Our Star Spangled Slip-n-Slide Celebration

The best part of the 4th of July is definitely being with family!  (I forgot my camera for our annual picnic at Grandma Greats with the Miller/Rassmussen clans which was lotsa fun - but brought it for our afternoon/evening with the Jenson clan) -

Here are the kiddos ready to slip and slide! (Krystal isn't cold - she is excited - haha!)

See?  Excited.  ;)

 

And, when I say "kiddos" -- ahem -- I, of course was including that big kid in line ...

I don't know what it is - but, there is just something FAN.TAS.TIC. about Slip-n-Slide pictures!  

I. LOVE. THEM!

 

Tyler's turn!  Sopping wet - and no change of clothes -- but, check out that smile! 

Both of these bros got in on the Slip-n-Slide action:

See what I mean?  LOVE these crazy pictures!  :) 

 

And, look what these boys started ... the double dip!

 - or triple dip! -

The end to a perfectly patriotic day = S'Mores:

The 4th of July is one of the best parts of Summer!

Partying at the Peaks

7 Peaks that is!

I'm sure it'll be obvious who my "buddy" is when we go to 7 Peaks.  I see a little of Marissa - and only see Aaron once or twice the whole day -- especially when we go with friends!  So - enjoy the pictures of my view ...

 

 

 

Man, have we ever loved going to 7-Peaks a ton this Summer!

Cub Scouts Mad Scientist Party

During the month of June - I had the privilege of being BOTH a Wolf Den Leader as well as the 2nd Counselor in the Young Women's Program.  Yep - I was called to serve with the young women (particularly the Beehives) in our ward.  I am really lacking in confidence, but I had been praying so hard for Marissa (whose best friend, Sierra, just announced a move to Bountiful by the end of the Summer), and I am thinking that maybe this calling might be part of an answer to my prayers.  I received an amazing blessing when I was set apart - and have since felt very up to the challenge -  and it certainly helps that my BFF (and Wolf Den Partner!), Carly, was called as the Secretary in the Young Women Program.  :)  We are having a great time - but, more on that when I get more caught up on blogging.

Sooooooo - for a "grand finale" den meeting at the end of June - we put together a Mad Scientist Party.  We. had. so. much. fun!!  How am I going to survive without these sweet cub scouts in my life every Tuesday?!?  Agh!!  It has seriously been the best calling ever!

Here they are watching a cool experiment where Carly lights a teabag on fire - and then it floats up into the air!  We all thought it was awesome.

We spent a good portion of the evening making GAK - it was super messy and super cool!  I am loving these boys in their "mad-scientist" goggles showing their finished products.  :)

Elephant toothpaste - (don'tcha just love the "Whooaaa!" faces?  I sure do!)

How can this not be the best calling ever?  Look at those faces!

And then outside for Exploding Bags (with vinegar and baking soda):

 

For our treat we had Kool-Aid ice cubes of different flavors in Sprite.  It's quite yummy, actually!  And the boys loved it - as you can see!

Soap in the microwave -- very cool!  It puffs up and becomes all squishy.  Weird!

I'm gonna miss Cub Scouts!

Just June

I know I've mentioned it before, but we LOVE going to Grandma Pat and Grandpa Brent's "Hawaii" backyard for last minute bbq's. These two KRAZY Krystal pictures are from one of those spectacular June "get-aways":

 

Here's my pretty Marissa at a fun friend get-together:

We welcomed a new nephew into our lives!  Brandon and Tina had their 4th child -- Luke -- we like him a lot! :)

I caught Aaron outside during Webelos working hard.  The Webelos Award is going to be a lot of work to earn!

Cousin time is one of the best parts of Summer!  (Yep - that's Marissa AND Anaka squished up in the McDonald's playland!)

Good times with Miss's BFF, Sierra,is also a must!  They gave Krystal a make-over, and -believe me- Krystal's "fancy walk" became 10x more fancy (if that's even possible!)

We celebrated Father's Day.  I sure am grateful for these incredible men in my life:

One of the Young Women in our ward offered several mini classes this Summer for very cheap.  We signed Krystal up for ballet classes.  These are the poses she felt best described "ballet":

 

It was a good June.

Birds of a Feather ...

We've been trying to stick together with our family activities as much as possible this Summer.  We are lucky to live close to this beautiful pond/park - and we don't take advantage of it nearly enough.  But, this family home evening we did.  We fed the ducks:

Maybe we haven't taken Krystal to feed ducks enough, because she was cracking me up.  She was SO into it - I couldn't stop taking pictures of her! (Granted, the other two got into it as well - so, maybe it's just quirky genetics. ;))

We raced to the playground [the kids always LOVE to race Tyler - they never ask me to race - maybe because he really hams it up - and they always seem to win .... just maybe :)] -

We all took turns on the swings to see who could get the highest:

And just had a great evening together: