random summer fun... since summer's over now...

We did a bunch of other fun things this summer I wanted to document before I forget.

1. entered paintings and random sewing items in the county fair for the first time- a favorite thing I did as a child. the girls LOVED it and won $2 each for their pictures! Next year we'll enter more.

2. Went hiking so many times and loved it!

3. Took swimming lessons and went swimming a few times- SO fun with old enough children!

4. we painted outside a couple of times. who knows how she gets all that paint on her face?
kate painting a masterpiece.
5. We had a little epidemic of too-many-little-girls-in-our-bed. After a couple of weeks we stopped being lazy and made them go back to bed, and now we're mostly cured.
6. I took the girls to Thanksgiving point on $2 Tuesday. Crazy but fun. I think they liked the ice cream afterward as much as the museum. This is a Supersaurus foot.

7. I painted our bathroom orange, sweet. And Eric bought and installed this new light fixture for me for my birthday. Much better then our old super-ugly one.

8. We enjoyed a couple of parades- our hometown one is the best! So much candy, and they even throw otter pops! This picture is when I was trying to get Whitney to put some of her candy in a bag- it was all in her pockets and they were STUFFED full! Every time she tried to put more in some would fall out! She was frustrated but she REFUSED to "give" me any of her candy to put in the bag. You can kind of see her bulging pocket!
The girls and their friend Kenli waiting for the next treat to come their way!
9. We dressed Kate and Whitney in many matching outfits. :) Just love this cute picture. Whitney did her own hair.

10. We went boating for Eric's birthday, with his parents, Kurtis, and Katrina and Phillip. Good times!

Eric and the girls on the tube- Kate likes it but would still probably rather be on the beach!

I fell off 3 times, Eric zero. He did get about 6 feet of air one time when he was by himself!
Phillip "enjoying" the rain, luckily it passed over and we had mostly sun!
Katrina wakeboarding! Eric and I both tried it for the first time, it was fun! I got up a few times, but could never stay up for long. I just have no boarding experience of any kind! Phillip was good though!
thanks to Kurtis for driving the boat!

Yay for summer. Bring on the fall.