi climbed on Charlie's back.  It is the 1st time he rode him without getting bucked off.  He has been a brave boy! 

Chris won tickets to the Lipizzaner Stallion show on the radio.  ($100 worth of tickets)  It was pretty cool. 

I have been watching in the newspaper for a trampoline for a long time.  My patients paid off.  ($75)  As you can imagine the kids are happy campers!

We have been working in our yard quite a bit lately.  The kids decided to play in the mud while I was
 distracted with the onions.  I didn't know if I should be mad or laugh.  Hmmmmm....what to do.   When I was a kid my dad would spray us off with the hose before letting us in the house.   

Good Idea!

I didn't even have to get mad.

These cute smiling kids did not have such cute smiles when I sprayed them off with the hose.

The water comes straight off our beautiful snow packed mountains.

They enjoyed a hot steamy 

shower once they were finally allowed back into the house.

Chris is taking his 8th graders on a field trip on Wednesday to Goblin Valley.  So, we took a trip on Monday to get things set up. 

 What a beautiful place.  I was feeling super guilty for not checking Levi and 

Casey out of school.  We are now planning an over nighter in a couple weeks so all of us can enjoy the place.

On Saturday we spent a couple hours in Richfield at the Pine Wood Derby Championship.  Levi took first place in our ward competition he did not fair as well at this level.  Oh well, it was fun to watch all the dad's faces as their cars were racing (I mean their sons cars)  

This week is teacher appreciation week.  I got a phone call asking me to decorate Levi's teachers door.  Chris came up with the idea.  He is so creative.  I put it on the door.  The center of the flowers have a photo of each student in the class.  Each student also wrote something they liked about their teacher on each pedal.  We thought it turned out cute!