July happenings (so far)

We stayed in Wendover this year for the 4th of July, Pete's dad Walt came to visit for a few days and he and Pete patched the hole (more like crater) in our bedroom wall and got a couple of the walls and ceiling painted.  Yay! The city held some of the festivities on Saturday the 3rd, including the Boy Scouts pancake breakfast which Pete & Trevor were involved with, the rest of us went and enjoyed breakfast in the cold wind (very un-July-like). The majority of festivities were being held on Sunday the 4th so we didn't participate in much else, except for watching the fireworks from our yard that night.  It was hard for the kids to hear the sirens from the parade while sitting in Primary and knowing they were missing the parade.  I had to teach in Relief Society (not my favorite thing, but not as scary as the first time).  After church I made the kids put on their Old Navy flag t-shirts so I could take a few pics (the only ones from the holiday).  Trevor left for Scout camp that afternoon.  I had Monday the 5th off work so I enjoyed a relaxing day doing what I wanted.  It was a very low-key holiday weekend but much appreciated after our crazy June.

Logan & Kylie started swim lessons Tuesday the 6th which continued through Friday the 16th (Tuesdays - Fridays).  Their sessions were back-to-back, but we had scheduled them at the same time as our friends so they drove Logan and I only had to go for Kylie's.  This being Kylie's first time she was a bit nervous (the big guy teaching the class didn't help - even though he is the nicest guy with 3 daughters of his own, it was Trevor's 6th grade teacher last year), she did very little the first day and even less the second.  On day 3 and 4 Pete was off work so he took her and went prepared to get in the water with her, this seemed to help greatly.  The next week I got in with her on Tuesday, but by Wednesday she was ready to do it herself and really enjoyed the last 3 days.  Logan seemed to enjoy his lessons (I didn't see any of them so I don't know for sure), he had friends in the class and loved it best on "life jacket day" when they got to jump off the diving board with life jackets on.  It was quite the interruption to my work day but worth it to have confident swimmers.

On July 14, Trevor turned 12 years old.  Seriously, where did the time go?  I don't feel old enough to have a 12 year old.  He slept over at a friend's house the night before, and we had cake that night.  He had to wait a few days for presents (something he is getting use to, but I'm starting to wonder if his patience is wearing thin) until the family party on the 17th. To ease the blow we let him bring his friend Jaxon with us to Bountiful for the family party.

We had the boys' family birthday party on Saturday the 17th, but things were a little different than they have been in the past, and a bit different than I had planned.  We had originally arranged to use Chuck & Kerianne's old pool from the new owner, but due to unfortunate and totally understandable circumstances the pool was not in condition for us to use it.  Luckily Darci's parents have a pool and offered to let us have the party there.  However the decision wasn't made until just before the party was to start.  It was a bit of drive to their home in South Weber, but well worth it.  Their pool and yard are awesome!  We still ordered pizza for dinner, swam until many of us (all the kids) were water-logged, let the boys open their presents, and had cake and ice cream.  Everyone had a good time, even Papa Alan was able to get away from the farm for a few hours and join us.  Ally was the only one who had to miss it due to work.  All the kids kept getting back in the pool even after eating and presents and it took a lot of threats or bribery to get most of them out.  It went later than planned and meant for a late night arrival home, where Pete's parents were waiting for us.

Sunday the 18th was a big day.  Logan turned 7, again crazy how fast time flies!  (We've been watching some home videos the past few days and seeing how cute and funny Logan was at age 2-3, it's hard to believe how old he has gotten, though he is still cute and funny!)  The other big event was that Trevor was ordained a Deacon, the reason Pete's parents were visiting and my parents also came out that morning.  Trevor looked so handsome in his new suit, white shirt, and tie.  I'm so proud of him, he is really a good boy (always has been)!  He and Jaxon were both ordained (it was Jaxon's birthday too).  It is kind of neat - they were blessed, baptized/confirmed, and now ordained Deacons on the same days.  We had lunch back at the house, then my parents headed back home.  The rest of us relaxed the rest of the day.  The boys enjoyed their new stuff (mostly Legos, some Wii and DS games, etc.).

Monday the 19th we had a friend party for Logan at the park.  Grandma Niki was a big help making the cupcakes and frosting.  We had the kids play most of the time, then let Logan open his presents and ate cupcakes.  The kids were hot and wore out pretty good by the end.  Logan and Kylie really had a good time.

Too much cake in the house this past week (3 total), good thing I started a water aerobics class on the 14th.