An Awesome August!

Wow! August this year was fun and super busy.

Berkley decided one day that she needed to make a cake. So she proceeded to dump flour and the tortilla chips in to a bowl ( and all over the floor) I couldn't even get mad because she was so proud of herself.

Her footprints are even pretty cute!

We also went to get Whitley a back to school trim and ended up cutting off 9 inches of hair and donating it to locks of love

. She looks darling... but older!

The Utah County Fair was also in town in August. They had a new event this year.. Monster Trucks! The tickets were only 5.00 each so we decided to check it out. We were not dissapointed. The kids had a great time

And loved watching the monster trucks smashing the cars.  I could of done with out the lawnmower racing but it was definatly worth the money! :)

We got to spend the day with Bradley and Brooklyn When there babysitter was out of town.  The girls decided to sing FROZEN songs on the karaoke machine... It sounded like ferrets on Meth.  My ears will never be the same!

We also ventured to the splash pad and  had to get some snocones after playing in the water for almost 3 hours.

The Utah County fair also brought along the demolition derby ( and the only picture I took that night) It's always a "smashing" good time!

The next Tuesday was back to school time~~

Karden is a mighty 5th grader this year... Yikes!!! He's teacher in Mrs. Gregory and she seems really nice. So far the homework is plentiful... It may be a long year of pestering the 10 year old to do his homework.
 

Whitley is a 2nd grader and her teacher is Miss Robison. She is a first year teacher who is super fun and nice. Whitley is loving school so far.

Last weekend we headed to the drive inn for the last time this season.  By the end of the second movie it was COLD...

 Not sure I'm ready for fall to come. 

Summertime fun!

Summertime has been a blur... a fun, busy, blur! We have seemed to have something going on every week, and most days of the week as well.

We started off the summer with the grand parade in Provo on the 4th of July. I don't think I have ever been but it was a good parade ( zero baseball teams)  Glad for good friends that went and staked out the spot we sat in at 2:30 am. I rolled into the parade around 8:45 for the start time of 9:00. It was perfect. 

  The kids favorite part of the parade was the giant balloons.

That Night we went to Amber's house and had a BBQ and did fireworks. Berkley LOVED the sparklers!!

Next big event was Spanish Fork Fiesta days. We went to Movie in the Park and the movie they played was Despicable Me 2, So of course the girls had to be themed as the minions. Whitley even won second place in the "Sound like a minion contest" She thought she was pretty darn neat!

 
We also hit the children's parade, activity tent and fish rodeo. The kids all caught a fish. Karden used his bare hands and the girls used nets. Berkley loved her fish and kept wanting to kiss it... Yuck!

We also had rodeo tickets and took Whitley with us this year. She thought it was so fun!

But didn't understand my love of the rodeo hamburger! strange child!

We left the next day to go camping in the Uintas. We took a little ride one day and ended up at lower Provo falls. It was a pretty waterfall.

The kids decided to wade in the water.. But it was WAY too cold for me.

There was also some bunker making for the army guys,

Ice cream eating,

And trying to catch Minnows in a bucket... Good Times

We also made a trip to Hogle zoo to see the new exhibit with the lions. It was pretty neat and more complete now the zoo is not half closed.

Karden was super excited he found the snake that was on his shirt in one of the cages.

Of course the carousel is a must!!

Our youngest cub was over family fun time!!

Next up was to make this 10 year old a Brace face, Metal Mouth, tin grin. Etc.
He was not happy to get braces but did great!

After the braces were put on he was alot happier!

Grandma Linda and Grandpa Norman made his day by bringing him a milkshake!

  He has done great with them so far!  1 day down 3 more years to go! sigh!

 Next adventure... Heber Valley Girls Camp. We got to go up overnight to the camp that my mom and dad are missionaries. We tried to get a cousin picture.. well this is the best we got!

 It was the taj Mahal of girls camps! Hot showers, Pavilions! It was fancy!
We had a great time.. and Great food Thanks to our 3 chefs! ( Jeremy I don't think that is acceptable at a girls camp) :)

We also got to go to the lake and either pick the canoes or the paddle boats. Karden and Ryan Choose the canoes and had a fun time.  Karden learned how to paddle, ( well tried to learn)

 I choose to paddle boat, I  was originally going to take Berkley and Whitley with me but due to the weight issue I ended up with my dad and Berkley. I also was the only one paddling while my dad took a rest ( he he) It was hilarious because it is lots more work than it looks. We were pooped in 20 minutes! We were pedaling our guts out and going turtle pace.

Whitley and Brooklyn ended up going together and were going to fast they were creating a wake behind them.

While we were all together we decided to celebrate Gavins and Berkleys birthdays. Berkley loved her candles on the cake and all the presents she got! She was spoiled and got bored opening them so I ended up bringing the ones we got her home. Ill let her open them on her real birthday!

We also had these big bucks just wonder through camp! It was really neat! 

We also completed another year of swimming lessons. The kids did awesome this year. I was sitting on the deck one day and they had Whitley jump in the 12 feet and swim the long way on the pool. I was slightly freaking out but she did great! Last day of class they got to  jump off the diving board and go down the slides. They loved it!

Karden Showing me he can do it!

Whitley did amazing! She gained alot of confidence as well! 

Add in a million friends over to play everyday, splash pads and a week that we had 7 birthday parties!  It has been a crazy but fun summer! Love these kiddos!!