July 2016

Joey and Dad on 4th of July.

Joey and Jake on the 4th of July.

Henrik and Auntie Jubby on 4th of July.

Noah so excited on the morning of 4th of July.

Noah's 7th birthday party a week early at Grandma's.

My associates said I looked like a 12-year-old boy. They were right.

Jake made jam with our apricots.

Daisy napping in the sun, reading a book.

This naughty chicken escaped the yard and I had to find her in the dark.

Jake made us an indoor herb garden.

Jake and Joey on Hilda the Harley.

Noah at the North Ogden park on 4th of July.

Marlie, Abbi, and Noah on 4th of July after the North Ogden park.

Abbi and Marlie ran the Riverdale 5K with Jimmy and Amber.

Abbi and Marlie before their 5K.

Noah gathering candy at the Riverdale parade.

Abbi riding with Uncle Cody in the Riverdale parade. Anne was their driver.

Hot, Hot July 2013

 

Yellow Belt Test

 

Amber's Birthday

Marlie, Abbi, James, Jack, Noah

Cody & Wendy's Birthday Party

List of Memories from July 2013

• Abbi finished her volleyball intramural and LOVED it
• We celebrated Old Glory Days
• Abbi took her Yellow Belt test and passed
• Noah got a ribbon from tumbling
• Joey went to her first Tracy family gathering
• Reunited with a couple Jake baptized in Brazil over 11 years ago
• Uncle Ben and Jill spoke in church and left to South Africa on their mission
• Lots of swimming and playing with cousins
• Sleep-over in Plain City with cousins
• Birthday parties with Amber, Cody, and Wendy
• Sleep-over in Draper with sisters
• Splash pad with Lisa & Hailey and Kayli, Jace, & Ethan

enjoying Summer '13

Summer Olympics

Abbi and I made the longest paper chain EVER to decorate the cabin for our Cousin Carnival: Summer Olympics.

It would be fun to hang in the house, too, if we were gonna be home to watch the real Olympics.

Hulahoop Kickball

While I was hoping to facilitate a fun round of Kickball Croquet, it turned into a fun race of Hulahoop Kickball.  It turns out that by the end of a week-long vacation, I'm a little worn out.  I changed a few of the Cousin Carnival Olympic Games but the kids didn't even know.  They had lots of fun running and chasing each other.

For Hulahoop Kickball, I laid out the hulahoops and gave all the kids a small dollar-store ball that they had to kick (no hands) from one hoop to the next.  They had lots of fun.  We played a few versions of kicking or throwing it through a hoop that I held in the air.  I think what we all know is true ... kids don't care how great the game is, they just want you to play it with them.

After the Kickball Games, we played a vigorous round of Balloon Pingpong!