Summer Happenings

There are a lot of them . . . we have been a busy family.

So, Charlie learned to run fast (look at him go) and where he really loves to run is away from me. He also has a new favorite animal friend--his toy snake. He plays with his snake and makes him eat his food and kiss everyone and talk snake talk. It's amazing how little kids are when they start playing pretend, it's pretty adorable. Also, I hope this doesn't traslate into me taking care of any real snakes when Charlie is ten, because I do not think that snakes are adorable.

We went with the Cash gang to the Lehi Roundup Rodeo--a summer activity that is dear to my heart. We left Charlie home with a babysitter since I was afraid he would fall through the bleachers. He probably would have--we dropped Anna's shoes as well as a hamburger through them. Charlie probably would have been next. Max wore his boots with his shorts. It was awesome.

We have had two very special Daddy dates. I don't have any pictures of the first, but Max and Dad slept at the Dinosaur museum, and it was the best night of Max's life. Uncle Wesley even got to come and Max was feeling like such a big kid. He came home with all kinds of interesting fossil looking things and dinosaur knowledge.

Anna and Daddy went to a Daddy Daughter Ball, and it was the best night of Anna's life. Apparently they announced "Princess Anna and her Daddy" when she walked in, so it was officially a real ball. She took the whole thing very seriously as a real princess would.

We had a family camp out in our backyard to test our ability to camp. The funny part was that in the morning I woke up after what I thought was a rough night all around and was thinking "We are definitely not going camping." The first thing Taylor said when he woke up was "Well I think we just proved that we can totally go camping!" Hmmmmm. It was a lot of fun though. Good memories for the kids--that is what I tell myself.

I love summer. I love summer. I love summer.