GOOOOOOOAL!

Jake's 1st year at soccer is going quite well and he is loving it.

Jake scores his first goal.

Here he is celebrating, running to tell us and give high fives. Devo missed it by 5 minutes. He was called into work right before the game.

Jake in one of his break aways.

He loves to run fast. You can tell when he is funning as fast as he can because he looks at his shoes and loses sight of the ball.

He loves to play goalie too. He's pretty good, once he realized he could pick it up with his hands.

First grader

My little Emily the first grader. She's growing up so fast and becoming so independent. Mom's trying to let her be a little more independent but it is hard. Emily loves first grade. She especially likes to eat school lunch and recess. Jake sure misses his sister. He wants someone to play with him all day. It has been fun having some one on one time with him and we are learning that he is quite funny and very talkative.

Camping

We went camping to 6 Mile Lake in Mayfield, Utah. Our goal was to catch some fish since last year we didn't catch a bite. Boy did we catch some fish!!! Next year we need to bring along some friends to share in the fun.

Once Emily decided to try the pink marshmallows (power bait) we were catching them so fast dad couldn't get them off the hook fast enough.

So happy to have caught his first fish! "Come here little fishy"

Anatomy 101 Dad's showing Jake the heart, that was still beating. So Cool!

The first day Jake caught 4 fish and Emily caught 4 too! "When do we get to eat them?"

Jake liked being up close and personal with the fish.

"Fishing is soooo awesome!" Thanks Dad

Hiking around the lake.

We love to play games!

Jake figured out how to cast by himself. You just don't want to be any where near him while he does it. He's a big kid now.

Jake's first fish that he caught all by himself!

Emily finally caught a fish on day 2. They didn't like the pink marshmallows any more so catching fish required some patience and finding the right bait.

Emily wins the prize for the biggest fish but dad dropped it in the water and it got away. We caught 9 fish the second day. Jake caught 5 and Emily caught 4.

California Trip

The kids and I went to California the end of July to take the kids to the beach and to visit my sister. We had a great time! Thanks Aunt Terri!

Our daily bike rides/jog around the duck pond. It was really really hot even at 7am. Emily wanted to go forever but Jake got tired and thirsty quite quickly. We usually made it around once.
We went to the beach the first day. Uncle Toe tried to teach Jake to bogey board but mom was a half a step too slow and he slid off before I could catch him. He does not like salt water in his mouth!!! He was done after one attempt. At the end of the day he was getting brave with the waves and one caught him off guard and he did several sideways somersaults in the sand and he was done for the rest of the trip. He never wanted to go back!

Emily loved making sand castles. So creative with the feathers.

After 3 years of swim lessons I finally got my moneys worth. The kids both overcame their fear of not being able to touch and started putting those swim skills to use.( Maybe it was the magical goggles.) They have even jumped off the diving board with out a life jacket and swim to the side. Jake stays under the water a little too long for mom's comfort but Emily floats quite well.

We spent many hours with the kids jumping off the side and swimming out to me and then swimming back to the wall. They were in heaven and were ready for bed every night.

On one very hot day we went to a miniature golf /fun park. Emily is quite good and Jake would get tired and just pick up his ball and put it in the hole and was ready to move on to the next hole. I think they were more excited about all the other fun stuff to do.

Jake wanted to be just like dad. He had a great time, with mom's help, going through the Hawaii course going through waterfalls and lava(volcanoes).

Jakes favorite ride the train.

Emily's favorite ride The kangaroo drop.

Emily and Jake loved driving the mini Go Karts. Jake struggled at first running into things but he quickly figured it out after a couple times around.

Girls day out. Emily and Mom went to get manicures and pedicures Emily was in heaven and thought it was awesome.

She just loved the flowers.

Things we love to do

This summer Aunt Terri taught Emmy some fun tricks with string. This is one of her favorites the Witches broom.

Jake loves grasshoppers. We were infested with them and I told them that they were eating my flowers so Emmy decided to catch them and drown them in water. Jake has graduated to just pulling their heads off. When he starts chopping the heads off the neighborhood cats we might be a little worried we have a serial killer on our hands.

Swim Lessons

What did we do this summer? Swim lessons. Emily and Jake spent 4 weeks swimming. They have made a lot of progress. We settled on Ice cream on Mondays and Fridays not every day like last year, since getting their hair wet was no longer very hard anymore. They decided slurpees were a good choice too.

Take our picture, we are so cute!

Jake loved the diving board and the slide

Emmy's just like her mom having to plug her nose.

Learning the back stroke

Jake learning to float on his back. He'd much rather be under the water. He's such a fish.

July 4th fun

Every 4th of July the Stake puts on a carnival at the park to raise money for the youth activities. The kids look forward to it every year. Devo got called into work right after we bought our tickets so he missed all the fun. We missed Grandma and Grandpa Skinny this year. It didn't seem the same with out you.

And the winner is.... the obstacle course. We spent all our tickets here this year.

First stop always for Emily is the face painting. This year her dance teacher did her tattoo so it was even better. Sunscreen and tattoos don't mix though. It took a couple of tries for Emily, and Jake was happy with his half a soccer ball.

We love the ride on the train.

They tried their hand at jousting. It was so funny because Jake could hardly hold his pole up and he kept falling off his spot.

Mom always calls this cop car her friend everytime she sees it after she got a ticket. Jake doesn't understand that she's being sarcastic. Jake loved the car and jumped right in and climbed all over. Emily didn't want anything to do with it. Good for her, stick with mom!

We always end the day with a snow cone. It's always way too hot.

We started fireworks early this year. We had left over sparklers and stuff from last year from Pahrump. After about a half an hour the wind came up, the sparks burned us, and it started raining so we were done. We were glad the city fireworks were cancelled because Devon and I were tired.

The pyro of the family