Seven Peaks Water Park

I haven't been to Seven Peaks since just after David and I got married... before we had any kids (I have a 19-year-old so it's been at least 20 years). Yesterday I took Josh, Rachel, Rebecca and Adam and we spent the day. Tanner is at EFY at BYU so he wasn't with us.

We had a great time and my very favorite ride was the Boomerang which is a giant half pipe (it's in the slide show). Today we are recovering from being out in the sun all day yesterday but it was worth it.

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Rebecca Wins the Race!!

Today was Rebecca's first swim meet since we moved from California. She took last summer off but decided to give it a try again. She's having a great time and she did really well at the meet. She won her 25 yd freestyle and her 50 yd freestyle and she came in second on the 25 yd. breaststroke. She was awesome!!!

Adam's soccer season ended and his coach had a little swim party with awards at the end. Here's Adam receiving his award from his coach, Brook.

Here he is with all the boys who played and the 2 coaches (the 2 girls).

Square Foot Gardening

I have been having so much fun with my Square Foot Garden and it is producing so well. I have a constant harvest because everything is planted at different times. I also get to be a little creative by adding flowers to make it more like a patchwork quilt. My best growers so far are the radishes and the lettuce. We've had some great salads. I just wish my tomatoes were ready but I guess we'll have to wait a while.

Tie Dye

We've been having a busy and fun summer. Yesterday we made tie dye shirts and it was so fun. It was kind of like Christmas since you never quite know how each shirt will turn out. Then you take off all the rubber bands and open it up and voila - a fun, crazy shirt.

Memorial Day Weekend Camping

We decided to go camping at Tanner's Flat Campground just up Little Cottonwood Canyon. It was a beautiful site although we did have a little rain and even some snow the first day. We camped Friday and Saturday night and early Sunday morning we left our camp, drove home, took showers and headed down to Provo so we could go to my nephew's homecoming talk. It was great to hear him speak and then we went to brunch at his house. After that, Joshua went to a missionary farewell for a friend and then we all headed back up to camp until Monday afternoon. Luckily it was only about 15 miles away from our house so it was easy to come home in the middle of it (it was nice to take a shower too).

When we got all loaded up to come home on Monday, I drove the van with Rachel, Rebecca and Adam while David, Josh and Tanner rode their bikes home. It was a great ride down the canyon and a lot of downhill with a little uphill here and there the rest of the way to our house. I was their support vehicle in case there were any problems. Thankfully there were no problems and we all arrived home safely.

The kids all agree that it was a great trip. Rachel's favorite thing was the fire. Adam's favorite thing was the creek (not the big river but the little creek on the other side of our campsite). Rebecca's favorite thing was sleeping in the tent. My favorite thing was no TV, no phones, just the beautiful sights and sounds of the mountains and my family. It was our first camping trip without Jared and we really missed him. We look forward to some good camping trips with him in a couple of years.

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Our "S" Week - Shots, Soccer, Snow and Sheep

Shots - Adam had to go to the doctor this week for his check up before kindergarten. He was very excited until Rachel asked him why he was going. He told her it was for kindergarten. Rachel exclaimed, "Adam, you have to get shots!" I was trying to keep that part a secret until we got there. He was a little upset about that and asked if we could just skip the shots. No such luck. He was very brave though and hardly shed a tear. He had to get 4 shots including the tetanus one that makes you sore for a few days. He limped around for a day or 2 and ran a fever for 24 hours but he is fine now.

Soccer - Tanner tried out for a few different soccer teams and made the one that he really wanted to get on. It is called Inter FC and he is just thrilled. It's a premier team and should give him some really good experience.

Snow - David and the boys went on the Father/Son camp out last night with our ward. It was very well attended with about 70 people there. They go to a very nice camp that has cabins and a covered pavilion as well as good bathrooms and showers. Joshua said it is really fun but not really like camping. Adam could hardly wait to go and has been talking about it for weeks. The strange thing is that they woke up to an inch of snow. Yep..... snow. It rained here at home all night and I could see new snow up on the mountains so I was very glad they were in cabins and not tents. They had a great time.

Sheep - I took Rachel, Rebecca and Adam to Thanksgiving Point today for the Lamb & Wool Festival. It was really interesting. We got to see some of the new baby animals including a colt, a calf and some new little lambs and kids (those are goat babies). We also got to watch a sheep being sheared. It was very interesting how calm the sheep remained and we decided that maybe it feels good to be sheared since they said it didn't have to be sedated.