Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Summer Time Part 3

VIDEO:  River with Sparklers


I LOVE this picture!
Swinging and eating Popsicles.
Sisters together enjoying a Summer afternoon. 

Summer with her sparkler. 
She got burned by touching the hot part after the sparkler burned out. 







Hoola Hoop!
Tomi next door was impressed that River's Mom could hoola hoop!  I taught the neighborhood girls tricks with the hoola hoop.   River picked it up after some practice! 

Projects! 


River took the camera and started taking pictures.  I love her pictures because they are often of things that I wouldn't think of to snap, but that are things we see everyday and are special in one way or another. 

Our spearmint plant -
If you want a plant that you cannot kill - try spearmint!!  It doesn't need to be watered.  Every year I pull it out and it comes back in the spring.  Rabbits don't touch it.  The perfect kid/desert plant.  Oh, and it smells good!

I really liked this picture!
Summer holding on to Mommy's leg while I'm sweeping the porch.

Silver with her hornytoad.
And Yes......this pet also died.   
Lots of veggies!


We regularly have hummingbirds fly into our house if the door is left open.
We caught this one and River was able to hold it for a minute. 

River transferring the hummingbird to Silver.

4th of July parade. 
The firetrucks were spraying their hoses into the crowd and River didn't want to get wet, so she found herself a spot to stay dry :)

Summer on the slide with Daddy.
River dancing with sparklers.


Summer climbing up the slide.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Summer Time Part 2

Oh What do you do in ther Summertime?
Fathers Day!

VIDEO:  River and Silver Father's day wish. 




VIDEO:  Fathers Day Wish
I love you Father, Have a Good Day!

Fishing the goldfish out of Daddy's tank at the office.


Summer enjoyed climbing up on the outside table.  She would just watch us all from her perch. 

Daddy is a good sport. 
The girls had a great idea - when Daddy got home from work we had him lay down and close his eyes and then they decorated him. 

River decorated by Silver.

Peeking out of the fort in the back yard.
We got new couches off of Craigslist so our old ones got many fun hours as a fort in the backyard.


The big girls!

I love how excited Summer is!

Fruit Shish-ka-bobs.

Flowers, Flowers and more Flowers!!


We also got rid of Silver's nuk.  On a trip to SLC it was accidentally left home.  After my initial disappointment at not having her pacifiers with us, it turned out good by telling her we left them all at home.  By the time we got home she had gone 5 days without one, so it was a good transition.   

Funerals.
Lots of pet Funerals.
Goldie the Fish, Maa-ey our goat and Sparkle the Guinea Pig. 

The graves were nicely decorated.

The girls had a lot of fun with Summer who just wanted to be with her Sisters!


River rigged up this pulley system so that she could pull Summer around.

Chalk drawings on the Sidewalk.

VIDEO:  Silver's Happy Fathers Day Wish

Friday, November 11, 2011

Oh What do You do in the Summer Time? . . . . . . . Part 1

Water, Water, Water!!

We play in the water every chance we get during the summer. 
Hoses, pools, sprinklers, water balloons, water down the slide, mud puddles - natural and man-made - maybe little girl made too :)  



Oh the pull of mud!



Wishing for Rain!



Fresh Picked Flowers for Mommy!

Even more wishing for rain. 






The pool. 
We go every chance we can get.  It's tricky now with 3 girls to go to the pool. Especially with Summer getting more and more and more active.  Tricky but worth the effort!

Winterizing the cooler for fall.
So long summer!
We had a great time :)
VIDEO:  Summer Fishing