Lagoon

We had the chance to go to Lagoon this summer. We were given two free tickets for buying four tires and then we got a great discount from the Farm Bureau. We had never been to Lagoona Beach before so we made sure to spend as much time there as possible. We were able to find enough rides for everyone to go on, even Kevin with his motion sickness and KayDee not quite being tall enough yet for the bumper cars. The kids were begging "one more ride" after one more ride. We left as it got dark having had a fun day!

East Canyon

 Yes, that is me water skiing! I tried one ski but decided to pop up quick with two.

The kids love the opportunity to go on the boat and play on the beach. The older two went two days and got to be pulled on tubes.

 Swimming with cousins

We went up for the Erickson family reunion to East Canyon and had fun with family as they came and went over the week. We did all the normal events, swimming, mini golf, tennis, etc. My mom took these pictures and I am sure glad since my camera never made an appearance.

24th of July

 The primary kids did a trek on pioneer day and walked almost 2 miles with 3 handcarts.

 They were rewarded with homemade scones at the pavilion by the church.

Samantha

KayDee

Derrick

 Then they sang at the beginning of the program at the church.

 Derrick and Dani

 Samantha

KayDee

 There was a pie auction after the program and Bree and I enjoyed seeing all the pies and wishing for different ones. When we got home I decided to make a fresh strawberry pie. I made the crust, pie and whipped the cream. It tasted really good too!

Summer Activities

 Derrick and KayDee communicating by tube.

I put the kids in two summer town activities. They did a theater workshop for two weeks and learned all sorts of things about how much work it takes to put on a play. They were in a short play they helped prepare at the end of the class.

They also did Karate for a week and LOVED it! They were breaking boards, throwing stars and winning prizes. They had a great time!

Camping At Timid Springs

 We were fortunate enough to go camping this year on Beaver Mountain even without the reunion. The reunion is scheduled for August so we invited people to come to this camping trip and Kevin's two brothers, Milt and Travis and families, came up to join us. Kevin's parents joined us for an evening too.

 It was so quiet and very enjoyable. The kids played and we cooked our meals together.

 Collecting bb's.

 We even ventured to the ice caves so we could make ice cream. The ice cream churned so long that it made butter too! The beaters had a nice layer on them but we didn't notice it in the ice cream itself. :)

We had such a good trip that we decided we would have to do it again next year.

4th of July

 Parade with Travis, Bree, Dani and Charleene; and DJ and Whitney.

 Races at the church. They got a quarter for each race. Here's KayDee's.

 Derrick's

 Samantha's

 Kevin's

Mother/Daughter

KayDee and Kaydee

These are two second cousins named the same. Our KayDee is holding Kaydee who is the daughter of Kevin's cousin Jackie and Justin.

Pet Wasps

Helping Dad

Cookie Monster

The kids drew pictures of cookie monster at church and told Dad they drew a picture of him. He got a kick out of it. Then when I went shopping I found the perfect shirt for him for only $3 on clearance. We gave it to him for Father's Day and he wears it quite often on Sundays.