camping

Will you remember the 100 degree heat, and the bugs?

Or will you remember Dad made you, your very own swimming pool?

Will you remember running the wheeler off the edge?

Or will you remember the excitement of your independence and the wind blowing through your...helmet?

Will you remember Mom losing her patience?

Or will you remember Paige and Dave being SO patient and working hard to make you smile?

Will you remember being bored without your friends and electronics?

Or will you remember pipe cleaner jewelry, painting rocks, and Yahtzee?

Will you remember a fantastic four wheeling weekend with those who you love?
So will I....

mayfield

Just spent the last few days here.....Beautiful!  Wish you were here!

lemonade

Luckily my afternoon apt. canceled last minute or we would have missed a way fun afternoon. It all started with little Elle, from next door, stopping by with a pitcher of lemonade. The next thing we know we have a lemonade stand, we made new friends,(meet Eva and Sam) crafted a business plan (ie. a sign), and set up the slip'n'slide. (It was too hot just to sit there) We went through about a gallon of lemonade and we sold 6 cups. Hayli loved the idea and really thought she would make good money, when the other kids lost interest and just played in the water, Hayli was dedicated organizing and "manning" the store. In the end our little display gathered neighborhood friends and we had a great afternoon of play.......not so much money making. :)
But as we were cleaning up Hayli said "we should do this every Monday!"

lake

We went to Utah lake on Saturday with Casey's family. Hayli LOVES the boat! LOVES the water, this is her scene. I spent most of the day at the "beach", Hayli spent her day on the boat. So that means I have this one picture of her and she isn't even looking,at least Gen have me a half hearted wave. The rest of us had a good time too, Casey was awesome entertaining the little kids pulling them in the raft boat and such. The pink polka-dot is Ella, I never saw her use the tube in the water but she sure liked carrying it around. We had a great picnic with watermelon. I love Kate's watermelon picture! The juice is running down her chin and chest. MMMM good! We celebrated July birthdays, laughed, played in the dirt and fought for shade, good fun. We love family!

big girl

Genny loon, my little, obsessed with buckle doing, big shoe wearing, chocolate ice cream loving, dancing but mostly loving, happy girl. Two days with no passy makes us thrilled! What a big girl!!
(for the record that is chocolate ice cream on her hands, dress, well everywhere. And I know the running picture is blurry but I LOVE it and that what this blog is for... things I love.)

tubes

Gentry loves tubes she has them in her ears, and we have a couple we like to play with at the pool. But this tube is new. It has a seat in the bottom so Gentry can't fall through. The mom LOVES that she doesn't fall through and Gen loves her new found freedom kicking all by herself around the pool! Yeah Summer! (please don't try to take it from her or you will hear a shrilling high pitch "my boat, my boat"...who told her it was a boat?)

snow cone monday

Got to love snow cone Monday. Our neighbors sell snow cones every Monday night, it is a fun summer tradition. My girls LOVE sugar water. Turns out it makes us giggly and playful. We have to eat them outside so we usually end up being pretty silly on the front lawn. I got some great shots of Gen wearing my sunglasses, Kate and Hayli were dancing to Taylor Swift. Not to mention red tongues and teasing smiles. Then uploaded them and only this picture is there. I am so sad. The computer says error and some other stuff that I don't understand. My computer abilities are so limited, I get so frustrated! Wish me luck.