Oh, What Do You Do In The Summer Time??

Enjoying an ice cream cone after swimming.
The cone is her favorite part :)

We are having a fabulous summer.  It's actually going by way too fast.  Here are some of the highlights thus far:


1. Swimming. Lots and lots of swimming.  Makaylee and I took swim lessons this summer with some friends.  Makaylee loves being in the water, and you know she is there.  She kicks and splashes like crazy. Now that she's been in swim lessons, she also enjoys blowing bubbles in the water.

She's one cool chic!

Makaylee and Ella at swim lessons

On the last day of swim lesson, we got to go down the slide.
Makaylee went down with our teacher, Amy.
I took Ella down since her mommy was pregnant!
Even though they had been looking forward to it,
they preferred playing in the shallow pool 

Makaylee with her certificate and sucker :) She passed!

2. Carnivals.  We love going to the carnival.  John loves to play the games, Makaylee likes the rides, and I enjoy the treats and taking pictures.  (I use to love the rides. Now the merry-go-round is enough for me.)  We had Heather, Justin, and Carson join us for the Steel Days carnival.  Makaylee's grandma got her lots of tickets, so Carson came to ride the rides with her.  They LOVED it.  John and Justin had a great time playing games, and Heather and I enjoyed talking with each other & eating cotton candy, which Makaylee does not like.  Awesome night.  In fact, the kiddos were sad to leave.  I was too.

John and Makaylee @ Strawberry Days--They are so cute!

She's lovin' it!

Playing Games!

Riding the carnival rides with Carson.
They loved the steering wheels.

3.  Outdoor Concerts.  My mom got free tickets for the Lonestar Concert @ UVU.  My sister and I went and sat outside in the heat for 3 hours and, sadly, Lonestar never came.  We still had a good time hanging out together and drinking our $3 drinks.  Boy was it hot!

4. The Great Outdoors.  Over the 4th of July weekend, we spent some time up the canyon.  We took Makaylee to Cascade Springs.  It was perfect, because she could walk all by herself and I didn't have to worry to much.  It was also an easy hike for all.  Makaylee enjoyed the waterfalls most.  We also drove the Alpine Loop.  On our drive, we saw a moose.  It was awesome.  This was a first for me!  Of course, I didn't have my camera that day :(  

At Cascade Springs-- So happy to be there

Our little family at the waterfall at Cascade Springs

Mom and Makaylee @ Cascade Springs

5. Riding a Pony.  Makaylee always asks to ride a horse.  We don't have a horse, so on the 4th of July we did the best that we could and took her to Farm Country to ride a pony.  She rode Nutmeg.  Of course, she enjoyed it and wanted to ride over and over again.  Unfortunately, we only bought one ticket for her to ride the pony.  

Chillin' at Farm Country.  They are too cute!

Riding Nutmeg!

The animals really liked Makaylee.
They all came up nice and close to say hi!
Or maybe they were hoping we would feed them

Family Photo taken on the 4th of July

6. Parties.  My friend, Natalie, threw the most amazing first birthday party for her daughter.  We were honored to be invited.  It was amazing.  Elmo came and everything.  Makaylee's favorite was the bounce house.  

Admiring Cookie Monster

Here we are with Elmo!!

7. Family Reunions.  In June, we had a family reunion in Tropic, and we have another family reunion coming up in August.  It's always fun to see family!

With a month left of summer, there's still plenty of fun to be had.  


PS Sorry the format is so crazy. I've tried to fix but it's not working.  Drives me crazy. Oh well!