Week 10 of Summer Fun

A~B~B~Y

Abby enjoyed Matt Hapering Basketball camp 

with Texas Cousins.

Abby, Seth, Gideon and Eli

Fun 3 day basketball camp at Murray Park.

K~A~T~E

It is official...

Kate has her aerial and her backhandspring!

We are so happy for Kate. She has worked so hard!

This week Kate graduated from the Small's Team 

to the All's Team.

Kate will have ballet for 1 hour on Tuesdays.

Jazz for 1 hour on Tuesdays,

and Jazz & Tumbling  for 1 1/2 hours on Thursdays. 

Great job Kate!

E~L~L~A

Ella is loving art class. This week Ella

painted this beautiful bear. She loves pink. Great job Ella.

 Murray Park

We spent a couple of hours exploring

Murray park while Abby was at basketball camp.

Lucy especially LOVED the swings.

Mulligan's

We had a great time minature golfing.

Kate & Ella both got a hole in one. Awesome. 

Thanksgiving Point

 We decided to get a pass to Thanksgiving Point.

We spent a day at the Barnyard. 

The girls loved riding the ponies.

Ella LOVED her horse.

  Lucy LOVED the pink pigs.

We all fell in love with this foal. The cuttest tiny horse.

  Fun on the wagon ride. 

  Fiiz has the best Butterbeer. Our new favorite.

 We have had more fun in the kitchen.
Kate learned to make chocolate dipped strawberries.

 Abby learned how to make puffy pancakes.
I love having such great chefs.

Kate loves to watch American Girl Hair videos.

She did this cool bun in her own hair,

and she has been doing Lucy's hair all week.

Having girls is fun.

We had a summer party with The Schwitzer's.

The kids loved rolling homemade ice cream and

playing together.

 Abby & Jason are both 11.

Kate is 8 and Anne is 9.

Ella & Eliza are both 6.

Lucy & Lucy are both 3.

It was fun to be  together with one of our favorite families!!

  We finally made it on a bike ride
on the Lagoon Trail.

  James rode his bike and met us at the trailhead.

 It was a fun bike ride and fun to see the animals.

July 23-24 Celebration

Bountiful Parade

Bountiful Heights Stake Float

This year Abby & Kate got to be in the parade.

Kate is sitting on the front corner.

My two cute brace faces!

Kate ~ Olivia ~ Claire

Abby & Kaylee got to walk behind the float.

We had fun at Handcart Days.

Papa J took all of us to Fiiz.

We came home and got into jammies.

We watched The Muller Park Fireworks from our deck.

We have the perfect view!

(They look tiny in this picture, but they weren't.

I don't know how to take pictures of fireworks). 

 Deseret News 10K Race

On the 24th of July, Emily and I ran the Deseret News 10 K. 

The race started at 6:00 am.  

We started at the U of U and ran down South Temple,

along State Street  and the Parade Route and ended

at Liberty Park.  It was so fun to run it together.

James rode his bike and met us at the start line and the

finish line. He is so nice to cheer us on.

Happy 24th of July!!

Week 9 of Summer Fun

Lagoon

Derrick Extended Family

All 23 Derrick Cousins are in town. Yipee!

Arizona Cousins

Kari, Emme & Abby

Lydia & Lucy

Rattlesnake Rapids 

8 neices and nephews, and lucky me. So fun!

Heber Creeper

We celebrated Papa J's 70th Birthday on a train ride.

Kari, Emme, Riley, Abby

Papa J & Girls

Ella, Chloe & Payton

Kate, Lulu, Sophia loved the train.

Dan & Ash and the train robber who robbed our train.

James rode his bike from our house,

up Big Cottonwood Canyon, over Guardsmen

to the park by the Heber Creeper.  He is AMAZING.
75 Miles, 7,500 feet climbed

We went to the Lion House Birthday party for

Chloe & Hadley, both turning 8.

Cute Cousins

Museum of Curiousity

This was our first time to the new museum.

It was fun to meet all of our cousins there.

Swimming at Northcrest.

Abby, Kate & Ella all jumped off the high dive!

What?! 

Lunch with Dad.

Another fun week of summer.