Lazy Summer Day in July (who knows the date?)

This summer it feels like we didn't get too many lazy summer days...hmm...I wonder why that is? (That was a rhetorical question!)
But here is proof that we did have a few.
Playing with our friends visiting from California,
these kids are soooo cute!

We had fun with water...

and with shaving cream...

that got a little out of control as you can see! *so funny*

And this is them getting hosed off at the end...heehee

I am bound and determined to get my blog updated and out of this black hole of being waaaaaayyy behind! I don't think I have ever been quite this behind, ahhhh!
Wish me luck and enjoy what I have posted so far...

Farm Country

We visited Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point with my work. We had never been there before and I was pleasantly surprised.

kiss kiss

*so cute*

Holding on to dad's ears~love it!

This is the Place Heritage Park

This festival has turned into one of my favorite traditions of the summer. This year my sister and three of her kids got to go with us. It was so much fun!

I have to share this though, because I think there is something seriously wrong with me. I was standing in line behind a couple of moms waiting for our kids to get a turn to paint. And they were talking about what a disappointment this festival was. And I was intrigued naturally because I love it so much and there is soooo much to do!!! But apparently they thought it would be more like carnival rides and sitting around in the shade letting their kids play. Instead it was very hot, hot, hot and muggy and we were dragging our kids from one activity to the next. Anyway it was funny because here I am having a great old time and they are so bored. I tried to suggest some of the other activities that they might like, like the train, or the petting zoo. But they weren't having it. I know that most of you are way more content sitting at home sipping popsicles, but I would much rather cart my kids all over the place. I'm just a wierdo.

I'm sure Tayevion was thinking, what kind of a family was I born into?

The happy bunch.

4th of July 2009

For the fourth of July this year we went to a tiny but huge parade in Kaysville (who knew?) and then hung out at my sister's house for some good ol' summer fun in the water.

Don't you love the bright colors of summer? I wish all year could be summer, I really should move somewhere warm.

Momnapped

My hubby and kids momnapped me and took me on a picnic!

Shayden's Imagine A Piano Performance

This took place in May, btw.

Thanks to Youth City Artways and the Mundi Project, Shayden, along with his keyboarding class, got this wonderful opportunity to perform in a Monster Concert with a bunch of other schools. It was a really big deal, with tons of practices at the UofU and elsewhere, and I even had to pull him out of school twice! They performed for a few schools at Glendale Middle and I think he really learned a lot from this experience.

His group played the theme to the Simpsons and at first I was like "what?" but it turned out spectacular!

Jon Schmidt came and performed and entertained the kids so much, Shayden was really impressed with him. He even played with his toes!

We got to go watch him that night at the evening concert. It was amazing with 10 pianos and about 60 pianists on the stage! It sounded fantastic and everyone did such a great job! We were very proud parents. Shayden is very musically inclined and I hope experiences like this will teach him that he does have great talents that he can develop further. Go Shayden!

To watch a one minute multimedia clip of the concert click here. Too bad you can't see Shayden in any of the angles, but he was next to the blond girl in the middle. Sounds awesome!