Summer

The other day we went to a neighbor's house for playgroup.  They had just put in this new rock structure with a water slide.  Some of the bigger kids were jumping off the top into the pool.  Jared took one look and didn't want anything to do with it.  The next thing I knew Kaitlyn was up there ready to jump.  It actually made me really nervous to watch her jump the first time since I'm not too fond of heights.  This girl has no fear though, especially when it comes to water!

Everyone in Utah loves to go to the local amusement park, Lagoon.  We only live 15 minutes away and a lot of our friends have season passes.  And my kids had never even been there.  Sometimes I feel guilty about that because I remember as a kid Lagoon being one of my favorite day trips in the summer.  But as I got older I learned to hate Lagoon.  The reason...I get motion sick.  My last trip to Lagoon was about 20 years ago on 9th grade Lagoon Day when I went home early because I'd gotten sick.  I watch everyone else having fun and really wish I could go on all those rides but I can't.  So Lagoon is expensive and I really don't want to spend the day watching everyone else have fun while I get sick.   Last week my father-in-law had some extra tickets to go to Lagoon and invited us to go with him Saturday.  Jason had a church meeting in the morning so Earl picked the kids up and took them to Lagoon and Jason met them later.  My kids were so excited they were bouncing off the walls while they waited for their grandpa to get here.  Unfortunately, Jared takes after me but they avoided the big rides that might make him sick and still had a great time.  I did find myself wishing I could go watch the kids have fun but it was way too hot to have Skyler out all day so I enjoyed a quiet day at home.  Now that my kids know about Lagoon I probably won't be able to avoid going but everyone had a fantastic day!

The 24th of July is pioneer day in Utah.  We'd been promising the kids all summer we would take them to the parade in Ogden.  Jason went to Salt Lake to run a 10k and I loaded all the kids, water bottles, snacks, chairs, stroller, diaper bag, and umbrellas (since it looked stormy) in the car.  Not to mention getting kids fed and dressed just looking at that list helps me understand why it takes me so long to get out the door these days!  We got to the parade just as it started only to find the streets packed with no where to sit and the rain just starting.  Jason came and found us and we found some friends to sit by and pulled out the umbrellas.  The rain actually cooled things off but I didn't pull out the camera with my hands full of umbrellas.  We usually spend summer holidays outside doing something like hiking, fishing, or camping.  In order to find something we could take Skyler to do we decided to find something indoors to do.  We finally settled on going bowling.  Jason was disappointed that Andrew just beat him, but it doesn't really count since Andrew was using the bumpers!

Skyler is now 6 weeks old.  He's started to smile and I managed to capture one on camera the other day.  I love this picture!  He loves bath time now and this cute hippo robe is from my brother and his wife.