June

JUNE

In June we started swimming lessons and went through until August. Carlos was a fabulous swim teacher that I would recommend to everyone, my kids improved leaps and bounds. I always assumed I'd teach my kids how to swim having been a swim teacher for a couple of years and having taught many adults to swim more technically. But no surprise, my kids don't like learning from me, it's ends up more clinging and crying and fighting and frustrating mom! So we went to swim lessons at the Marshall White Center in downtown Ogden. And we only paid $40 dollars per session for all three kids! Score!

Carlos had the kids practice blowing bubbles through a straw in the tub at home. They loved it.

Not only does the Marshall White Center have fabulous swim lessons, they also have a free summber program for kids. They can take all kinds of classes absolutely free. My kids did basketball, soccer and tumbling. They also offer Karate and Boxing and tons more. Just a little plug for them, cause I think it's fantastic. James and Ragan both loved the soccer class.

After mother's day and father's day my Ragan told me that she thought that there should be a kid's day too cause they are special too! So we dubbed June 21st the first day of Summer, kid's day. We bought some summer time toys (since we have winter bdays around here) and had a day all about kids. Here are some of the fun things we did:

Swim party with friends

Trampoline wrestling match with Dad!

Kid food picnic in the backyard

Smore's in Vagner's homemade grill!

And last but not least, not one, but two nights camping in the backyard in a tent. (they talked us into a second night...I didn't join them, I like my bed and so does Mayci!)

This is my favorite picture this month...who doesn't love a toothless smile!

Granny Lange turned the big 80! We celebrated with all the fam. I made her cake which was really one of my first draped fondant cakes and it was a disaster, it cracked and sagged and fell apart, but the cali-lillies were gorgeous! And luckily I redeemed myself with beautiful cupcakes which my friend Ashley and I slaved over for hours! They were delish and beautiful.

And This is the cake I made for our Father's Day get together at Holly's.

Family pictures were overdue. So here are a few of the fabulous shots that our wonderful photographer Hayley Alberts took for us.