1st Half of August 2017

8/1--Jared brought Makenna to soccer practice with her new team. Also, Stephanie had her 4th baby!

8/2--The girls and I went to a luncheon at a park with a bunch of ward friends because a former ward member, Tatiana Vincent, was in town from Louisiana.

Makenna's first "fall" soccer game was that evening (she has 8 games this month)

8/3--I set up the pool for a couple of days and some of the twins' friends came over and swam

Jason was in town from NY for a wedding (he and Mikan are there for the summer to sell pest control) and he came over for dinner.

8/4--The twins swam for a bit on Friday, after which they used just about every pillow and blanket upstairs to make a huge nest in the foyer.

Jason came and spent the night at our house after the wedding reception he attended. He watched "Hacksaw Ridge" with me and Jared.

8/5--It was a great morning for a soccer game. And Jason came to the game with us. :)

We had a blast at the Summit County Fair Demolition Derby that night with Jared's dad and sister and her kids! Jared and Avery even went out on the track and participated in the dance/hula hoop competition and got 2nd place and won some concert tickets. Jared had Avery on his shoulders and tried his best to hula hoop after the dance part, ha ha! The announcer asked Avery to hula hoop and she did awesome, which is how they won 2nd! It happened so fast that I didn't get video of that part but it was super cute! We stayed for the fireworks afterward and got to Grandma's house really late. It was at least 12:30 before the kids fell asleep. We had a hard time getting up this morning but Jared got to see and reminisce with several childhood friends at church. We then came home and napped for a bit, of course. :)

8/7--They had a late-over with Bailey and they watched a movie and played in their fort. :)

Another "Whiskers in clothes" video. 😂

8/9--Dark skies and nice cool breezes at tonight's soccer game. I was thankful the game ended just before the wind really kicked up and it started to rain. We brought Bailey to the game with us and stopped and got $5 pizza on the way home. These cute girls love being together and always have a great time together.

8/10--The twins and I had a great time at a splash pad this morning with friends. The kids had a blast playing in the water while I had a lovely time with my friends. Isn't it awesome when you love your kids' friends AND their parents? :D Makenna spent nearly the entire time following her flip flop down the river. Avery, on the other hand, was glued to Bailey's side. They were even holding hands at one point. It was so cute!

8/11--We drove up to Hoytsville Friday afternoon and hung out with 2 of Jared's sisters and their kids for a bit, then we all went to the fair. That night, our family went to the rodeo and stayed for the fireworks. If you saw my post about the demolition derby "Star Spangled Banner", it was WAAAAAY better at the rodeo! The next morning, we went to the parade with Laura and her kids and Jared's parents. [I didn't have my phone, so I don't have pics to post. ☹]

8/12--Cool cat. 😁

8/14--How they roll--riding scooters in dance costumes, ha ha!

A SIL and her kids came and spent the night. She stayed with the kids so Jared could take me out to eat at Cheesecake Factory as a late anniversary dinner. Yum! The girls did nails while we were gone and the kids played.

8/15--The kids had fun playing together all day, once Makenna and her cousin finished cleaning up a huge mess they made the previous night. They scattered a bucket of dried beans, rice, and corn (which the girls have used to scoop with measuring cups for a few years now) ALL OVER THE PLAY ROOM. :O

2nd Half of July 2017

7/17--Movie night with friends :) #summernight

7/18--Me when the kids leave the door open when I have spent half of the summer already yelling at them to close the freaking doors when they go in or out, which is CONSTANTLY!!! It is gonna be the death of me!

via GIPHY

7/18--Left on my nightstand a few days ago:
Dear Mommy I love you and I polished your glasses, from Avery.
😊😊😊

7/18--Another fun 6-8yo club at the library. [Looking through the kaleidoscopes they made.]

Smoothies for dinner! Avery loaded up her backpack with the smoothie, a water bottle, and some snacks to bring to a friend's house to play volleyball, I think. I'm pretty sure my girls are having a super fun summer! I love living in this neighborhood with so many girls their age! 😃

7/19--The girls went and ran in the sprinklers at Bailey's house, then had pancakes for dinner over there. They had fun but got eaten up by mosquitoes. 😢

7/20--I took the girls and a friend to a splash pad this morning. They spent more time on the playgrounds than they did the splash pad but at least they had fun. After lunch, they went and played at her house for a bit. I was able to go to a church women's activity tonight, which was really nice--especially all the chatting afterward. :)

We are getting eaten alive by mosquitos! All day and night. Jared got several bites just walking to the mailbox. It wasn't too bad for us until this week. My kids won't play outside now because they are so scared of getting bit by more mosquitos. They are already covered in big welts. They both wore long sleeve shirts and pants just to walk across the street and Makenna even put on a mask, ha ha! I have already filled out the abatement form, and I know neighbors have, as well, so hopefully it will get taken care of soon!

7/21--The girls played a few games at our house with their friend today (and I beat them at Trouble, ha ha), then her mom took them to get ice cream cones after grocery shopping, where they got to push their own little carts around. :)

That evening: The girls are in the tub singing "Just Beat It". What the? 😂

7/22--Coralie (Bailey's mom) and I took our kids to Jigglefest at Thanksgiving Point this morning. They slid on one of the inflatable slides before the Jello fight started, then slid on it again afterward (the line was way too long for the big slide). Avery had fun in the Jello fight but Makenna wasn't feeling her best and only threw Jello for about a minute, then came to me. The sprinklers did little to get all the Jello off. I think Makenna would have enjoyed it more if she had felt better. She rested at home the rest of the day when we got home (while Avery played with a friend), except to go with me to pick up a couple of things from Walmart this evening. It was hard for me to get good photos of the Jello fight because I didn't want to get in the thick of things. I escaped with only a tiny bit of Jello on me and none on my camera. :)

7/23--Our 18th Anniversary! After church, we ate lunch, loaded up, and headed down to Payson Lakes for the day. We hiked to Grotto Falls (the perfect hike for Avery at only .6 mile, ha ha), then Jared and the girls used our inflatable canoe (Jared got it from his co. a couple of years ago but we hadn't used it yet--I think we will more now) and rowed around the lake for a bit and the girls went swimming. Meanwhile, I sat in my camping chair and read a book. :D It started to sprinkle on us and looked like we might get lightning, so we packed up and headed down the canyon to a picnic area, where we had a picnic dinner. It was a great day and we all had fun together. :)

7/24--Happy Pioneer Day! That means Lehi Foam Day! I took the girls to it in 2014, then it wasn't held in 2015 due to water restrictions and the girls and I were headed back from our trip to OR with Kiki last year on Pioneer Day, so we were excited to be able to go to it again. I also took their BFF and her brother. They had a lot of fun playing in the bubbles for a while, then we got some lemonade. None of them were interested in waiting in the lines for the inflatable slides=win for me, ha ha!

7/25--Jared  went to Heber all day to help the bishopric set up tents and stuff for girls camp, heh heh. Bailey came over after lunch and played here and stayed for dinner then past bedtime.

7/26--I cleaned all day because Bunco was at my house; Jared took Avery to gymnastics.