In an effort to try and catch up a little on my blog, I'm combining some of our July activities!
We started off the month with the 4th of July festivities. I only participated in the barbecue at my house later, since little Nathan wasn't even a week old yet. But Brandon took the kids to the regular family fun. This game is called "How many grandkids can Papa squeeze into his Model A for our small town parade?"
My mom was in charge of her family's reunion this year. She did a fabulous job planning "An Amazing Race!" She put us in teams and we raced around to Grandpa's favorite places, ending in a picnic and visiting at a park. We hit Grandpa's favorite candy store, the ice cream shop (there were prepaid samples at both!), bowling, the temple where he's a sealer, and other fun locations. Here's Jacob & Jonah at the beginning of the race weeding a row in Grandpa's garden to get our first clue! It was so fun! Great job, Mom!
One clue led us to Grandma's sister's house where we had to dress up! Isn't Brandon pretty?
Our team was the last to finish (our kids kinda slowed us down, but we sure had fun)! Here we are at the park with Grandpa for our finale picture!
For Pioneer Day we, again, participated in all the fun, regular activities! I missed the community breakfast because being anywhere at 7 a.m. is practically impossible for me right now, but, again, Brandon took the kids and went to the breakfast. I was ready for the parade, then lunch, naps for me and the 2 little one's while Brandon took the 2 older one's to Fort Buenaventura, a barbecue, and fireworks by Papa! Here is Sarah, Ruth, Jacob, Emma & Bethany at the parade. All 27 of us wear our matching Old Navy t-shirts! What fun traditions! Thanks, Nanny & Papa for such a fabulous day!
And I felt it my duty to squeeze in some swimming lessons too! That's 2 weeks I'm always glad to be done with! Here's Jacob trying to gather the courage to jump off the box.
And Sarah in her favorite spot: the steps where she feels safe and comfortable. I know I've failed miserably as a mother trying to get my kids comfortable with the water. I'll work on that another year . . .
We started off the month with the 4th of July festivities. I only participated in the barbecue at my house later, since little Nathan wasn't even a week old yet. But Brandon took the kids to the regular family fun. This game is called "How many grandkids can Papa squeeze into his Model A for our small town parade?"
My mom was in charge of her family's reunion this year. She did a fabulous job planning "An Amazing Race!" She put us in teams and we raced around to Grandpa's favorite places, ending in a picnic and visiting at a park. We hit Grandpa's favorite candy store, the ice cream shop (there were prepaid samples at both!), bowling, the temple where he's a sealer, and other fun locations. Here's Jacob & Jonah at the beginning of the race weeding a row in Grandpa's garden to get our first clue! It was so fun! Great job, Mom!
One clue led us to Grandma's sister's house where we had to dress up! Isn't Brandon pretty?
Our team was the last to finish (our kids kinda slowed us down, but we sure had fun)! Here we are at the park with Grandpa for our finale picture!
For Pioneer Day we, again, participated in all the fun, regular activities! I missed the community breakfast because being anywhere at 7 a.m. is practically impossible for me right now, but, again, Brandon took the kids and went to the breakfast. I was ready for the parade, then lunch, naps for me and the 2 little one's while Brandon took the 2 older one's to Fort Buenaventura, a barbecue, and fireworks by Papa! Here is Sarah, Ruth, Jacob, Emma & Bethany at the parade. All 27 of us wear our matching Old Navy t-shirts! What fun traditions! Thanks, Nanny & Papa for such a fabulous day!
And I felt it my duty to squeeze in some swimming lessons too! That's 2 weeks I'm always glad to be done with! Here's Jacob trying to gather the courage to jump off the box.
And Sarah in her favorite spot: the steps where she feels safe and comfortable. I know I've failed miserably as a mother trying to get my kids comfortable with the water. I'll work on that another year . . .
1 comment:
What a crazy month! And fun! Boy, that pool brings back memories. My friends (Justin's friends) used to jump off the deck into the pool. Not me! That's just crazy. Glad you're still able to have fun with so many kids. :) Book club tomorrow? Nathan wants to go!
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