Being in Baby mode, our summer was pretty low key. We spent most of our time at home and even though I had plenty of moments I thought I'd lose my mind, I have to say Pierce and Madi did pretty good, considering. I think they had more outings with Kathryn and Grandma this summer than with me, and I was so very grateful for them and their willingness to take the kids and get them out of the house for some fun. I could not have survived with out them! My other saving grace this summer was swimming lessons!
Pierson loves swimming and did really well this year. He worked hard learning the butterfly, breaststroke, sidestroke, and also set his personal best record of retrieving 18 rings in one breath, and learned to do a great flip turn. It was fun to see him learn all the different strokes and see how much he improved.
Madi came SO far this year. She went from being terrified to put her face in the water...to THIS!
This was her 1st year to really do swimming lessons, I didn't attempt it last year because of the nightmare it was the year before (meaning she got out of the pool, ran away from the teacher, out the gate and down the road. Forcing the teacher to get all the kids out of the pool, close the pool and hop in her car to catch up with her down the road. Nightmare indeed.) So, I wasn't going to put her in again until I knew she was really ready. Our Hawaii trip helped her make huge progress and she finally dared put her face in the water. Then when lessons started in June she was still very afraid to go all the way under and screamed the first few days of class. By the 2nd session she was jumping off the side and doing great! I could not believe how far she came in one summer. We were so proud of her.
My two happy swimmers! Great job Madi and Pierce!
We did manage to make it out of the house for a few fun outings. We hit our favorite water park with the Hall cousins and all the kids were excited to try out the new carousel.
Madi loved it and cried when we couldn't go again.
Pierce was excited to get the "American Flag" horse.
Matthew and Brooke
They all loved it! The new carousel is really cute, such a fun addition to down town St. George.
The Friday before school started we wanted to do something fun as a last hurrah for the kids. We had a packed day. We started with another trip to the water park in the morning with Julianne, Joey and Tommy, and also our Freidenburg friends, Traci, Boyce, Trey and Hudson. The Freidenburgs were getting ready to move to Vegas, so we were happy to spend this day with them. We have had fun getting to know them through Pierce and Boyce playing sports together. We will really miss them!
Madi calls this her "ruffly bum" swimming suit. And I love this ruffly bum.
Here is Boyce and Trey with Pierce and Madi, they are such fun friends, we will miss them! (And Tommy, who we are glad we get to see often.)
Later that day we geared up for a fun night out with the Brooks Family. After heading to "Back to School Night" to meet Pierson's teacher, we headed out for a fun night. We enjoyed a yummy dinner at Red Robin, the kids were very excited to use their "Free Kids Meal" coupons from the Library summer reading program. (The Library was my other saving grace this summer!) After dinner it was on to miniature golf. Madi started off with a hole in one on the first hole! Wow! The kids had a great time, then we finished up with yummy glaciers at Frostop!
Madi, Pierce and Joey
We wore them right out. (Jensen was so tired he slept 11 hours that night for the first time!) What a fun night! It was hard to believe it was time to gear up for a new school year and a new routine!
1 comment:
This summer I felt like such a lame mom...if it's at all proof, I didn't even have any pictures to do a summer wrap up post. :) The carousel looks so fun. We're definately going to need to try that out soon! Great pictures!
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