July Festivities

Ahh it's almost 2012 and I still have a few 'summer' posts in my draft box that I started doing in October!! So before it really is a new year I better get these old posts out of the way. haha

So here are some of the fun activities we did in JULY!!.... (Sorry this is such old news!!)

• 4th of JULY and RIVERTON DAYS... We went to Riverton Days for our first time a few days before the 4th. It was really fun. They had long parade and carnival. Madison rode her first rides (besides the carousel at the mall).

Taylor and Shauna joined us

Maddie and I kept entertained while waiting for the parade to start by taking crazy pictures of ourselves!

Maddie's 1st real ride! She was all excited then when it went high up in the air and started going around she looked terrified. I was worried because the "seat belts" at the fair aren't exactly the safest, so i didn't know if she would try to get out. But we noticed she was saying something as she went around and around. Afterward we asked her if she liked it and what she was saying. She said she had fun and that she was singing "Zippidy Do dah!" haha (She watches a Disney sing-a-longs movie at Grandma's house and one of the songs is Zippidy Do dah, where all the characters are riding rollercoasters and different rides... so she sang this song on every ride she went on and apparently loved them all, even though she was totally straight faced so you couldn't tell haha)

I don't know why but the carousel is still her fav!

Jayden enjoying the carnival... :)

• BOATING!.... We went boating twice this summer with my family. Jayden hung out at the beach and Maddie had fun splashing around in the water and watching people wake board. The first time that she saw someone fall she was so worried and confused. It took her a few times of seeing people fall to realize that it was ok, they weren't hurt and they weren't lost, we were turning the boat around to get them! :) She cheered us all on after that.
  

Taylor with his sweet jumps :)

Beautiful sunset that my sister captured on her camera...

• BOWLING!... We went bowling for my brother Taylor's birthday, and also as a last family hang out before they moved to Arizona. Maddie has been once, over a year ago, so this was fun for her to actually be able to try it (basically just rolling the ball down the ramp...) :) and watch other people do it. Our family is so big we have to get 3 lanes! I am horrible but we have a good time.

Doin the 'strike' pose with Uncle Erik

So out of nowhere Maddie kept doing this pose all night with her hands on her hips...literally at least 10 different times! haha What a sassy little girl! :)

• GIRL'S NIGHT!!.. Well it has been quite some time since all the girls got together so it was good to do a little something before Shauna moved. Here are all the sisters (my mom's takin the pic) eating ice cream at TCBY.
  

• RAIL TRAIL BIKE RIDE...Nick's parent's ward does an annual bike ride every fall. I stayed home with the babe this time and Nick took Maddie again. It's like a 7 mile bike ride through the mountains then they end with a big feast at a pavilion.
  

• HIKING....We didn't hike as much as we've done the last 2 summers, but we did manage to do a few small hikes up Bells Canyon and Cecret Lake. Here we are up at Bells Reservoir with our friends Kyle and Whitney. (We had someone stop us and ask if our 2 different babies were twins...) :)
  

• ReAL GAME... Paddy took us to the ReAL Game... Jayden's 1st sporting event (6 weeks old) It was a little loud for him but he did pretty good.
  

• BIRTHDAY PARTIES!... Both cousin's birthday parties were in July so we celebrated at their house.
  

Maddie loves her cousins!

Nathan's 2nd birthday

The kids love making home made snow cones and their resulting blue tongues!

Dave making giant bubbles

• Soda Row... Hanging out with the Whippermans at an outdoor concert in Soda Row (Daybreak). The kids played in the water fountain, ate gelato, fed ducks, played on the playground and danced together to the music. What a life!
  

(Maddie and Ez dancin)

(Ez didn't have a swimsuit so he just ran around in his diaper!) :)

Goodbye summer

Well I can't believe summer is already over, and fall is starting to set in. :( This summer seemed to fly by... probably because we had a baby at the beginning of summer, and of course that kept us pretty busy! But new baby and all, we have surprisingly still gone and done a ton this summer!

This is kind of old news but I better start at the beginning of summer, so here are some of June's festivities (me and the babe were still recovering at home, so these are mostly Maddie and Daddy events) :)

SUMMER FUN IN JUNE:

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  Madison went to the zoo for her 2nd time! Oumie & Deeds were nice enough to come and get Madison so I could have some down time at home to recover from my c-section, and only have to take care of one other body :) Very much needed! Uncle Erik also took Madison out- to Discover Gateway that she LOVES, but no pictures of that :)

She was not a fan of the gorilla... a fake forced smile here!

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  The Rec Center! We bought passes to the new Herriman Rec Center a few months ago. Madison loves to swim and go down the little waterslides so Daddy takes her there often

The lazy river

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  Bounce house & horse back riding!! We went to a neighborhood summer party up by Nick's parent's house. They had yummy desserts, face painting, a bounce house and even horse back riding for the kids! So fun! Bounce houses and trampolines = Maddie's new summer favorites! She LOVES to jump and go forever if we let her!

She held very still for her first face painting and got the little yellow flower she wanted

Madison loves animals, especially horses. She used to see them frequently because one of my patient's had some and she would usually come with me on visits. She got to pet them and feed them. I thought she'd be a little nervous to actually get on one though, but nope, she loved it! It was a big horse but it didn't even faze her. She got to ride all by herself around in a circle a few times.

More horses! Auntie Deeds was horse-sitting for a week, so we went up to "help!"

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  Trampolines! Here she is with her buddy Ezra at his birthday party!

On Grandma & Papa's trampoline with her cousin

Playin the piano with Danielle

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  New bike! We bought her a bike for her birthday. It wasn't really a surprise cuz we had to take her with us to try them out! Here she is riding around Walmart :)

Helpin Dad wash the car! Madison loves to be a helper! I should definitely take advantage of this stage where my daughter loves to clean! :)

Grandma came over many, many times to help out and play with Madison while I was with my new baby! Madison loved having visitors almost daily! Here they are painting...

Well I sure was happy when Madison discovered this new activity to keep her busy while I was busy with Jayden.... hanging up hangers and clothes, taking them all down, putting them back up....over and over and over! We added all of her clothes to Jayden's clothes in his closet and it would entertain her for long periods of time each day, for at least a month. Too bad it doesn't as much anymore! :)