2nd Week of June

 Here are some highlights from the 2nd week of June.

Hudson making a fort w/ pillows.

Now that it's Summer time (aka school is out), Nyles and Carter wanted to sleep outside.  The first night they slept on the trampoline, then the next night they slept in the tent.  They said it was a little warmer in the tent. :)

Nyles, Hudson and Carter in the tent ready for bed, though Hudson slept inside.  Hudson spraying the grass w/ the hose.  Then Hudson giving Piper hugs.  He's learning to be "soft" w/ her.

Hudson spraying the grass and me w/ the garden hose.

Steve took the boys to Thanksgiving Point again to see the Dinosaurs.  Dave came w/ Lynsie as well.

Hudson and I checking out the tent, then Nyles, Carter and Piper taking a turn.

On Wednesday, June 8th we celebrated Carter's 6th birthday.  I took the day off so we could spend it together.  Per Carter's request, I made crepes for breakfast.  He then opened up his gifts.  Then the boys had swim lessons.

Carter w/ his cute birthday card from my parents.  

Opening up his gifts: some new clothes and a new Lego set!

That afternoon we played w/ water balloons outside and the hose.  We put water in the toboggans, which Hudson LOVED!  Instant pool!  He thought it was the best! 

That evening we went over to LuDean/Diane's for dinner and cake/ice cream.  Per Carter's request, Steve cooked up some steak.  Diane made her yummy breadsticks to go w/ them.  She also made her yummy Texas sheet cake for dessert.  Plus she found Mickey bars to go w/ them, score!  It brought back good memories from our cruise.  The boys had Mickey bars every night for dessert.  So yummy!  Carter then opened his gifts.  Thanks everyone for all your effort and your thoughtfulness on making his day so special.  We really appreciate you and all you do!

Diane also had a fun game for us all to play, including putting together a dinosaur puzzle.  Carter loves both dinosaurs and puzzles; it was perfect!  

Lynsie was w/ Dave and Joann so she came over as well.  She put one together as well.  

Later Carter doing a puzzle on the Ipad w/ Hudson watching.

Happy Birthday to Carter.

Beautiful flowers in bloom around the yard.

Our Honey Locust trees we planted are also growing well, all 5 of them, and the Dianthus up front.

Nyles and Carter finished their first round of swimming lessons this year (a 2 week course).  It was Carter's 1st official swim lessons since things were closed down due to Covid the last 2 years.  Steve taught him a little bit before we left on our cruise in April, which has definitely helped.  He does everything great, but still needs to keep working on being comfortable swimming on his back.  He's getting there.

The last day of swim lessons they let them jump off the diving board and go down the slides, which they think is really fun!

Friday after I got off work, we drove up to the cabin.  Carter really wanted to go up for his birthday, so we went.  Dave, Joann and Diane were able to come up w/ us as well, which was awesome!

Hudson eating some whip cream while sitting w/ Grandma Joann.  Hudson tickling Grandpa Dave while he replaces a part in the sink.  Carter put together Mr. Potato Head.  Looking out from the deck.

Saturday morning, Dave, Diane, Steve and Nyles went out fishing.  

They caught several Rainbow Trout.

Snowing at the cabin from the Cottonwood trees.

Diane brought a huge bucket to fill w/ water so the boys could play in it.  She also had fun water guns for them to play with, which they loved.  Carter also put together a huge dinosaur puzzle.

Hudson trying to play a game w/ Dave and Diane.  Then playing w/ the water guns w/ Aunt Diane.

We took the boat out after lunch.  Nyles and Carter wanted to try tubing.  Hudson helped drive the boat.

Nyles and Carter tubing.

The boys talked me into trying it as well.  I got in and held Hudson for a little while too. 

Having fun!

Hudson kept wanting to stand up and go to the front of the tube, which I didn't like, so we put him back in the boat after a little bit.  I then went a few more times w/ the boys.  We got going pretty fast (in my opinion) and they got us going outside of the waves and we hit plenty of bumps.  It was actually really fun, though I screamed a lot!. Next time we'll have to bring our swimsuits haha :)

Dave taking us for a ride w/ Hudson standing on my legs.  Piper watching us from the boat.  The water pooled around our butts, so our backsides got wet.  All done bringing the boat back in.

Hudson helping drive the boat some more.  Then he got really tired and snuggled w/ Steve.  

Later back in Dave's truck, he found one of Dave's hat and put it on.  Silly kid.

Dave's truck w/ his boat.  Beautiful view the next morning.  Piper keeping an eye on us while tubing.

Diane made spaghetti w/ her yummy breadsticks for dinner.  Then we sang Happy Birthday to Carter again.  He loves it!

Singing Happy Birthday to Carter at the cabin.

The boys wanted to shoot the bebe guns as well.

Sunday morning there were 4 Sand Hill Cranes out the front of the cabin.  They were really making a lot of noise.  Pretty cool to see though.

Sand Hill Cranes.

Dave, Joann and Diane headed out after breakfast.  We decided to watch church over Zoom that morning and took it easy.  It was a beautiful morning.  The boys played a few more times w/ the water guns, then we packed up to come home.

Hudson spinning Nyles on the chair as we watch church on Zoom.

It was really hot when we got back down to the valley, 96 degrees.  So after unloading, we decided to drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon to cool off.  We went on the Observation Trail up there.  Not too surprising, there was still a good amount of snow up there.

Beautiful views!  It was great to have cooler temperatures and to enjoy nature.  

Hardly anyone was up there as well so it was quiet and peaceful.

Great quotes.