Summer outings

I am so ashamed of my horrible phone pictures! But if I didn't use it then I wouldn't document nearly as much. SO, it is OK. 

Anytime I get a check or it is allowance day we head to the credit union where they give free ice cream bars. We try to go to different branches each time, so we don't look like the free loaders we are. :) 

 The public library has fun activities going on during the summer. They had the Wii out so we did some dancing. We were the only ones there! Nice!

At the library they also have movies and popcorn. We watched Balto this week. Actually, the kids watched and I listened to "Edenbrooke" on my phone.

And when we aren't around town, Ashlyn is riding the trike in the house. Usually Amber is on the back. 

Swim Lessons

We did swim lessons last week. All the kids got into a class, and they all learned a lot, and did hard things. Ashlyn was nervous about putting her face under the water, and in the end she actually jumped off of a diving board in the 12 foot pool!

I think she had a little crush on her swim teacher. That got her to do some stuff that she probably wouldn't normally do. :)

Dallin was in a class that was a little too advanced for him, but he learned a lot because of it.

Check out Dallin's belly flop.

Tanner was in a class with only 3 students and he was a fast learner and you could see he was silently competing with the other two. He was a fast and strong swimmer

Amber was in a class with only 2 students and she was the dream student. She would do whatever was asked and with a smile on her face. I look forward to her doing more lessons when school starts in the fall.

Ashlyn fell in love with these silly goggles. She never even used them in her lessons though.

The first jump off the diving board, Ashlyn needed some help. After that she was excited to take the plunge.

Tanner learned to dive. He was fearless. The kids are already asking to do more. Unfortunately paying for 4 kids to do swim lessons is very spendy. They city offers a couple free sessions throughout the summer. We were lucky enough to get into this one. We will definitely look for more free classes.

Dallin got Baptized

Dallin chose to be baptized yesterday. It was a special day. His grandpa and grandma Spence came, and grandpa gave the talk about baptism. Aunt Kris gave the talk about the Holy Ghost. 

We had brownies and cookies after and visited with all the family that came. He got a new set of scriptures, and he just started in Genesis. He plans to read it strait through. :)

He is such a good boy, and we are so proud of him and his decision.

Bear Lake cabin and activities

 We went to Minnetonka Caves one day. That was fun. LOTS of stairs. I was amazed how well all the kids did. 

We stayed in an amazing cabin on the hill at Bear Lake. Each family took turns planning an activity. 

We flew paper airplanes.

 Did balloon games. 

 Watched a movie

Here is the view from the balcony.

 On Father's day the kids sang to their dads and grandpa.

 At the park.

We ate lots of yummy food.

Snapchat fun with Uncle Braden

Bear Lake

We spent a couple days at the lake. That was probably the kids' favorite part. We got sunburnt the first day so we had to wait a couple to get back out in the sun. The first day Matt and Mickie rented a floating trampoline for the kids to play on. Maybe Nate got pictures of that. I wasn't very good at taking pictures there.

There were all of these shallow warm pools for the kids to play in. They were kind of muddy and cloudy, but they didn't mind.

 Nate's Aunt and Uncle, Stormy and Kevin, came too and they rented a pontoon boat and a tube. The kids LOVED that. But the wave runners were probably the favorite part. 

 Tanner and Calin behind the pontoon. Luckily pontoons don't go over about 15 mph, so it was perfect for kids.

 The weather was perfect while we were there. 80's to 90's.

 Uncle Kevin was so fun, and let the kids all drive the boat.

 Emma and Tanner

 Maylee and Ashlyn