Long Post

Without kids in school, summer stays pretty busy. I haven't taken the time to write, so here is a post 'throw up.'

Emery had her special night. I love these and how excited they get to go on them. 

 I haven't taken a lot of pictures of the projects but we did make cookie pizzas. They were pretty tasty and the kids had fun making a mess. 

 Camden got some sap in his hair and instead of washing it out or asking for help he cut it out himself... and cut to the scalp. 

 We walked around the temple for FHE, I don't think Jacks can take a serious picture when he knows the camera is there. 

 We had a reunion at Bear Lake. Again I didn't take many pictures but it was a lot of fun. The beach is always a fun time. 

 We played a game and if you lost you had to eat or do something gross. Everyone was nervous for what they would have to do. 

 Emery had to smash and egg on her head. She was a good sport. 

We did a lot of Pokemon walks which the kids loved. There was a pool near where we were staying and the boys swam there the good part of an afternoon one day there also. 

 School starts next week! So crazy and way to fast. Jackson goes this year and he is so excited. This past week the kids had doctor appointments to make sure they are ready and Jacks had his first eye appointment. He thought it was pretty cool to sit in the chair and look at the pictures. If he and all the other kids could stop growing that would be wonderful. It's going by way to fast. 

Project Day

When the boys had scout camp we missed a project, then I forgot to get the things for another, so today was a make up day. 

We first tie dyed shirts. The kids put rubber bands on them, then I helped them put the color on. The instructions said to have boiling water, so none of them wanted to touch the bottles. They didn't turn out too bad. 

Next we started rock candy. I have tried this one other time but it didn't work, we'll see if we did it better this time... although that will take a few weeks. 

 Next we shaving cream twister. Since we were going to play in the water after it was a perfect time to do it. 

 They did pretty well at first. Beck had the hardest reaches. 

 While waiting for his turn Camden decided to rub the cream on himself....

 And everyone followed. They liked it and liked getting messy. 

 Then wash off time with balloons. 

 We had rubber gloves because of the shirts, so Beck filled one with water and it didn't pop for the longest time. 

The had a fun afternoon and best of all it kept them busy for a long time.

Lederhosen

When Brad was 3 or 4 his parents bought his lederhosen in Europe. When the boys were younger we put them in it, but I can't find those pictures and they hated having them on. You can't deny which boys look like Brad with this picture. 

 Jacks was a lot happier than the boys were to put it on. They may have been a little small though. 

Jacks was also really impressed that Brad watched Chip and Dale when he was younger. It's one of Jackson's favorite things to watch. 

Scout Camp

The boys had scout camp last week and they loved this year. Since they go to the older one they were able to do a few things that they thought were better. They shot bows and after this they shot bb guns. Now they can't wait for next years day camp.

Alien Day

We had the kids tell us things that we used to do that they miss doing and one of them was movie days. This Sunday we had an alien movie day. We watched "Monsters VS Aliens" before church and they requested mini hot dogs wrapped in bacon. 

 After church we watched "Aliens in the Attic" and Guardians of the Galaxy". We had a few alien treats to go along with it. 

Alien cupcakes

 Alien goo popcorn and alien blood drink. The kids loved it and liked spending the whole day together. We have set the bar too high for next movie day. 

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. 

Jacks Shared Night

Jackson's special night is this month and he wanted to see the new TMNT. All the kids wanted to see it so Jacks wanted everyone to come. We will take him out to dinner alone soon, but the kids loved being able to all go. It was about as amazing as you'd expect.