Sunday, July 24, 2016

Picnic in the Park

Who is that giant sitting next to Mason?
 Kim and the kids made some new slime. Lyza chose pink for this batch
 They love playing with this stuff
 I LOVE the new born sleepy smiles. He is so dreamy!

 He is pretty fun at bath time
 What is even more fun at bath time is Lyza's conversation
So cute
 He had enough of bath time by the end of it
 His hair gets really poofy after we wash it
 The Bishop's family invited us for dinner this last week and after we played in the back yard

 These two were pretty cute in the hammock 
 We had a quail family stop by and visit and they even ran into our garage and spent part of the afternoon there
Nice helmet cowboy!
 Kim got these dinosaur water guns on our last trip up to Canada. She gave them to the kids this week, along with some water balloons. The kids thought the balloons were dinosaur eggs that needed to be protected, not broken or thrown. Silly
 But they did figure out how to use the guns properly
 This guy gets lots of attention from his big brother
 So alert, and even more handsome
 All tucked in and ready for bed for the night. Complete with sock hands
 For the final library activity of the summer there was a huge obstacle course. Lyza enjoyed all of the different activities 


We had a family beach day this week and while Nixon hung out on the shore Lyza made some real progress trying to swim

 I think this is my favorite picture of all time!
 I am not sure what she was doing
 Snuggles on the beach, pretty lucky
 Huge boat on the river
 She loves climbing on these rocks
 Swaddled up like a mummy
 This weekend I added another zone to our sprinkler system for the garden boxes I plan on building this fall. Friday night the kids helped me clear all of the rocks away from the valve box
 They got so dirty they needed emergency baths
 Saturday morning I was up early digging out the valve box, a spot for a new valve box, and a trench to the garden area
 I was interrupted by the amazing breakfast Kim and Lyza prepared for us
 I had lots of help from Lyza and Nixon

 After adding the new valve and the sprinkler line it was time to cover it all back up like nothing ever happened
 The finished product, doesn't look much different, but it will be nice to water the garden on a programmable timer ;-)
 Perfect reading chair
 Saturday afternoon we helped clean up after a funeral. The Primary President was there (on the right) and she immediately invited Lyza to help clear the garbage on the tables. Lyza was so excited to be given a job, and did great. That was a great lesson to me. Too often I fail to challenge Lyza with jobs and assignments because I focus too much on the things she can't do. Instead I should be challenging her and helping her learn that she can do hard things.
 After our little service project we had a picnic and played at the City Park downtown
 This park (Forth Sherman) has lots of areas to climb and hide and is really big. The kids had a blast exploring everything and running and jumping off overthing






 We always love the view of the lake

 What a little model
 This is my handsome Nixon after nursery today. Kim caught me editing this scrape off of Nixon's nose in another picture (directly below) because she wants us to look back and remember the bump and bruises of our active little boy. What do you think? Simple editing to make pictures look their best, or no editing so it is a more accurate representation?
 Me and my "perfect" little boy
 And my special little girl. She was the spotlight in primary today so she got this bracelet
 Our hooligans after church
I love when the kids will just dance and have fun
Lyza talks all the time about growing up and how she wants to be a grown up. It kind of makes us sad because she is growing up so fast (although it doesn't always feel that way). One thing that gives us comfort is that she seems to be getting sweeter and sweeter as she grows up. Hopefully that doesn't stop and we end up with a sour little girl
That's all for now. Take care