Well it has been HOOOOOTTTT this last month!!! We actually finally broke down and put in central AC. Josh is pretty excited about it. ;) When we bought the house it was all prepped for AC but we decided to wait and see if we really needed it down the road. Well, the end of the road came this week when it was in the high nineties for about a week straight.
We have been keeping busy with lots of fun, lazy Summer days! ;) This week we start soccer but other than that, the boys really haven't had any planned actives up to this point. They have been happy just playing outside with friends! Avery had been in preschool up on campus (that ends in a couple weeks) and she also just started this little weekly "Imagine If" class at the gymnastics center. We spend a lot of time outside with the neighbor kids, Kendalyn (Milner), Harper (Hemsley), Chloe (Boyter), and more. We often set up sprinklers and kiddie pools and the kids have lots of fun. I also have been pretty busy with Etsy, and Josh has been busy working lots of 12 hours shifts, so it's a balancing act. ;) Some of these pictures are from a day we spent in Island Park at a friend's Cabin (actually the Ball family.. a friend of a friend..) using their boat and giving the boys their first experience tubing! They loved it! There are also some of us on a little hike we did by Bear Gulch, in which we decided that if we ever had to survive in the wilderness, Caleb would be the first to go. (As in… he can not hack it.)
For the Fourth of July we had a pretty perfect holiday in my opinion. Both Josh and the boys rode in the parade, but on two different floats! Josh was asked to ride in one in his police uniform for Klim (a snowmobiling company that our home teacher works for) and the boys rode on Devin's for iSource again. They liked throwing candy I think. ;) Me and Avery sat in front of the Family Crisis Center on Main street with Brittaini and Kendalyn and watched. Then after that, our family all met back at home, changed into swimsuits, and headed to Ashton to float down the river in tubes. Well, the boys were in tubes, but me, Josh, and Avery were in a big raft with Jake and Jenny and Ava. Michah and Asher (their kids) were also on rafts. It took about two hours to float the river and then on the way home, our three kids all completely zonked out in the backseat of the van. It worked out pretty well because then they were all charged up for fireworks. We decided to just stay home and watch all of our neighbors (who probably spent LOTS of money on big fireworks)! We were the lame ones that just pulled up our lawn chairs and watched. lol
It was pretty perfect if you ask me! Great Fourth of July! Now we just have to get our yard back in shape after the giant AC re-do. Since we were adding a pad for the AC, we also decided to add some extra concrete to move the dog kennel over, add some bushes, etc. But Josh decided to puncture a sprinkler pipe with a wooden stake in the process…. so it's a work in progress… ;)
Here are some pictures of our last two weeks!
Pony ride at a Fat Cats event...
Kiwi Loco...
Dairy Queen for a Family night… (we eat ice cream a lot…)
Bear Gulch hike...
On Bill's Island in Island park, tubing with the Reynolds and Smith families…
Getting ready to leave for parade…(the scouts put out flags in front of our house) I also just realized Gabe wore this same shirt on the 4th of July 2014… hahaha sorry Gabe. Time to buy you a new shirt!
Fourth of July Parade...
Floating the River…
Right after the tube floating trip… (yes, she was in a posing mood apparently…)
All tuckered out after floating the river on the way home…
Recharged and ready for fireworks...
Sunday, July 5, 2015… Caleb was not in the mood for a picture….
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