Mower Man

Kade mowed our lawn for the first time. He did a great job and liked doing it.

I don’t mind mowing because I enjoy the exercise but on busy weeks it’s so nice to have someone else do it.  

Lehi Round-Up

Lehi Round Up was low on the priority list this year. Everyone had stuff going on. We caught the mini parade Friday night and the grand parade Saturday morning. We walked around the market at Wine's Park. Sienna was so excited some of the princesses were there!

Sienna and Lynnlee got to have a girl's night with Betsy and so I told Sienna I would take a picture of the royalty in the parade. She calls this the princess float even though she knows they aren't really princesses.

 Friday Lynnlee brought her friend Brooklyn with us to walk around the parade. They are practically twins with their blonde hair, blue eyes, and now braces.

Lynnlee's Braces

We didn't think Lynnlee would need braces. She has so much space for all of her teeth and they are straight. The problem is all of her adult teeth grew in and she still had plenty of space....too much space. At her last dental check up the dentist told her that all of her adult teeth were in that would be growing in and so it was time for braces. 

I figured she would only need braces for six months because I thought it would be fast to close up the spaces. I was so wrong. Lynnlee is missing three adult teeth. Her baby teeth aren't great candidates for adult teeth. Dental implants are an option down the road but no guarantees with that and also mega expensive! We decided to go with what the ortho and dentist recommended and that is pulling out her baby teeth (of the missing adult teeth) and closing all of the gaps. We feel good about this but it takes a lot of time to close so much space. She will have braces for thirty months!!!

 

Baptisms at the Provo Temple

We snuck in baptisms at the Provo Temple on the morning Charlie's family drove home. This is totally me living through my children. I think it's so great that they can go together as cousins and it's something I never got to do with cousins. I was so happy I found an open appointment. Lynnlee was suppose to go as well but she woke up with croup. She was SO SAD she missed out! I was sad for her. If only her cold could have waited one more day.

I had to run around the other kids to their camps and Angeline was packing up so we sent Marshall and Charlie.

Splash Summit with the Jarvis's

 We spent our last day with Charlie's family at Splash Summit.

Sienna got to bring a friend since she doesn't have a cousin buddy.

Since all of the kids had a buddy I found myself having a lot of time so myself. This is a new stage of life for me and I'm still getting used to it. I love it because in the past I would have a hard time trying to make my kids happy because they couldn't all agree on doing the same thing. It was usually a juggling act and taking turns doing what each kid wanted to do. That is not a problem anymore. 

Angeline and I got to hang out and visited. It was very relaxing and enjoyable.

Jarvis Family Talent and Conner's Birthday

The Jarvis Family Talent Show looked a little different this year. It was much smaller, held in the theater room at my parent's house and much shorter. 

Ashlyn did a great job being the Emcee. She had some really great jokes in between each act. We had a few talents from Katie's family that were shown on the screen so it was fun they could participate still.

I took video but didn't get pictures of my kids' talents. Jameson played his French horn. Lynnlee and Lydia played their Ukuleles. Kade and Tanner danced to the song I'm Hooked on a Feeling. Tag and Conner had a Chubby Bunny contest. Conner won and fit so many mini marshmallows in his cheeks! Sienna danced to Crab Rave.

We were all entertained. Chewie wore himself out all day at the bake sale and so he camped out on my lap during the talent show.

Conner has a July birthday and usually he's here on his birthday. Since he wasn't going to be here we decided to celebrated after the talent show. My mom made a super cute turtle cupcake cake.

 

Cousin's Bake Sale

For the past few years we were really lucky to have all of our cousins in town the same time or overlapping. This year it didn't work out with schedules. So I think we will be doing two of everything so we can do it with both cousins families. 

Cousin's bake sale part 1 was a huge success! We had homemade peanut butter bars, swig sugar cookies, homemade suckers, muddy buddies, fruity pebble treats, cocoa pebble treats and pink lemonade. Their talent show shirts were the perfect thing for them to match and look official.

 While we were there we talked about how far we've come with our "candy stand." The very first lemonade stand was very simple with just lemonade. Then one year I bought candy and capri suns because I was drowning in babies and didn't not have time to bake. No one wanted to buy store bought candy and it was not successful. Three years ago I upped our game and started baking the swig cookies and peanut butter bars.

