Cousins in Town & the Rest of Summer

Our neighbor's front yard--she decorated it so cute!

At the end of June my brother, Chris, and his family and my sister, Kristina, and her family were in town.  It was so fun to see everyone!

The kids played....here they are setting up dominoes.  Jacob's cousin, Garrett (who is 11) came and slept over.  Jacob LOVED hanging around him and Garrett was so nice to him!!

 We hung out together

 Here are some of Jacob's other cousins Tanner and Connor                                              

 We celebrated Grandma Wong's birthday!
















We had our annual neighborhood 4th of July breakfast and kid's parade.  Jacob and Dad rode in the parade and then Jason and I rode the tandem bike.  Kind of an interesting ride.

Jacob also started taking gymnastics.  He was in two sessions and really like the first one, but the second one he felt the teacher pushed too hard.  I didn't think she did, but was not going to argue with him over going.  I'm glad we did it for the summer....he learned some good things and maybe he'll do it again sometime.

Jacob walking with one of his friends

In July our Stake participated in the Days of '47 Children's Parade.  The Stake Primary was in charge of it, but we were able to call a wonderful set of chairman.  Everyone who worked on the float spent so much time!!  It turned out great!  Walking in the parade it amazed me HOW HOT it would be walking 4 blocks!

 After the parade we took Jacob to The Gateway to play in the splash fountain

We also had fun this summer at different splash pads.  Here we are with cousins

We also went to Lagoon with Jason's annual summer event.  Jacob (and we) always have fun!

Riding the roller coaster and taking a self portrait before hand

We went to Seven Peaks by ourselves and with our cousins.

At the beginning of August we went with Jason's brother, Jared, and his family up to Yellowstone.  We went to The Pines at Island Park again and stayed in a cabin.       Once again the hot tub was the hit of the trip.

Jacob with cousin Grace

 We saw Old Faithful

 You can see that at the beginning of the day Jacob did not want to take pictures with us and it only SLIGHTLY improved by the end of the day.

                                               

Lake Yellowstone

Jacob and Mylee at the cabin

Nearly all of the kids wear glasses...so Jacob wore his sunglasses so he could be like them. :)

Playing in the water at Mac's Inn in Island Park

We started soccer for the fall.  Jacob seemed a little more into it, but still is not that into the game.  For him it is more of being with his friends and the treats afterwards!

He found his new snow boots for this year.  He insisted on wearing them the other day because it was raining.  Last spring he wore them everywhere!  I think because they are so easy to pull on and off.  What a fashion statement!!!

Jacob and Jason continued their tradition of making waffles on the weekends over the summer.....











We did a lot these last few months between going to the movies on Tuesday mornings with the cousins, taking a summer arts and play class, Gymcats, playing with friends, Cowabunga, Seven Peaks and lets not forget.....sleeping in...which is now over!  Cannot believe summer is gone!

The Rest of June

Summer is going by so fast!  As I planned our summer months I tried to think of one thing we could do each day that would get us out of the house and that Jacob would enjoy.  I didn't want him watching TV all day, I didn't want to be constantly looking for playdates and I also did not want him knocking on our neighbors doors everyday looking for someone to play with.  So this is what was planned.

 He has taken a class at the park, near our house, on M/W afternoons for an hour and a half.  They play games, do crafts, etc.  Two of the most fun days for Jacob were the water sports day....(it has been so hot--17 days of over 100 degrees--that this felt good!), and the tie dye shirt day.

On Tuesdays we go to the movies.  The theater near us runs kids movies all summer on Tuesday or Wednesday mornings.  If you purchase tickets in advance you can see 10 movies for $5.  Not a bad deal.

On Thursdays he has a gymnastics class in the early afternoon.

In addition to this (and this is what made summer seem full) Jacob took 6 weeks of swimming lessons.  He has gotten a lot better and, up until the last week, really liked going.  Even that last week he liked it once he was in the pool, but he was tried of the getting ready and going part.  :)

We also our pass to Cowabunga and have done that several times with our friend Ryan.

Jacob has played with friends in the neighborhood.









He was able to sleep outside in a tent with dad.

We hiked Rocky Mouth and enjoyed the cooler weather up by the waterfall.

We celebrated Father's Day where Jason got some ear muffs for mowing the lawn (Jacob got some too).














Jacob started T-ball and has really liked it.                                                                                                

June 2012

June 2013

We celebrated Jason's birthday and as you can see, my cake making skills (at least with this type of cake) seem to be following a pattern.



And at the end of the month cousins came...but that is for another post.  All busy, but fun!!

Mother's Day, Field Trips, Missionary Home, Graduation and Memorial Day

For Mother's Day Jacob and Dad got me a salt and pepper grinder, which I have loved!  After church we went down to Heidi's to have dinner with mom.

Watching the elephants

Riding the merry-go-round

Toward the end of May Jacob went on a field trip to the zoo.  I've taken him a few times over the years and he is not really that into animals, but he seemed to have a fun time this year.  Before we went to preschool that day we had gone to the mall where they had face painting and he wanted his face painted.  :)


The following week Jason's brother, Stephen, got home from his mission to the Philippines.  It has been so fun to see him again!

The last week of preschool Jacob had a picnic at the park.  

  On Friday, May 25th, Jacob graduated from preschool!

I cannot believe he will be in Kindergarten next year!!  

We were going to spend the weekend with Jason's family due to Stephen coming home, but that didn't work out as planned.  Jacob had some sort of virus during the week and Jason caught it.  Sunday morning he was so dehydrated that his dad took him down to Utah Valley (where his doctor is) and they admitted him.  He spent his time there until Wed. getting better.  So fun, but we're thankful for modern medicine.

Jason's family was so great to help out.  They took him to church and watched him Mon - Wed. while I was with Jason.  On Monday (Memorial Day) I did go over to Karen's, where the family was, to pick up Jacob. He was having a great time with the cousins.

This past week we went with playgroup to Wheeler farm, fed the ducks, saw some animals, played on the farm equipment and had lunch.

 We also planted our garden this month.  We  have tomatoes, peppers, corn, cantaloupe, carrots and cucumbers.
























 I took Jacob and his friend Ryan to Cowabunga Bay for 4 hours and they had a great time--it really wore them out!

This week we start swimming lessons (4 mornings), crafts and games in the park (2 afternoons), Tuesday morning movie, Tuesday night T-ball, and Thursday Gymcats.  In our spare time we'll play with friends here on our street.  Should be a busy summer--it already needs to slow down!!