Shopping?!

Okay, so I was brave and took the kids to the mall today. (Something I never do...) We were looking for cleats for Carsen (yes, football starts today!) and ties for all the boys for my brother's upcoming wedding. I walked into Macy's with only thoughts of ties, when I was lured into the girls department by pink and green polka dots. It was the cutest dress, and just happened to be in the wedding colors. You can imagine my suprise as I reluctantly looked at the price tag, it was marked down to $14.99!! I took Sydni's shirt off and slipped it on to make sure that it fit, (as Carsen is saying, "shouldn't we go into the dressing room Mom?" it is just big enough to fit next spring too. Then I noticed that there was a dirty spot on the front, I took it to the cashier to ask that if I couldn't get the spot out if I could still bring it back. She was kind enough to say of course, and that she'd give me 10% off for it. After taxes and all I paid $9.88 for the cutest dress!

Soccer camp

Tyson and Logan went to soccer camp last week. It was Logan's first time playing "real" soccer, shin guards, cleats and all.

Pigtails

Our first attempt at real pigtails in Sydni's hair. I thought I'd take her out in front of the pretty daisies, she didn't think it was such a great idea.

Raspberry shakes, yum!

Friends of ours were kind enough to share their raspberries this year. I picked a bowl full and brought them home to share. Of course just as it was time to go to bed Ron suggesed that we make shakes.

Tyson

Ty just finished soccer camp, and was awesome. He will be turning 8 next month and is looking forward to scouts and being baptized. He loves anything that involves a ball, and doesn't enjoy reading like his brothers. He'll be in 3rd grade this year.

Carsen

Carsen is counting down the days until football starts. Which is all too soon for me! He will start conditioning on the 28th of July. He is 9 and will be in the 4th grade. He is reading a series of books called Children Of The Lamp, abut genies. He spends his time playing with friends and reading. He still loves to help me in the kitchen.

Kobe

Kobe is 10 and is already counting down the days until school starts. He will be in the 5th grade this year. He loves to swim, we have season passes to Cherry Hill, which he loves. He wants to spend as much time as possible playing with his friends, and playing the computer (which we limit to much less time than he finds adequate).

Is it my turn yet?

My time was spent trying to keep Sydni out of the water...

Thanks to Biffy for the great pictures!

Swimming lessons

The boys all took swimming lessons, the last 2 week in June. They are all great swimmers, and even Logan became more comfortable in the water, and with his teachers.

Summer

Okay so I'm totally new at this blog thing, so bare with me while I experiment. We are enjoying every minute of our summer so far. The highlights include:

• 2 trips (so far) to Cedar City and the surounding areas
• many days at Cherry Hill
• Wizard camp
• Swimming lessons
• Soccer camp