Summer Classes

Besides swimming a lot this summer, my kids have also taken a couple of classes from the rec-center. Jackson took gymnastics:

The beam was his favorite thing this year.

And Megan took a hip-hop dance class:

This was a seriously fun class, and Megan loved it.

She also took an art class, which was a big hit. They learned a lot of drawing techniques, learned about different artists and different types of art, and they painted. Here is a bit of her work:

All of the classes turned out really great. I can't wait until the new rec-center opens up!!!

12 X 12 - August 2010

I could not sleep the night before, so by the time I woke up Thursday morning it was 9:55 a.m.!

After I drug myself out of bed, we went swimming.

Notice my cool McClellan bag. I used to always carry around my swimming towels in a plastic garbage bag, until Rachael gave me this bag for my birthday.

2 of my blue eyed kids.

Lathering up with sun-screen.

Sade's always stays close by in the pool.

After getting home, and after my shower, I continued my Book Of Mormon reading. We (The Young Women) are reading it during the month of August. I am happy to report I am all caught up.

While reading Jackson played with Bakugan's on my bed.

And Megan fell asleep on the couch. HIGHLY UNUSUAL!

I did a little blogging later on in the afternoon.

Then made dinner.

The kids had their nightly Otter-Pop. Strangely they all chose green.

Also, strangely, they were all wearing green! Low-key, enjoyable summer day.

Bear Lake & Home Days 4-5

Eric, his dad, and brothers spent the morning of our 4th day golfing.

After they all got home, we went to the beach again.

Megan went out on the boat, but pretty soon returned because the clouds started looking like this:

Unfortunately we had to pack up and wait for the storm to pass. While we were waiting we decided to go get some fresh raspberry shakes. Bear Lake=Raspberries, so if you go there you are almost required to get one.

Of course I had to buy some to make freezer jam.

That night we took some pictures, hung out, ate and played games.

Eric, his dad and brothers.

Eric's mom, my sister-in-laws, and me.

The next day it was time to head on home. We stopped in Logan briefly to see Eric's grandpa.

He adores all of his great-grandkids. His 50th was just born last week.

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I seemed to be entering a new face of motherhood. One is which my children did not cry and scream in the car. Well apparently that was a short lived phase, because Sadie was not all that pleasant to drive home with. So, we made a few stops. One of which was Cove Fort (Thanks Melissa for featuring it on your blog).

If you are ever between Fillmore and Beaver and need to make a stop, I would highly recommend this place. It was seriously cool!

Bear Lake-Day 3

We all stayed in this beautiful cabin by the lake.

We had awesome views.

Our first full day there, we of course went to Bear Lake. The kids played, Eric played, I floated on a raft and got sunburned!

It ended up being too much for little Sade. Soon after we arrived she asked to lay down on the blanket to take her nap.

After quite a few hours at the beach we went to check out the Minnetonka Cave. The cave is comprised of 9 rooms. You get to these 9 rooms by walking up and down over 400 steps! Oh and did I mention that they are 40 degrees all year long? Luckily we all brought our warm clothes.

It is a 2 hour tour led by a guide.

One of the nice things about going with Eric's family is that there is always an uncle, aunt, or grandparent to hold a hand, or put someone on their shoulders.

I needed that extra help with Sadie after about the 200th stair.