4th Week of July

The last week of July was busy for us.  Here are some highlights:

Silly Piper asking for a belly rub.  Hudson trying to mimic her.

It's been so hot!  Steve put the water hose on the slide and the pool at the bottom, and let the boys slide down it.  Creative water slide!

On Monday night, July 22nd, we met up at the Mountain Point Lake and Hot Springs over in Bluffdale.  We went there last year as a family in September.  Jeff took a cute picture of Hudson last year and they used it for advertising, so they let us in free this year.  We decided to book more in the summer, so it would be warmer and we'd have more daylight.  I invited Pauline and her family last year, and they came again this year.  It was a lot of fun.

Boy jumping off the platform.  Pauline and I going for a kayak ride.  

Charlotte, Pauline, Lincoln and Chris taking a ride.

Charlotte on the paddle board, more jumping (Nyles, Conor, Ezra and Carter).  

Nyles on the paddleboard.

Steve and I out for a paddle.  

Stacie, Claire, Diane and Phill, then Stacie, Kim, Diane and Jeff in the water.

Ezra and Carter jumping off.  Joann and Dave trying to stay cool in the shade.  

The fearless 4: Ezra, Carter, Nyles and Conor.

The boy Jumping into the water, over and over again.

Carter getting some air.  Phill and Jeff helping Joann.  Pretty sunset.

More jumps from Carter.  Lincoln and Hudson in the hot springs.  Conor and Nyles coming back up after jumping off.  Nyles and Lynsie on the paddleboards.

On Tuesday afternoon, Steve took Nyles to the Draper Temple to do baptisms for the dead.  I then went that evening to do initiatories.  Silly Carter and Nyles w/ the phone.

Tuesday night Steve took the boys up to the cabin to spend the night, just for fun.  On their way!

They had fun just playing around and did some target practice.

That evening, July 24th, we had Dave and Joann over for dinner, then had fireworks out in our circle w/ the neighbors to celebrate Pioneer Day.

Hudson wanted to sit next to Joann during dinner and hold her hand.  

Nyles and Beau Evans w/ sparklers.

Hudson unfortunately touched a hot sparkler (trying to pick it up), and burnt the top of his finger, so he was grumpy the rest of the night.  He put his finger in a cup of ice to help and took some Ibuprofen.  Steve brought Piper out of a minute, hoping that would help calm her if she could see the fireworks, but it made it worse.  So I took her inside and distracted her w/ popcorn.

Watching fireworks.

Carter, Nyles and Kaitlyn, then Clay Evans (grey shirt).

Pretty fireworks.

The kids think the fireworks are much fun!

On Thursday, they celebrated Clay's birthday.  They had a birthday party at Classic Fun Center.

So much fun!  Nyles, Clay, Kaitlyn, baby Taft (he had to get 3 stitches the night before on his eyebrow after falling), Beau and Carter.

On Friday, Carter and Hudson passed off their swimming lesson level.  They always do fun stuff the last day, and let the kids go down the water slides and jump off the diving boards.  There was an exercise class that got rescheduled from the 24th in the deep end though, so they couldn't use the diving boards.  They had fun going down the water slides regardless.

Hudson and Carter going down the water slide.

Friday night we went over and played pickleball for a little while as a family.

Hudson likes to play on the playground, so we take turns w/ him, while the other 3 play.

Pretty sunset.

Saturday, we cleaned, did grocery shopping, and packed up.  We were heading back to Bear Lake again Sunday afternoon, this time w/ my sisters.  We went to both hours of church, came home, had lunch, packed the cooler/food, then left.  Pauline and Barbara met us up there.  I'll update on the next one.

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