Ice Cream

Look at this cute messy face!

She even shared with me.  :)

Splash Pad

To cool off today, we went to a splash pad here in town.  The kids had never been. 

 

They are so silly! 

 

Julia was mesmerized!  She is my water baby.  She loves water, and is entertained by it for hours.  She was not shy about getting in, and was pretty ok with being sprayed. 

 

 

 We will definitely go again.  Big hit!

Water Party

The fairgrounds here have lots of shade with a little stream running by.  So we had a get together with my kids' favorite friends, the Petersons. 

 

Dallin was especially happy.  He loves Wade and Ella.  He used to see them more when he was babysat there.  :)  They are like extra siblings for him to play with. 

 

 It was perfect for cooling off on a Summers Day. 

I just love this little person in her cute swim suit.  She was pretty good about staying out of the water.  Even though it is shallow she is just too little.  She was curious at first then I put her in and she realized how cold it was.  She just explored the grass and played. 
 

 I love Summer time!

Dallin Question

"Mom, does a rainbow smell good?"

Mess

Look at these cute little footprints!!

 

Spaghetti

She liked dinner, a lot!

Naughty

She found the oatmeal.

 

Band

There is even more noise in my house now.  In preparation for his upcoming year in school band, we got Kyle a trombone.

Brian played the trombone in grade school too so he kind of gave him some pointers.  He is pretty excited, and I am excited to see some recitals.  :)

What The?

Found this in the baby wipes:

Strawberries

Baby girl found the strawberries! 

She has had strawberries before, but she has been eating a handful every day lately.  Then last week she had bumps all over, and I was worried she was suddenly allergic.  That would have been sad, because she is pretty cute digging these out. 

 

 

Turns out she is not allergic, she just had a virus.  Poor girl has been sick with one thing or another for 5 weeks straight now.  Luckily the bumps have subsided and she is back to normal.  

And the strawberries are ok to eat! 

No Training Wheels!

It was time for Dallin to learn to ride his bike without training wheels.  I will say it is because he is 5, but really it was because I ran over the bike and bent the training wheels so they wouldn't work anymore.  Anyway.

He was very resistant to the idea.  It was a new feeling.  He wanted to give up, but in no time at all...

He was doing amazing!  Way to go Dallin!

Playhouse

Julia found the playhouse.

 

I think this is the start of lots of fun play!

 

Peaches

We had such a warm winter once January came that most plants around here thought spring had sprung.  As expected, we weren't done with winter.  A big snow storm came right when my peach blossoms were most vulnerable. 

Since Google knows all, I searched for a solution to losing my peaches to the cold snow.  Some sites recommended Christmas lights to add some warmth.  So I stood in the swirling snow and strung up lights.  It was really pretty. 

 

I don't know if it did any good.  Maybe it didn't get quite cold enough to be a danger, but we have peaches!  In July or so, we will be feasting on these lovelies:  

 

 

 I love summer here. 

Rainy Fun

With all this rain, Dallin and I found something fun to do. 

We drove cars in the "river."  Then we made "boats' out of little pieces of paper.  They floated pretty good! 

Funnel Cloud

Look what we saw last week!  We saw this when we were just over the hill in Bear River City.
 

 

We pulled over and watched it for a while.  It was cool to see the bottom swirling and twisting.  A few seconds later, hail came down so hard on our van!  It was violent.  I pulled over again just to be safe.  I almost thought it would break my windshield!  Crazy spring weather.