Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Trip to California

For the Fourth of July we went to California for a Stewart reunion. The kids spent the whole week in the pool. They loved swimming in Gram's and Grampa's pool. It was great to see lots of family members and eat lots of yummy food.

The kids loved to swim at night. Evan likes to wear goggles to explore the pool and keep his eyes from hurting.
Even Jonathan could get around really well with a life jacket. Laurel and Lindsay are really good swimmers and had a great swim teacher that helped them develop good techniques.

Here are the kids having a fun night swim. Jonathan, Lindsay, and Laurel are all hanging onto noodles and having a great time.

It was so great to see the Peterson's. I think Jane and Josh look a lot like their mommy and they are super cute and cuddly.

Jonathan poses for the camera. He is all sunscreened up and ready for fun.

Father's Day

I figured I should probably do a tribute to Michael for being a fantastic father. He loves his kids and wants to spend time with them. He is a great storyteller, fun to play with, and keeps us all in line (in a good way). We decided to get him a charcoal grill, but we have not used it yet. I think I will have to make it a goal for this weekend!
What a smile. He is really this cheerful most of the time. I think he is already imagining the steaks he can grill up soon.

These kids love their dad and were so excited to give him his presents. Laurel even earned enough money to buy her dad a really nice card from the store.

Springville Parade

Once again I am really behind on blogging. The kids were in a parade in June for clogging. The boys rode in the trailer and the girls took turns clogging along the way for the people lined up. It was pretty hard work, but they did a great job. Michael and I were assigned to walk along with the cloggers and pass out candy to the parade watchers. It was actually a lot of fun.

The boys started clogging in June. The clogging teacher offered free lessons to any boys that were interested for the summer. They seem to be enjoying the lessons and are a lot of fun to watch.