A man of many talents

We bought a water table this year and it didn't come with a cover. I bought a tarp from Home Depot and decided I needed to somehow configure it for a cover. Matt had an idea to cut and sew all of which didn't make sense to me at the time. So, I suggested he do it and he did! It is kind of nice when your husband can sew as well as you can.

Matt was trying not to pose for the picture.

A jump into summer

We all know, but usually forget, that summer doesn't really come until after the 4th of July. This year it came with a vengeance. We hadn't really been warmer than low 60s for weeks and then all of a sudden we were at 90 degrees. Which would be fine if we had air conditioning, but our house gets almost as hot as the temperature outside. We have spent the last couple of days trying to escape the heat. We went out to eat for dinner every night, went to the Flight Museum and ate lots of ice cream and popsicles.

Saturday was a little cooler so the boys spent the morning in the water!

Two boys in a tiny pool!
Sprinkler under the tramp!

We also did the slip'n slide but I didn't capture a picture of that!

In the afternoon we went and saw Toy Story 3.

Ethan's surgery

Ethan had to have surgery this week. It was nothing major just a cyst removal from his "tenders." They did have to put him under and even gave him an epidural shot for pain management. The worst part of the entire thing was trying to get him to put on the hospital gown and then he was mad that when he woke up he was wobbly on his feet. Other than that, he acted as if nothing even happened! I was a little hopeful that he would be a tad lethargic for a few days, but no such luck. He has tried to use it as an excuse to not have a shower, but other than that life has gone on as normal!

We were waiting to be taken back. He couldn't eat all morning but didn't seem to mind!
He went with Matt to be put out. The hospital was fabulous! They give the kids their mask to decorate and then they aren't afraid to put it on. Ethan was fooled by the trick.

A visit from Uncle Bubba and family

Matt's brother (that looks just like him) came up for a visit with his family. They have four kids and two boys just a year younger than ours. We had a great time with them and the kids played and played and played. We went to the zoo, to the beach, to the lake and celebrated the fourth with them. We also sent them to a few other places to check out.

Here is Joel playing in the sand.

And Parker!
We went on the ferry again and got ice cream on the other side.

A visit from Aunt Kathy

My sister came out to run the Rock and Roll Marathon! We enjoyed spending time with baby Payton and her husband dave.

She had a tough race but finished. It made me a little bit jealous as I saw her running in to finish.

We stopped by the Fremont Troll as we were scouting out her run.

It wouldn't be a visit with my family if we didn't take the treck out to Kingston on the ferry for a visit with our cousin Shayne.

Who is that hunk?

The family enjoying the ride. It was a beautiful day!

All banged up!

The other night we had a new family from our ward over for dinner. They were just about to leave when Ethan came in bleeding all over. He had a run in with the cement off his scooter on our steep driveway. It so happens that the husband is an orthopedic surgeon. He offered to take Ethan down to his office and do the stitches! We agreed and he came home with this some sterile strips all lined up.

He had been at the doctors office 3 times already for a sore on his cheek that he has had for four months. We thought he looked hilarious with bandaids all over his face!

He had to put on a waterproof bandaid to swim!

Swimming lesssons

We like to start the summer out by taking swimming lessons! The sun didn't get the memo that it was summer so most of our lessons were in the rain. The boys didn't seem to mind. They will take any opportunity to swim.

Ethan's "swim lessons" were in the kiddy pool. He loved playing around.

Cole made a lot of progress this year. He can swim all over the pool like a maniac! He LOVES to swim. If only we could get him to use a little technique we would be golden!

Camping at Sun Lake

The sun decided to hide itself for all of April, May and June so we decided to find it at Sun Lake. It did not disapppoint and we had a great time with our friends, playing at the lake, relaxing in the sun and playing a little boche.

Brotherly Love

The boys are growing up so much! They are becoming really good friends. They talk together all the time and play with each other all day long.

Father and Sons Campout

Matt took both boys to the campout this year. I kept holding my breath for the rain to cease and it magically did at their campsite. The boys loved it, played hard, came home dirty and can't wait to go again next year!

They used the set up tents this year which made things easier.

Cole graduates from preschool!

After a rigorous year at Five Bright Stars Preschool Cole graduates much smarter and brighter than before!