Camping

We had a great time on our Kruck family camping trip last weekend. We stayed in cabins up at the Heber Valley Camp- very luxurious camping.

It didn't take long to find the dirt. Maddi was completely covered. She called out to say, "I'm dirt girl!"

 Once everyone freaked out about her appearance, she was a little embarrassed.

 Friday night, we went to one of the ropes courses (#5).

 We balanced on wires light a tight rope.

 Swinging to "Tarzan and Jane's" house was a lot of fun- my favorite activity.

Last, but not least, we did the big swing. Everyone did it and loved it! Audrey and Dave went all the way to the top. Mom, Kimee, and Maddi didn't go as high. It was still fun but not quite as scary.

There were bunk beds in the cabin that we slept and played on.

I even got a minute of reading in the quiet of the morning. It didn't last long. This is a book I have been trying to read since January.

 Luke and Maddi

Just before leaving on Saturday, we got some time on the lake. We went in a paddle boat. It was really hot and hard to steer, so not a great experience. Kimee complained the whole time and when we got off, she said, "That was fun!" We got everyone changed into clean clothes, turned on a movie in the van, ate some otter pops and oatmeal creme pies, and headed home.

Overall, it was a wonderful time and we are already hoping to go back next year!

swimming lessons

We had a fun week at swimming lessons. This was Maddi's first time. Every day, she said she wanted to jump off the diving board. But when she got to the end, she would run back and say she wasn't big enough.

Kimee and Maddi waiting for their lesson to start.

 Kimee trying to do a dive.

 Audrey and Sarah were in the same class (the two on the right.)

lists

You know me and my lists. Every summer we make up a list of all the fun things we will do. I have a list for projects too. We always start with the fun and then get to the projects. Unfortunately, the projects don't always get done. This year I think we got a good head start on fun, so hopefully I will get further down on my project list.

We did Chuck E. Cheese and a movie at the theater in May, so we could check those off our list before summer even began!

I think this is cool, so I wanted to write it down. In the month of June we have done:
Kangaroo Zoo, Thanksgiving Point Farm and Discovery Gardens, Hogle Zoo, candy stand, water slide, Lagoon, Huck Finn Day, swimming lessons, cousin sleepover, camping, horse lessons, and hopefully Park City (this weekend??).

I haven't gotten much done for projects in June. We have gotten the windows in, I've put in 5 days of work (training and collaboration that I actually get paid for), did the Primary music CD's, sold some stuff on KSL, and of course have been working on this blog. I still have a long list. Hopefully now that we have gotten a lot of the bigger fun stuff done, I can focus on projects for the month of July. I'll let you know how it goes at the end of the summer.

Summer fun begins...

School's out! Let the summer fun begin!!!
The day school got out, we went right to Thanksgiving Point to start off our summer fun. Our cousin/niece Sage, from Arizona, was in town so we were so excited to get to do fun stuff with her.

 Look at those beautiful mermaids!

 The next day we went to Kangaroo Zoo.

 We came home and had popsicles.

 After lunch, we put up the water slide.

My sister Jill and her two boys stayed with us for a week. It was so much fun to have them! Jill watched my kids while I went to district training for 3 days (Mon-Wed).
On Thursday, we went to the zoo.

 Grandma came with us too. Thank goodness for the extra hands to keep up with Jackson!

 On Thursday night we went to the park and Dave's softball game.

On Friday, we went back to Thanksgiving Point, to Farm Country.

 Everybody got a pony ride!

We walked around and looked at all the animals. Then we went on the wagon ride.

After Thanksgiving Point, we drove up to take Sage back to Dave and Elaine's. First, we all met at Chuck-a-Rama for a delicious and overly filling lunch. Boy were we hungry, and THIRSTY!

We had a little extra time before Sage had to go to the airport, so the girls did a big fashion show, with Ella as lead fashion designer. This is one of Audrey's outfits. (Sorry, I didn't take pictures of the show.) It was so cute and super fun cousin bonding!