June started out with Tanner & Tyler's wedding... cute cousins!
Noah and Sophie held their first "lemonade" (really kool aid and candy)
sale of the year... it was hot outside and we probably won't be doing
another one until fall!
Here they are counting up the money they earned!
Noah enjoyed participating in the basketball camp put on by Mesa High and this summer, he also did the speed and strength class right after basketball. So for 4 weeks, he worked out for 3 hours - 4 days a week. These pictures were taken after the first 2 weeks of the camp, at a scrimmage game that the parents were invited to watch.
Out to eat at Sweet Tomatoes with the Sherwood family...
Celebrating Russ on Father's Day... Noah and Sophie both wanted to get him some gifts with their own money. I took them shopping for some of his favorite treats - they came up with the ideas on their own - (Diet Mt Dew, Diet Dr Pepper, Mother's Animal Cookies, and coconut almonds) but when we were at the store, they wanted to get him even more. I told them they didn't need to spend a lot of money to show their love. What sweet and thoughtful kids they are though!
I took Abby, Noah, and his friend Stephen swimming at Mesa High. Abby loved the elephant slide, Noah loved the high dive and the lazy river (and the snacks), and I loved Abby's buns in her swimsuit. haha!!
Our ward had a campout planned that sounded fun so we made plans to go... until we realized that the weather was supposed to be pretty hot and the fires weren't too far from the campsite. The camping conditions sounded less ideal that they had in the beginning! So... instead of cancelling our plans to get out of town, we decided to surprise the kids by driving to California instead! It wasn't until we were in Yuma that Noah started getting curious about why things looked so different than they usually had on the way to the cabin (he knew the ward campout site was not far from the cabin). So we finally broke the news to them that we were on our way to San Diego and were taking them to Sea World the next day!
We stayed in a hotel next to the bay and the kids liked to ride the elevator that looked out into the water!
Sea World was so much fun and perfect for our kids at these ages... Abby's favorite was for sure the pet show. Sophie and Noah also loved that show along with the sea lion and sea otter show. The dolphin show was also a good one, and we had lots of fun on a few rides... Sophie and Noah rode the roller coaster several times and Abby had fun in the sesame street section with little rides for her.
Here they are counting up the money they earned!
Noah enjoyed participating in the basketball camp put on by Mesa High and this summer, he also did the speed and strength class right after basketball. So for 4 weeks, he worked out for 3 hours - 4 days a week. These pictures were taken after the first 2 weeks of the camp, at a scrimmage game that the parents were invited to watch.
Out to eat at Sweet Tomatoes with the Sherwood family...
Celebrating Russ on Father's Day... Noah and Sophie both wanted to get him some gifts with their own money. I took them shopping for some of his favorite treats - they came up with the ideas on their own - (Diet Mt Dew, Diet Dr Pepper, Mother's Animal Cookies, and coconut almonds) but when we were at the store, they wanted to get him even more. I told them they didn't need to spend a lot of money to show their love. What sweet and thoughtful kids they are though!
I took Abby, Noah, and his friend Stephen swimming at Mesa High. Abby loved the elephant slide, Noah loved the high dive and the lazy river (and the snacks), and I loved Abby's buns in her swimsuit. haha!!
Our ward had a campout planned that sounded fun so we made plans to go... until we realized that the weather was supposed to be pretty hot and the fires weren't too far from the campsite. The camping conditions sounded less ideal that they had in the beginning! So... instead of cancelling our plans to get out of town, we decided to surprise the kids by driving to California instead! It wasn't until we were in Yuma that Noah started getting curious about why things looked so different than they usually had on the way to the cabin (he knew the ward campout site was not far from the cabin). So we finally broke the news to them that we were on our way to San Diego and were taking them to Sea World the next day!
That night we went out for pizza next to the San Diego temple then
walked around the temple grounds. Abby especially was in heaven. The San
Diego temple is her favorite one and has asked us for months if we
could go there. She would even try to convince us by telling us that she
had money in her piggy bank to take everyone there!
Sea World was so much fun and perfect for our kids at these ages... Abby's favorite was for sure the pet show. Sophie and Noah also loved that show along with the sea lion and sea otter show. The dolphin show was also a good one, and we had lots of fun on a few rides... Sophie and Noah rode the roller coaster several times and Abby had fun in the sesame street section with little rides for her.
Halfway through the weekend, we moved from San Diego to Newport Beach.
We hung out on the beach for 3 hours and so and it was so nice!
We can't visit Newport without a trip to City Donut!
On our way out of town, we made a stop at the Newport Beach temple. So pretty!
We finished off the month of June at Noah's final day of basketball camp, then headed off to Flagstaff for a vacation with our Sherwood family!
We can't visit Newport without a trip to City Donut!
On our way out of town, we made a stop at the Newport Beach temple. So pretty!
We finished off the month of June at Noah's final day of basketball camp, then headed off to Flagstaff for a vacation with our Sherwood family!
