June into July (Logan trip)

June 24th our hammock arrived! Operation make the backyard / patio a better place this summer has added a hammock. Alice has wanted something in the realm of a swing and I decided this was it. The kids have enjoyed it since. Pete continued swim team for a few days that week till we ditched out and went to Logan. 

 

I took Alice and Pete to the pool to swim with the Dansies and Bergs on the 25th. Alice has been begging all month to go and was thrilled to play in the pool. Pete had fun on the run / course and paling around in the deep end with buddies. Poor Kendal spent those couple of days crunching in as much of her online class as possible because she was off to girls camp the rest of the week. 

Wednesday the 26th Casey dropped Kendal off to head to camp early in the morning. Pete went to swim and then Casey took Alice and Pete to the library for their zoo / Summer reading event. We made our way to Logan that afternoon and met everyone at Adams park to play the evening away. Alice was in high heaven playing with Maggie, and Pete had a blast with all of the cousins. 

Kendal's girls camp experience: (I'll add pictures when some are sent to us)

Girls camp was pretty good over all. The first day we arrived at Bear Lake. We hiked up to Bloomington lake. It was supposed to be about a 1 mile hike, but it ended up being a 7-8 mile hike. Some people turned around early, but some people kept on going. That night we went to a park and had dinner with raspberry milkshakes, then went to the Newsies at the Pickleville theater. The next day we woke up and spent time doing crafts and hair. Then we went down to the lake. After dinner we had neon night. That went to midnight. The next day we packed up and went to the Paris Tabernacle and the Montpelier temple site. Then my dad picked me up and took me to my grandparents. We slept in a barndominium in Dingle. The YCL's slept in beds up stairs while we slept on the floor. Overall it was good.

Thursday we joined Maggie, Ben, and Billie to go make stuffed Animals and then went bowling with Campbell and Andy. 

Friday Alice made play dough with Aunt Katherine. Grandpa took Alice and Pete out to lunch at Chic Fil A, while Casey went to pick up Kendal in Bear Lake, and I went with Katherine and Mom to a extended cousin Loosle lunch at the park. (extended means the cousins were my Dad's cousins) While I didn't know anyone but Linda and Billie it was neat to hear histories, stories, and more about our extended family. 

Saturday we took the kids down to the shop to enjoy four wheelers. We had lunch at Del Taco and then went to Aggie Ice cream for a treat! That afternoon the kids played with water at David and Anica's and we ended with a cookout in their backyard as well. 

Sunday we went to Sacrament meeting with my parents. Afterwards we took the kids to walk around the Tabernacle and listened to a church talk and learned about early pioneers in Cache Valley. After lunch we met Billie and her kids at Willow park for the afternoon to play. The kids fed the ducks and chased each other around for a while. We visited Nana later that evening just before Casey took Kendal and Peter home for a couple of days. 

 

On the first we had Maggie over to play after lunch. We also went to the zoo that afternoon. 

Alice and I went to visit Nana on the 2nd and ended up meeting with Billie and her kids so we went to the toy store where uncle Tony spoiled the kids and then we went to the park for a bit before dinner. We had a cook out and ended our evening playing games and shooting off fireworks.

Wednesday was a simple day at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We had Navajo taco's that night when David and crew came down so the kids got to play away the evening. The next morning (the 4th) we went out to the Lewiston parade. The kids had a fun time and we ended by picking up treats at Caspers. We all met up with uncle Andy at Chic Fil A for lunch, and then went back to my parents for bottle rockets and an afternoon with cousins. We left after dinner and made it home in time to drive over to Hansen and watch their fireworks. We had a fun small town fireworks evening. 

We spent the day Friday working on getting caught up on house hold chores, and Kendal working on her online stuff. Mid afternoon we went to see Inside out 2. Saturday the kids played away the day and built an epic fort downstairs that we let them sleep in.