this.is.summer.

July was full of classic summer activities for us, and we 

LOVED IT!

So here are the kids playing in the locker room after swimming lessons (2 weeks of tan-getting, confidence building fun!) I did the baby class with Owen and it was super fun to just have 30 minutes to play with him in the water!

 We went camping and it rained- of course!  and with no fires allowed it just wasn't quite the same.  

But still fun!

Owen loved the cantaloupe... 

 Kate wore my jacket since she forgot hers...maybe I shouldn't trust my 4 and 6 year olds to pack their own bags?? :)

 Yay for Payson Lakes!

 and yay for snuggle time, even though in our new tent we have plenty of room!

 Eric got to come to swim lessons one day, so he took some very bright pictures :)

First- Whit in her class. She learned to glide and almost float and she's really good at going under and blowing bubbles now.  I wish she could have taken level 1 and actually learned to swim, but you have to be 5 years old.  Next year!

 Owen doing the only thing he learned, besides just getting used to the water- hanging on the the edge!  He's really good at it!

 Kate doing something, Eric didn't get a good pic of her.  She learned a couple of new strokes and improved her kicking and worked on being able to swim longer between breaths- like 5 seconds instead of 3.  

 I tried to take a picture of Owen's first tooth, but you can't really see it.  But it's there, tooth number one at just under 6 months!

 We went to some fireworks for the 24th and we thought they started at 10 pm, 

which is already SUPER late,

but then they didn't start until 11!!  

We played with glow sticks while waiting!

 And Whit decided she wanted to take the training wheels off her bike!  She's doing pretty good, it's going to take a lot more practice for her than it took for Kate, since she's 2 years younger!  I just think it's hilarious that they are both doing this in the same summer!

 And the OLYMPICS are here!

I LOVE LOVE the Olympics, and we sure have been enjoying watching hours of amazing sports day after day!  For the Opening Ceremonies we invited Elizabeth and KJ over and I made Olympic rings doughnuts.  They were both easier than I thought they would be, and they tasted better then I thought they would!

 And lastly, we've enjoyed a couple of great summer thunderstorms!  

This one on Saturday was fun because Eric was home and he convinced everyone to go out in it!  Owen and I only briefly, because as you can see from this look on his face "mom that was kind of fun but really wet and crazy and I don't want to go back out please rescue me"- Owen got soaked and didn't love it!  

 But Eric and the girls did!  

So cute.  Eric is so much fun. 

I just love how crazy he is sometimes!!  and so do the girls, obviously!

And now we're off to make the most of our last couple of weeks of summer!  Where does the time go??