Party, Party, Party!

For Calvin and Lily's birthday party we had the annual water fight and sleepover. They look forward to this every year and it is always such a blast. This year they decided to open their presents on the trampoline. And for the slumber party they decided to watch the movie Matilda (this was my favorite book when I was in elementary school). After the movie we told a Captain Calvin story. A Captain Calvin story is when someone starts telling a story including "Captain Calvin" and then everyone in the room gets to add what they would like to the story. These are Calvin's favorite kind of bed time stories and this night was especially fun. Of course Captain Calvin always goes on some sort of action adventure and this time was no exception. I remember Abby added a little kitten to the story, and Kaden added some Cheese ball zombies, Calvin talked about hiding in a cheese castle and I can't really remember everyone elses input. But I do recall Ambree, Bailey, Brielle, and Lily laughing hysterically. It was a fun night followed by swimming at the pirate ship pool in Lindon the next morning.

4th of July BBQ

Fourth of July BBQ with the Nielson Family. The BBQ was held at Russell and Bambie's home and we had a great time visiting with everyone.

Stadium of Fire

We decided to go to the Stadium of Fire this year. It is kind of a funny story. In March we went to a Jazz basketball game with Travis and Amy and Amy mentioned that she had never been to a concert and she kind of nudged Travis. That night I called Travis and I told him that we go to see Kenny Chesney every summer but this year we were debating between Kenny and Brad Paisley who was coming to the Stadium of Fire at BYU for the 4th of July. Travis said he wouldn't mind taking Amy to Brad Paisley and he wanted to surprise her. We called everyone else in the family to see who wanted to go and Joe and Jaime wanted to. We bought tickets and we kept it a secret and Travis told Amy on the day of the concert. She was very excited. We ended up taking Calvin and Ambree too. It was so cute to watch Calvin and Ambree dance and get so excited about the loud music.

The Stadium of Fire was awesome. David Archuleta sang some of his songs first and then Brad Paisley sang. Brad is really great on the Guitar and he sounded really good live. The fireworks were amazing. It was so incredibly loud and we even got some firework debris on us. The best part was the firework finale, they had dancers doing a light show inside the stadium and I was trying to pay attention to both the fireworks and the dancers and one of the fireworks was so loud it made the stadium shake and it scared me. It was great.

How grateful we are to live in this beautiful country where we can enjoy our freedom. We are so grateful for all of those who have fought for our country over the years.

Rest time

The kids like to have "Rest time" after lunch everyday. They get to cuddle on the couch and watch a movie together.

Ava did the stink bug walk/crawl for about six weeks before she decided to start walking in July.

Coach Pitch

Calvin did Coach Pitch this summer (it is the step up from T-ball). He had fun with this but didn't enjoy it as much as T-ball. I would practice throwing for him at home and he would hit it 2 out of 3 times but It was a little bit harder for him to hit the ball when the coach would throw it. I think he got nervous with people watching him. It was fun to watch the games and he had a good time with his friends.