July 2023

Lilly got to stay a night with us, we went kayaking to get ice cream at Baskin Robbins!

More Lagoon pictures, this time we took Graham with us. 

We spent 4th of July swimming at Whitney's parents house and then went to Riverton City fireworks.  They really put on a great and very long Fireworks show.

Jaron's soccer team took part in the Surf Soccer Tournament.  We lost 1 of our 3 pool play games and ended up playing the team we lost to in the Championship game and we beat them!  It was a fun tournament and fun to see what this new team can do.

We didn't swim in our neighborhood pool as much this summer as we have in the past but we did make it there and have to document when we do.

After Jaron and his friends had so much fun at the space camp, I signed Siena and Aria up for a day as well.  They had a lot of fun too.

We love going up the canyon and roasting hot dogs and smores.  Always a fun night.  We also took our kayaks and the kids spent some time at Tibblefork.  It was evening and ended up being a pretty cool night so we didn't last that long before they were cold and wanted to go home.

Free slurpee day at 7-11 on 7/11!

We went to Hogle Zoo one day.  Always a fun time.  We also went to the Planetarium afterwards and saw a show in the round theatre.

Another fun night at an RSL game!

We bought a basketball hoop to put in our driveway.  The kids will have fun playing and shooting hoops and Siena cane practice her basketball skills some more.

Siena, Aria and Annie put on a 3 day kids camp.  They had a different theme each day.  It was at our house one of the days and they had an animal themed day.  The kids all loved holding Luna and Coral and it was fun to see their faces light up.

Jaron got to participate in a soccer camp put on by his coach Dallin and a player from RSL, Eric Holt.  Always fun when Jaron gets to play soccer.

Candy Corns are now in stores at the end of July!  It's crazy because I used to get excited when I could find them around my birthday and now I find them the end of July!!

Siena, Jaron and I went and saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, youth cast at Hale Centre Theatre.  It was soo so good, especially for it being a youth cast.  Unfortunately Aria came down with Covid and wasn't able to go.  This was the first time any of the kids have gotten Covid.  Luckily she wasn't too sick but I was sad she wasn't able to go.

We got to go to Splash Summit for a day.  The kids love water slides now and it was a fun day!

The girls went to their first Girls Camp put on by our stake.  It was up American Fork Canyon and they slept in tents for 3 nights.  They had so much fun and even though it rained one night and they were pretty wet they came home with fun memories and great attitudes.

Jaron turns double digits!

 Jaron turned 10 this year! Double Digits and the same number that he wears for soccer and the same number as his favorite soccer player, Messi.

We had a fun busy day on his actual birthday.  Opened presents and then went to Labrynth that afternoon.  Jaron got a Messi jersey which he was so excited about along with a new game we saw on the beach called Cuub.

That night we had a big birthday party up at the club house.  It was fun because he had friends from the neighborhood, from school and from his soccer team.  We watched part of a movie and swam, ate pizza and cake and opened presents.  It was a fun night and fun to just watch all the friends play together.

Later the following week I took Jaron to Chom, his favorite burger place that he's been wanting me to try and eat at.  The girls and Shane were at girls camp.

Jaron keeps so busy.  He is always playing with friends, finding things to do and never just sits around being bored.  He still loves soccer and plays any chance he can get.  He loves when Shane or I will drive him to a field so he can shoot goals.  He's very sensitive to what others think of him, wants to be accepted.  He still wants the approval of his sisters and he has a hard time being not only the youngest but also the only boy.  He's so smart and has done so well in the accelerated program this last year.  He loves to read at night and stays up so late reading.  He is good about going to go do things for me when I ask.  He has lots of friends from all different areas (school, soccer, neighborhood, etc.) which I love!

We love you Jaron, keep being the good, cute boy you are! I can't wait to see what this next year brings you!

June 2023

I always let the kids have one Bake Sale over the summer. (although Jaron and his friends like to sell 'snacks' all summer but I have nothing to do with it..  So this was the one time the girls and their friend Annie had a bake sale.  They always have fun doing it and making some money and I was happy to get the one time this summer over with.

Jaron and his friends got to go to space camp.  It was an all day camp where they had space simulators and 2 different missions to complete.  They had a fun time and it's cool that our school district has this space center we can attend.

I took the girls to the Little Mermaid 3D Movie.  I don't usually like the 3D movies so we don't usually do the 3D part of it but we did this time and it was pretty fun and the girls felt really cool that we could do that.

We have Lagoon season passes this year so expect to see Lagoon pictures over the next several months.  I was hoping to go at least 7 times (spoiler alert, I think we went at least 9-10 times.)  The kids love Lagoon and even though it's a little far to get there, we always have a really good time.

The kids have really been into Studio C comedy group through BYU so I was super excited when we were able to get tickets to a taping of the show.  It was so fun to see the cast, see how they film, etc.  While we were waiting to go into the studio we met one of the producers for their other favorite BYU TV show All Round Champion.  When we met him and told him that was our favorite show he left and came back with 3 t-shirts for the kids from that show.  The kids were so excited.  It was such a fun night.

We celebrated Dad's Birthday!

Aria started Horse lessons with a new girl named Aimee.  She is taking lessons with Lisbon (lives next door to us)  So it's been taking with someone else and riding new horses.  

For our family trip this summer we booked a place at Oceanside.  It was just our family and had this great place 1/2 block from the beach.  We had a great time.  It was relaxing but so fun.  There wasn't any pressure to keep any schedule.  We went to the beach everyday but still was able to sleep in, relax, play games at night and really just hang out.  The Sunday we were there we went to Church there and then to Christy's for dinner since it was Father's Day.  Some other highlights of the trip were the huge waves crashing over the street at night when the tide came in.  Finding seashells, castle building contest, boogie boarding, ice cream one night, flying kits and lots and lots of sand! 

We had a cousin reunion with my Barron cousins.  We had it at cousin Emily's beautiful backyard in Mapleton.  Her sister, Leslie, brought her pet Oaky the owl.  Siena and Aria were so excited and got to hold it.