Beginning of August-

Looking at these pictures makes me miss summer!  We did so many fun things to finish off summer.

Swimming!

Playing in the stream at one of our favorite parks.  

Playing 500 is even better in a stream. 

We rode our bikes to enjoy some ice cream.  

Boating on Glendale reservoir with friends.  It was so fun.  And I learned that Matthew's got kneeboarding skills & Owen too.

I cut up 9 beautiful watermelons in less than and hour for our ward party.  

We went to the fair!

Ava is an awesome big sister.  

Matt had a trip to China but luckily for us some of my sisters were in town and we partied hard and the week went by fast!  

On Monday we had a picnic at second dam.  The water was cold but the kids still got in!

Owen & Ava finished swimming lessons.

And we got to stay after and swim a few times.  

On Wednesday night we got the crazy idea that going to the grocery store with all the kids for some ice cream would be fun.  Ya, it was crazy and the back of my heels did not make it out unscathed from the little shopping carts.  Memory maker. 

Flexible Isaac.

On Thursday we went to Bear Lake & it was beautiful!  

Cute Johnny boy.  

Isaac spent forever making these little mountains.

And even though it was cold we stopped for shakes after. 

On Friday we went to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden.  

Then on Saturday we went up to the river and floated and played.  

After playing at the river and my mom's house we made it home around 8:00 and I was hoping to get the kids to bed quickly.  It was the last night before Matt came home from his China trip and I wanted to send him some pictures from the day and finish preparing my first young women's lesson.  Owen & Ava kept getting after each other and arguing.  I was loosing patience but kept it together and got everyone in bed finally by 9:50.  So I started my stuff and Owen came upstairs to complain about something we'd already talked about and that he wanted to sleep somewhere else so I just told him I didn't care where he slept but I needed to get stuff done so he had to take of it himself.  After I got my stuff done I found that he'd made a bed on the floor next to my bed.  It made me cry.  I sure do love being a mom.