THE WEEKEND

Busy weekend! We went on a drive to an old mining town, planted some more bushes and finally laid down some mulch, and had our good friends the Brammers over for dinner. We've known them since college and Aubree & Abigail have been great friends since they were 2! When they were 2 we would take them for a walk and they would be in separate strollers but insist they hold each others hands. So we would have to make sure we would push the strollers close together.

SWIMMING WITH AUNT RAHNDI

We went swimming with my sister in law at our local pool the other day. I took Austin down the water slide probably 50+ times and Addie 50+ times. Austin would say "Slide!" All the way up ( and since he has a vocabulary of 5, it was great to hear a new word. ) and then he would squeal all the way down! When he saw me go down with Addie he would get so excited because he knew it was his turn.

This has been our summer project. We hired a contractor to come out and put some shelves in. It was like Christmas morning for me when they were done! I never realized how badly I needed shelves to store all of my CRAP until they were finished! We put shelves in the fruit room, storage room, and garage. They also extended my 'deck" to put shoe shelves and made something to hang my brooms (they also did one for my shovels) eventually we will hang up hooks for coats and back packs. Since we have shelves in the fruit room I turned a table that I was using for food storage into a craft table for the girls (something I have been wanting to do for a VERY long time.) So then I finally got the playroom how I wanted it and hung up a picture collage. I bought the frames for cheap and painted them (also painted the bulletin boards)Also the contractors found 12 black widows in our window wells!!

4th of July

I am no longer a blond! This year we kept it low key. david says I always go overbored every holiday and stress myself out. So we made cookies, went to the parade, went to the Gateway & David took the girls to Wall-E while I took Austin to the museum, then we played in the sprinklers. We had dinner when we got home ( I made way too much food!!), we had a water balloon fight in the backyard (was not brining my camera out for that one!) then we dragged out the blankets and laid on the lawn to watch the fireworks, so ya know, just keeping it low key. (I usually do matching outfits, but knowing how picky Addie is I didn't do it this year. So I just had them wear last years outfit, Addie's being a VERY cute 4th of July dress. She put it on for 5 minutes but freaked out because it wasn't like aubree's so she threw it off..in case you were wondering why she wasn't wearing 4th of July.)

Backyard Flowers

These are some of the flowers I planted. They look great in the morning but by 4pm the sun has fried them and they are completely gone. Maybe next year...

SUMMERTIME BUGS

Austin found this HUGE caterpillar in our front yard! Aubree's favorite summertime activity is to catch bugs so she was thrilled when she saw it. Since we live out in the country we went on a short walk to find some more.

HAVING FUN AT THE PARK & AUSTIN PHOTO SHOOT

Cheney Family Hike

The Girls Big Dance Recital

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The Weekend

We went to the Gateway over the weekend & David took the girls to Kung Fu Panda while I took Austin to Discovery (childrens museum). Then we rode the Trax to Temple Square. The kids LOVED it! Then we walked around enjoying the gardens.

OUR WEEK

We kind of had a busy week this week! The biggest thing was the girls very first dance recital! It wasn't their big one which isn't for 2 more weeks, but it was the first time they ever danced in front of an audience! Aubree did great!I was more nervous for Addie. I wasn't even sure she would even go on the stage. I had to put her on the stage myself and she clung to me as her dance teacher pried her off, but she stayed there! She wouldn't dance but she did smile the whole time which was better then the screaming fit I was picturing her doing! They danced to Beauty and the Beast which was very fitting for their costume. ( I can't remember Aubree's cuz I was trying to convince a very nervous Addie)
Then I went to the zoo with my sister and her kids. Next time I will bring a leash for Austin. I was constantly running after him and twice had to have complete strangers who were ahead of me grab him!
Then we went on a hike with the family.

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