The Summer is Flying!

Here we are and the summer is flying by. I can't believe the first week is already almost over. The best part of summer is the return of Carrie my babysitter. I love this girl and luckily she opted out of girl's camp this year and was here to help me in my hour of need. I truly don't know what I would have done without her. On Monday I had my 2nd outpatient procedure for my lovely varicose veins and Carrie was here to hold down the fort. She has been her every day since and I've been able to rest up with her taking care of the kids.

I am trying to keep the kids on a schedule and so far it's working out great. We are reading lots of great books and just trying to relax. Next week the boys are taking tennis and archery lessons and the little kids will be doing swimming lessons. We plan to spend as much time at the lake as possible. This week while Carrie watched the little kids I had a cooking lesson for the three oldest. They made chicken enchiladas and chocolate chip cookies and then we delivered them to a woman in our ward who was due anyday to have her 3rd child. Next week they will have their 2nd cooking class and we will again deliver the meal to this same woman. Here's Emma the next day at the Ronald McDonald house. She was able to make the cookies all by herself.





Today we did a field trip downtown and rode the carosuel. After that we met friends at our new neighborhood waterpark. I told the kids we would do a field trip every week and they are so excited. I'm really surprised that the boys are going along with all my plans but they seem to love it. I'm glad they are still so loving.

Notice Jack and his energetic ways

Jonah at the world famous red wagon slide

Notice how the pool is empty? It had to be evacuated due to an unfortunate potty accident. I was so relieved it was not one of my kids.
The kids love this place. I personally think they charge too much for admission (it's actually pretty affordable but just adds up when paying for all of us). I prefer cheap (i.e. free) entertainment.