More of 2019 summer...

Love spending time outside with our kitty!

The kids decided to cover the slide with sand...
 it took a long time to do and just a short time to destroy!

Gideon's sunlight selfie

 




We all hiked to the Timp cave!

Cool moves...

We hiked to the G in Pleasant Grove

Grandpa and Uncle Gary had a great concert!





Shark tastic Saturday at Thanksgiving Point




..................Lego Mania all summer long.....................................



The three boys, aka our "triplets"

A glimpse of our 2018 summer

Packing,
moving,
testing for black belt in taekwondo (!),
sharing/giving away our dogs,
leaving the Army,
scout camps and high adventure camps,
starting a medical practice/business,
swimming,
hiking,
Lagoon,
family time,
meeting Ainsley Rae,
healing a broken arm,
yard work
packing and moving around the corner...
its a little bit exhausting to think of everything we did!

Here's a bajillion pictures.
I have about a thousand more that capture the
ups and
downs and
sideways
emotions from this summer.

  

 

Camp week

The older boys and Dad went to Scout camp this week.


We enjoyed a tamer version of camping (just my style) with





homemade indoor oven s'mores,

(I don't have any pictures, they are usually gone way too fast!
But here's how: Put graham crackers on a cookie sheet, top with marshmallows, broil for a couple of minutes and watch carefully, then add chocolate pieces of your choice.  We've done York peppermint, rolos, snickers, etc...!)

maps made out of tortillas (blue-food coloring in the Ranch dressing to make rivers),

Dutch oven cobbler,























sleepovers in sleeping bags in different siblings rooms, forts and tents made out of blankets,

and star-watching.........(no pictures, but lots of good memories)

Next up, Fablehaven week!

Etch-a-sketch art...

My talented kids... they get it from their dad, of course!  

No patience here for that sort of thing!

Summer Bingo School and Camps

This summer for "school" we are having week-long themed camps.  We've had medieval ages, sports... and lots more fun coming up.  I try to have them match the kids that are going away to camp so that there is a bit of unity and fun stuff to compare when they get back together again.  Next up we have "camp" camp.   We also have weeks of Fablehaven, water fun, Wild West, and Harry Potter coming up!

We are also having fun with summer school bingo charts.  Each card has activities in music, math, art, reading, and time with friends or family.  Here's a sample...  So far, so good!

S SONGS	M MATH	A ART	R READ	T TIME
Memorize a hymn	Play monopoly	Watch a Sister Wendy episode	Read a book to a younger sibling	Time with Reuben and Gideon and the toys of their choice
Sing a Primary song with a sibling	Learn to balance a checkbook	Copy Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel with the dining table	Read a book about our camp theme of the week	Time with Jonas playing football
Sing-a-long to Disney music	Do a math worksheet	Invent something	Read half a chapter of a book and then write your own ending	Time with Leslie and Evelyn playing with hair
Make a music video	Set up a store and play	Do an art project from the art book or craft book	Read in an encyclopedia about our camp theme of the week for 30 minutes	Time with Owen and Troy on boy scouting
Listen to 10 minutes of classical music	Have a lemonade stand	Draw a picture of a future Christmas tree	Read outside on a blanket	Time with Micah and a game

Mamma's Wedding

We took a quick trip to Utah to celebrate Mamma and Dave Madsen's wedding on June 7.  

We enjoyed a lot of time with family!  

Congratulations to Mamma and Dave!  We love you!

More Pictures of Mamma and Dave












We also got a family picture...

Love the green mountains too!  Thanks for the hike, Blythe!

I'm just going to throw this one in.  

Gideon. 

 He is so funny!  

Ice Cream Dinner

Um......



YUM!!!!!!!

(every year... really.... good tradition!)

Cousins, Melanie and Greg

Mamma and Derek

Troy and Owen

Gideon

Evelyn, Henry, Leslie

Dresden and Blythe