This year was our best one yet with all of the homemade yummy sweets. We are planning to have another one in July when Katie's family is in town.

Dinosaur Island

We went to Dinosaur Island while James was gone to trek. It's always weird going somewhere fun without all of my kids. I feel like we shouldn't be going without them. Since James is getting older he was totally fine with us going without him so that helped.

Dinosaur Island is a really fun exhibit at Thanksgiving Point Ashton Gardens. There are large animatronic dinosaurs throughout the gardens. There is an informative sign with each one giving details about the dinosaur. 

Last summer Lynnlee and I started taking selfies together for a slide show she is making. Now my other kids want pictures with me too.

 

Trek

Jameson got to go on trek with our new ward. The timing of us going to our new ward was perfect and allowed him to go. We thought Marshall would be released as bishop when the stake boundary changes occurred. He ended up being released three weeks before that so we went to our new ward three weeks before the changes happened. That gave James time to prep and go to trek.

We felt a little unprepared for trek but thankfully with the help of some other families, we rounded up some "pioneer clothes." Thanks to Amazon for his hat. 

Jameson had a few friends on trek with him. He rode in the car with this friend's dad. It was a six hour car ride so he really enjoyed the comfort of watching movies, playing games and listening to music the whole way.

They left on a Tuesday morning and arrived in Wyoming that afternoon. They set up camp and he received his trek family assignment. He also got his tent assignment. At first it wasn't with his friends and he really didn't know anyone in his tent. Thankfully they let him switch to the tent with his friends. 

Wednesday they had their first trek. They got up early and walked to 6th crossing. It was a six mile trek. They were able to start from their camp. They had one hand cart for their family. They had six "kids" in their family so they had two in the front, two in the middle and two in the back to help with the cart. They made stops along the way to have devotionals.

Thursday they had their second trek. This one they drove to Martin's Cove and walked six miles total. They walked to the cove and had time to reflect and journal. They also had stops along the way to have devotionals.

Friday he went to Rock Creek Hollow and had a devotional. He got to read letters from Marshall and me. They headed home after lunch and got home that night.

He really enjoyed trek and the time he had to think about what the pioneers went through. He also had moments of seeing how important it is to have quiet time. Lastly he thanked Marshall and I for all we do for him. 

 

Alphorn and Book Burning

James’s French horn teacher planned an alphorn group lesson at Stewart Falls trailhead.

We had been wanting to have a campfire and burn school books. So we decided to combine the two.

We went early to a picnic site and roasted hot dogs and made s’mores. Then James had his masterclass.

Lagoon

Since we have season passes there will be many Lagoon posts this year. 

I worked Thursday morning and then when I got home some of us decided to go to Lagoon spur of the moment.

It was so nice because it wasn’t crowded. We got Taggart and Sienna to go on Spider and Wicked for their first time.

We planned on doing the water park for a few hours and then rides the rest of the time. The kids wore swimsuits and I packed a bag with my swimsuit, towels and their change of clothes. Unfortunately the bag never made it in the car. So the kids went on a few water slides while I sat in the shade. Then we went on rides. They weren’t very happy about having to stay in their swimsuits but they went with the flow. 

Taggart’s and Sienna’s first time on the Ferris wheel. 

Kade was feeling great when we got there. He and James went on Cannibal three times, Rocket, Spider, Wicked, the wooden roller coaster, and Colossus. By the end he was hot, tired, dehydrated and had a headache. He squished himself in the wagon and slept on the way home and climbed into bed and slept all night. Poor kid! 

June Birthdays

I always look forward to birthday dinners. This month was even more special because Angeline and her kids came. We surprised my kids and it was so fun to see their reactions!

We had a cousin sleepover and a day at the Provo pool. 

Soccer Golf

James’s soccer team had an end of season party at Mulligans. They played nine holes of soccer golf. 

After they had pizza at the pavillion. 

I love that Mulligans has this. James and his friends love playing soccer and they’ve also like playing soccer tennis. This is just another fun way to play with a soccer ball.