365+1 Week 25

We had another fun week of summer activity.  We said goodby to my siblings and cousins just as we were all becoming good friends again :(  It was sad, but we now look forward to the Fourth of July and you all know that I love me a good holiday!  I am in the works for some darling homemade shirts for the girls!!

 Here are the photo's from last week!

Photo's #169-175:

"Father's day" Paul does not like to have his picture taken, I don't know why! But I did need to document these cute tie's that the girls made in Primary the week before. (Thanks for humoring me, sweetums!) I was in charge of the holiday celebration with the church children and thought it would be great fun to see all the father's wear their child's creations proudly, front and center.  It was so wonderful to see the smiling faces of my girls as Paul wore all three to teach his class that day!!

As we were leaving Bear River Camp ground last Saturday the girls captured a cute and fuzzy little caterpillar.  They put it in a cup with some native leaves and brought it home with us in hopes that it would turn into a butterfly.  The next morning I came down and wanted to photograph the little critter only to discover that it had already cocooned!  Man, they caught that little guy just in time!! Now we just have to wait and see what magnificent transformation takes place- so exciting!!

On the final day with my family in town it was decided that we would rondevu at the Hogle Zoo together for some animal exploration and fun.  Sadly, I didn't get very many good pictures- full sun and just too much discovery- but I did get this shot of the cousins looking with delight at the sea lions swimming around in the newly opened Polar habitat.

I also captured these cute faces as we rode the Zoo Train together.

"Flying" The neighborhood friends captured this magical dragon fly this afternoon.  That evening mercy overcame the girls and they decided to release it back into the hands of nature- only it didn't seem to want to leave, quickly flying out and landing on Eva's stomach!! It sat there for quite some time before it flew away. I suppose it was in shock that it had in fact survived it's capture!!

"Summer Time" The heat has descended on our desert lands.  It is sunny, hot, and sweaty.  The only way to beat the heat is to get wet! Today we set out our new friend, the gecko sprinkler and it was a total hit with many of our little friends.  Eva LOVED running up and jumping as high as she could over and threw the water for the cool refreshment it was giving out. This girl has got some hops!

"Strawberry Days"  All year long the girls await the arrival of the City of Fun Carnival to our town.  It is fun- I can't blame them- the lights, the sounds, the foods, paired with the highlight of Abby and Louisa riding the Fire Ball for the first time ever!!  Abby was so determined to conquer this ride! They were so scared and wouldn't stop talking about it for the rest of the evening!! You know it was a good night when amid the glowing lights and sounds of prizes being won and music lofting in the breeze, the sun has set and Eva is crying the whole way to the car because she just can't let her tired self leave :)

Tonight Paul and I went out on a date night.  We have been doing this once a week for awhile now.  These pancakes have become the staple weekend night dinner for the girls because I know they will eat them without debate and they are easy to make. Who wants to cook a dinner when you are leaving to have a stress free meal of your own prepared so kindly by someone else?!