Smorgasbord of Life

I don'l want to make a lot of different posts, so this is a long one about life the past few weeks. 

Cam and Jacks were playing super heroes and Camden put on Jacks' last year Halloween costume... and it kind of fit. Someday he'll really hate that we have this picture, but right now it's just funny how tiny he still is. 

Emery and Jacks favorite thing to do is to play in Snapchat on my phone and use the filters they have. They like when it makes their faces look weird. A simple app for hours of fun.

We went to Lagoon again this past weekend. (we have to use our passes as much as we can) It was packed and hot but still the kids loved it. Brad and Beck went on the rocket, Camden doesn't like this ride too much. 

He found a ball in the bushes. He thought it was pretty cool.

I hate selfies but I have to get as many pictures with the kids right now, someday they may not want to. We go back in a week so by the end of the season we may hate it, at least this year will be fun. 

The kids had STEM camp for 2 weeks. It was a science camp put on by the school. Their teacher nominated them to go and the older 3 were able to go. They had lots of fun and it was a good break up from summer. The boys went to CSI a lot, did a lightning experiment, learned about dirt, touched a snake, did art projects, went to the Harrits Center, went to KMVT and did robotic things. Emery did a lot more art projects, saw a show at the Harrit's Center, went to Great Harvest Bread, a fish hatchery and CSI. Camden even got into the paper, which he thought was really cool. 

Now I'm back to doing projects with them. Yesterday for FHE and our project we went on a hike. The project part was a nature scavenger hunt. The kids liked it a lot more than I thought they would. We are going to make another one to do in the south hills. 

At the end they had to show us what they found and why it fit into what they needed. They all found all of them. 

Today we made candy dots. I am trying to be more patient and have the kids help more coooking. They all ask to do it but I always think it's just faster for me to do it, but I guess they do need to learn. They helped with dinner yesterday and did really well with everything. Today they did most of these, which they loved mixing and making their own shapes for the dots. The dots worked well but are REALLY sour!

We have made a few small changes but good ones lately. We have always done FHE; sometimes it's hit and miss but it's something the kids know and like. We however have started to make a list on the calendar to the kids know what's coming up. So far it's been good and the kids love being apart of it in any way they can. One thing we haven't been as good at is reading scripture. No reasoning or excise than we just haven't. We recently started and the kids have really loved it. They get excited every time we read and love to read when it's their turn. Camden and Beckham understand a little more what we are reading but it's good for them all. Even though these are small changes and done within the last month or so, we have noticed a difference in the kids and the house and it's something that is defiantly welcome.