Summer Week 8

Rockwell went to Wyatt's birthday party on Monday. 

It was penguin-themed and all the activities involved penguins, which Rockwell loved. Wyatt drew a big penguin for them to play Pin the Beak on the Penguin.

 

They rescued toy penguins out of ice.

They played a game to see who could melt an ice penguin the fastest, using whatever they rolled on the dice when it was their turn.

Caitlyn made a super cute penguin cake for the party. I am so impressed with how cute it is, and Rockwell said it was delicious too,

They played with the new game that Rockwell gave Wyatt for his present.

And they watched Penguins of Madagascar. Al got the boys amazing baskets of treats and toys too, which they enjoyed during the movie. Rockwell had the best day celebrating his best friend's birthday by spending the whole day with him. Thanks for a fun party Al and Wyatt!

Damon has reached one of my favorite milestones of a child's life this week. He can pump himself on the swings!! We're all very proud of him, and he loves this new freedom. The kids have spent a lot of time swinging this week.

It was cool and cloudy on Wednesday, and it felt wonderful! Rockwell was over playing at Logan's house, and Damon and Tessa got in the hot tub while I worked on emptying our garden boxes. It even rained for a few hours, and I just kept working through it because it felt so nice to work in the cooler weather. It makes such a difference!

Rockwell had a scrimmage game against the other U11 Provo Fury team Thursday night. It was so much fun to watch a game again! 

I pulled out my camera right as Rockwell scored a goal, but sadly I was taking pictures and not videoing. You can barely see him at the right of this picture. That was the kick that shot the ball right into the net. :)

He played really well, both on offense and defense. His foot work is really improving.

Paul asked Rockwell if he would mow our lawn this week because Paul has been swamped with real estate and his college classes the past couple weeks. I know he loves to mow the lawn and wishes he could have the time to do it just like he likes it every week. I know that was hard on him to turn it over to Rockwell, but I'm glad he found a way to take one thing off his plate. Rockwell did a great job on it.

When he was finished, the kids played in water and rode bikes while I worked on the garden boxes again. Look at that nice lawn!

We celebrated Pioneer Day at Katie and Ben's this year with the Loosli and Nielson families. Amarie and Ataiya came too.

We had a bbq and swam for hours. It was a really fun night. I love that us girls are still best friends, and that our kids all love each other too.



We watched fireworks in the pool, until some big ones were really close and Tessa got pretty scared. That was our cue to leave. :)