July 2017

Tyler and I have been getting up early in the morning to exercise. I usually complain about getting up that early, but when you get to see the sunrise, you really can't complain. 

 We went to 7-11 on July 11 for our free Slurpee.

 And to Cars 3 with our cousins

 We have been hanging out with our cousins a lot this month. We got together for Arctic Circle and splash pad. The kids had fun playing together and Tracy, Karly, and I had fun talking for hours!

 Seriously, how many drinks do 5 people need in a given day?

 We went to Kids Club (or Click Club as Brynnie says). This particular day was Superhero Day with Captain America and Spiderman. Caden was in heaven!

 They got their faces painted and made a craft.

 Brynnli was more into rolling around in these weird "seats"

 We had to make our usual stop at Panda Express for lunch. These kids can seriously eat here. Makayla no longer orders a kids meal, she get the regular plate and eats it all... she even manages to eat part of my meal too.

 We got to go up to The Land again over the 24th. We went on a really long 4 wheeler ride and got to look down at Hanna Land from the top of the mountain.

 Seriously, Hanna Land is gorgeous.

 On the actual Pioneer Day we celebrated with pie and root beer... get it? "Pie 'n' beer" day? The kids humored me.

 How cute is this? Makayla and Caden wanted to have a lemonade stand. They sold Kool-aid drinks and snacks. They sat out there for hours trying to sell their stuff.

 *I think there was more product eaten than sold

The kids had swimming lessons again. They both did great! Makayla was doing exceptionally well and got placed in the deep end (maybe prematurely?) This was her on the first day of the deep end and they were supposed to dive in and swim to the other side.

Makayla dived in, but then got scared when she came up for a breath and started to freak out. She was able to swim to the side and her teacher helped her out. It was a little scary for me to watch because I thought she was going to drown, but she did such a great job and swam to the side. I think it scared her because she struggled the rest of the class and went back to her other class (not in the deep end). The last few days of swimming lessons were hard because she didn't want to go back. Even though she was scared, we are so proud of her because she kept trying her best even though she was scared. 

 Caden, on the other hand, loved swimming lessons. He did so great and was so excited every day when I would pick him up.

 Seriously, I can't get enough of this boy. He is turning into such a cute little boy and loves everything superhero. Costo had Halloween costumes out (in July?) and Caden begged me for this Captain America costume even though he has never seen any show with Captain America in it. How could I resist this?

What a fun July! It's hard to believe summer is half way over.