Summer Days- June

One of our family's favorite treats is when Thunder makes his own caramel popcorn from scratch.  He makes it so warm and sweet and it is sooooooooo good.

UDOT is doing a large construction project near our neighborhood, creating a new freeway overpass and a new highway out to Saratoga Springs.  The overpass is getting two new bridges and they used a new technique of building the bridge off the side of the freeway and then moving the whole darn thing at once during the night.  My friend M and I went to watch them move part of the second bridge.  It was crazy windy but really incredible to see the giant bridge slowly move along on the 336 wheel machine.

We have a trail with lots of plants behind our house.  The kids are in heaven every day as they get to run around and explore.  They make up all sorts of games and love the neighbor kids.

When they're inside, they love to play games on the iPod!  We now have some strict limits or they would be on that thing all day.  We have no screen time (TV, iPod or computer) before 10 AM and their beds are made, rooms picked up, they are dressed and have their teeth brushed.

Here is Sunrise.  See, he eats!

He is cruising all over the place now, pretty solid on his own two feet.

This summer the kids are in a summer program at a place called the McKee Language School.  It is a fun camp where they have crafts and sing songs, but it's all in Spanish!

They have been having a really fun time, and it's pretty neat the words and phrases they have been picking up.

Here is the front room where they sing songs and play games.  They also have a snack room and a craft room.

Ahhhhh, life with four kids!  Tiring!

We took a short trip down to Yuba Lake.  It was a bit chilly for us wimpy adults to go swimming, but the kids jumped right in.

Thunder saw the double rainbow omen and thought it would be a good time to fish.

Remember Cousin Itt from the Addams Family??

Sunrise made a growling buddy in Sky.

It was nice to get away, even if it was cold and rainy!

Every year, our city of Lehi has a big parade.  Our ward designed a float this year with a safari theme.

The kids loved all the attention.

 Give out candy?  No!  I'll just shoot you in the face with water!

There's my cute little explorer!