Cousin Bath Time

Mike's sister is back in Utah for the summer. We have so much fun with them especially since our kids are the same ages. We went up last weekend and spent the night with them. They all took a bubble bath together and stayed in the bath and played forever. They had so much fun. I couldn't resist a few fun bath pictures and of course couldn't get even one shot of all of them looking at the same time. Oh well. Still cute.

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July day. We woke up and headed to the parade in Provo. It was so hot and by the end of was more than ready to be done. After the parade we headed up Springville canyon for a family bbq. We ate lunch, relaxed, played ladder gold, bocce ball, and had grandma's annual fishing pond for the kids. That night we grabbed a pizza for dinner and then we went back into Provo to watch the fireworks. Our kids were so tired and done before we even went to the fireworks. But we went anyways. The 4th of July is one of my most favorite holidays.

Independence Day School

For school today we learned about Independence Day. We talked about the flag and the USA, learned the pledge and national anthem. We decorated our cardboard box cars and had a parade. Then we had a picnic and did sparklers. The kids had a lot of fun.

Eliza and her blankie

Lately, Eliza has been really attached to her blanket. It was my baby blanket when I was a baby. We didn't even give it to her until she was ten or so months old. She slept and cuddled with a different one until then. She has really grown to love this little blankie. The last week or so when she gets upset or in need of some comfort she will run to her crib and try to pull it through the slats.  Once she gets it she is happy as can be. I caught her in the act. She got mad, ran to her room, tried to pull the blankie out (if she can't get it out it makes her even more upset), once she got it, it was all smiles.

Dinosaur Museum

We went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point with our little school group. We had a great time. After we walked through the museum we had a little picnic lunch outside.

Puppet Day

For Puppet Day the kids teacher put on a sock puppet show for them which they all just absolutely loved. They sand Itsy Bitsy Spider, they were given trash puppets (puppets that help pick up trash around the house), and they got to make their own sock puppets.

My Best Little Helper

I think I have one of the best helpers. Yes, Tyson does have his days when he won't help with anything I ask but most days he will do most things that I ask. He has a hard time cleaning up his toys by himself for some reason but he is a pretty handy helper. Well Ty loves to help vacuum. Some days he tells me "Mom the house is a mess (there may be a couple crumbs on the floor) we need to vacuum." Some days the house is as real big mess but I love when he says this when its not just so he can help vacuum. Usually I just let Ty help me push the vacuum which takes twice as long as when I do it myself so I try to find anything else he can do besides help me. Well today the house truely was a mess so I said Ty I will let you vacuum yourself while I clean the kitchen. He actually did a pretty good job. He would take the attachment off and do by the walls and if he saw a crumb right up next to the wall that he couldn't get he would pull it out into the middle of the floor (he has been watching me) and then vacuum it up. If he found a piece of garbage too big for the vacuum he would run it to me so I could throw it away (this is normally his job). He even did the couch for me. I was VERY impressed by him. However, because of the way I am I did go back all over the house with the vacuum to make sure nothing was missed and surprising I don't think there was much. Good Job Ty.

Camping

We left for camping with our friends June 14th and headed to Yankee Meadows Campground. Camping is a lot of work to prepare for and clean up but it is sure fun once you get there. The kids had so much fun. Eliza ate more dirt than she did food and you could not keep them clean at all. I had to get over that really quickly. The boys did a lot of fishing and the girls did a lot of talking. We all had a good time and the kids slept great once they got to sleep. It was a great campout.