Summer Fun- June

We have been having way too much summer fun. So much so that I have actually stopped taking pictures knowing how far behind I was on my blog! I'm almost caught up now!! 

Kimee did Soccer Camp with a couple of friends from the neighborhood, Natalie and Matthew. She had a great time. The younger kids had fun playing around the grass and on the bleachers while we watched Kimee.

That Friday was Huck Finn Days at the park. We love this tradition! We have been every year since we moved here. We had to start with the horseback riding, our favorite, before the line gets too long.

Then we did some carnival games like, fishing pond, bubble gum contest, and cake walk (yummy donut!!) While the girls ate their donut, we stood in line for face painting, which was a very long line. The girls LOVE that it is the rodeo princesses painting their faces.

We have gone to a couple of softball games down at the park by our old neighborhood. Dave has been filing in when the regulars on the team are on vacation or whatever. The girls and I spend more time at the playground, but it is fun to watch Dad, too!

 Kimee has been really into reading the books she has gotten from summer library.

 Jill and Jeremy came by the park for a little visit too. It's hard to see, but this is Audrey, Jeremy, and Maddi climbing.

Kimee and Audrey took swimming lessons and loved it!

Here is Audrey going off the diving board.

 Here goes Kimee!

 Nice trick!

 Audrey swimming.

Kimee and her friend Stephanie. 

Kimee doing the back stroke.

Kimee practiced her diving a lot.

 We picked a hot day to set up the water slide. Some of our neighbors came over and had a lot of fun (although there were some complaints of the water being too cold :).

We did our annual backyard campout on June 17. This year Kimee and I got the tent set up in the afternoon so they had lots of time to play in the tent. Maddi especially had SO much fun! When Dad got home, we had a yummy dinner of grilled chicken, baked beans, coleslaw, and cantaloupe and of course yummy marshmallows and Smore's for dessert. Kimee is getting so good at PERFECTLY tan roasted marshmallows... and she even shared them with her mom!!

We actually ALL slept in the tent through the night this time. It was great! In the morning we had Monkey Paws for breakfast. The kids played in the tent until it started getting hot. Then we packed everything up for another time. This is one of our favorite summer traditions.

The last Saturday of June, Dave took Kimee and Audrey fishing with his friend Jonathan and his boys. They had SO MUCH FUN!!!!

Kimee kept a tally of how many fish they caught- 21. When we went to the aquarium the next week, she looked all over the Utah section for the fish they caught.

They did get quite a sunburn, despite the several applications of sunscreen. But they ABSOLUTELY loved the whole trip. They've talked non-stop about going again and all the other friends they want to take with them so they can see how fun it is.