Well we are in all out SUMMER mode around here. We have been having lots and lots of fun. Fun is exhausting at times, but its worth it and we are making some wonderful memories that we can enjoy for along time. These fun times are even more rewarding as we see our girls experience things for the first time. Especially those moments when I see the shear joy on Jaymi's face and think of the life she left behind. She has such an excitement for life, the big things like wake boarding behind grandpa's boat with her dad or just going for a walk around the block before bed time. She reminds us to enjoy every moment, because its all magical. Even the simplest things that we often take for granted are magical.
Jaymi has been attending preschool summer camps and she loves it. She used to hate going to bed but now we just tell her she has to get to sleep so she can go to school in the morning and she practically runs to get ready. Its been great for her and her teachers tell me she is doing well and listen's better than half the kids. She is always so excited to open her backpack and show us what she did each day. She is going to love kindergarten even more because she will get to ride the bus!
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The girls on a daddy daughter hike while mom was recovering from a tonsillectomy. (Yes, its as horrible as they say it is) I love when they hold hands.
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| Another Daddy Daughters Date to a fun park. It looks like quite the hike up to the top of the slide. These girls are too hard core to bother with the stairs. |
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| Jaymi took swim lessons. She did awesome and looked so tiny next to other 6 year olds. She loves the water so much! To think she may have never gone swimming just breaks my heart. She was made for the water. |
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| Working on her backstroke with the instructor |
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| See how small she is! |
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| One night while cooking dinner I looked up to see Jaymi reading stories to Kaelyn. Melted my heart! |
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| Trying out our cute neighbor friends balance bike on one of our evening strolls before bed time. |
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| Modeling the cute dress from her Aunt Joyce. |
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| For Kaelyn's birthday we did one of her All. Time. Favorite. Activities. Swinging. This girl would swing all day if she could. Luckily her sisters love it too so its a great family activity. |
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| On Friday afternoons Jaymi and Kaelyn have horse therapy so afterwards we headed up the canyon for a family hike. Kaelyn wasn't thrilled about dad holding Bryn's hand. She was trying to stop that. |
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| While we were playing in the meadow a gentleman offered to let the girls sit on his horse. Since Bryn doesn't get to ride the horses we put her on. |
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| She wouldn't do it until Jaymi got on with her. Then she was so excited she finally got to join the fun. |
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| How is that my baby girl? |
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| We had a wonderful time at Lake Powell with the Bonner Family. It was HOT HOT, so we spent most of the time we were outside in the water. Last time we went there Wayne and I didn't have any kids yet. Pretty crazy to be back just over four years later with three kids. Jaymi loved playing in the water and riding behind the boat. Bryn loved playing in the dirt and Kaelyn loved playing with grandma in the water and climbing up and standing on the coffee table. I wake boarded for the first time in like three years and was happy that I could still do it, but man it sure sucked every bit of energy I had. I was sore for days and days. |
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| Jaymi was one brave little girl. She wasn't afraid to try anything in the water. She is such a little athlete! |
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| Watching dad play softball. He was playing left field so we had front row seats to watch him do his thing. |
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| For the fourth of July we went out to Neola. They really know how to celebrate Independence Day. Jaymi got to ride on grandma LaJean's float in the parade, watch the patriotic program and enjoy her first rodeo. She loved it all! I can't tell you how much more I cherish our freedom after what we went through in Russia. We are truly blessed to live in this country. |
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| Dad's cowboy hat looks pretty good on her. |
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| Can't go to Neola without matching 4th of July outfits! |
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| In addition to the festivities the girls got to enjoy lots of time with family and of course grandma's kitty sparkle eyes. When we first got there Jaymi and Bryn were both crying and running away from the cat and within a day they were carrying him around and fighting over who got to hold him. |
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| The girls first experience jumping on the tramp with a sprinkler under it. Bryn wasn't quite sure about it. |
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| Jaymi however was all over it! |
When I was in Russia in February I bought some cute dresses for the girls. I thought the fourth of July was the perfect opportunity to finally get them all dressed up in their Red, White and Blue. They looked pretty cute! Now we need to find a Russian festival or something they can wear them to.
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| Bryn looked like a little Russian doll walking around, I loved it! |
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| Looking for the kitty of course. |
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| "Mom, the suns too bright to look at you" |
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| Love all the sqinty faces |
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| Kaelyn's hair was a little wild by the end of church. |
