NICKELODEON UNIVERSE

I took Abby, Stephen, Gabe & Elijah to Nickelodeon Universe for the day. They had tons of fun going on all the rides. Abby even went on the the log chute, although she told me when she was done that she wasn't going to go on that again until she was 6.

Abby on the mini bumper cars

Abby on the Wonder Pets, High Flyer

Stephen & Gabe on the Sphlat-o-Sphere

All of them on Mini Coaster

Gabe driving the bumper cars

ALLY'S FIRST PEDICURE

So everytime I paint Abby's and my toes I make sure that Ally is napping and doesn't see, however one Sunday I tried to sneek and do mine before church quick, and I got caught. I ended up having to do all of ours. Ally was so proud of her little piggies, she showed them to everyone. Sorry about the pics, but Abby was our photographer for the event.

All done!

SAILING

The Boat

Amy, Dana & Amy, Cory & Josh, Curt & Me, & Cort

Amy, Amy, Cory & Me

A few weeks back we had the opportunity to go sailing with our good friends, the Oelkers. We had never been sailing, so we weren't quite sure what to expect, but it was so much fun and so relaxing. The weather was absolutely perfect, we even jumped in to cool off for a bit. The sail boat was gigantic, and at first I wasn't sure we were all going to fit, but once we realized you just sit on the top of it, there was plenty of room for all. The boat was built by a friend of theirs' father, and you could have lived on it. It had a downstairs with a kitchen and a bathroom. It was so cool. We had sort of a picnic supper, and you had to be sure to hang on to your stuff or you would lose it to the water. I was even brave enough to go out in front of the mast for a few pics, although it wasn't funny when the wind picked up a bit and I thought I was going to fall in. I also thought it was funny that when the wind changed directions the sails would switch sides and you had to be sure and duck or you would end up in the water. Luckily that didn't happen to any of us. So Thank You to the Oelkers for inviting us, and Happy Birthday to Amy!!! We had a blast!!

T-BALL

Abby decided this year she would like to try t-ball instead of soccer. She was pretty good at throwing, batting & running. She still needs to work on her catching and her attention span. She thought each base was a seat to sit on and play in the big giant sandbox. She certainly had a lot fun!

What an arm?

I think it's going to be a homerun!

She is soo fast!

Wow, look at the size of this sandbox!

GOLF

Curt has been trying for over 8 years to get me out on the golf course with him. I am not sure why I never want to go just didn't seem like my thing, but he finally got me out there and we had lots of fun. We went with 7 other couples from our ward, and we played best ball between the couples. For those of you who don't golf that means that whoevers ball was closest after each shot we both shot from that spot. We won, and I think by the end I was doing pretty good. They had various prizes for farthest drive, shortest drive and stuff like that so everyone got prizes. Scott Langston, a good friend of ours did a great job setting up this outing, so a big THANK YOU to him:) Curt went a little camera crazy he said he didn't know if he would ever get me out there again, so he needed lots of pictures. Oh and I think I had the prettiest golf clubs, they were pink, thanks to Angela for letting me borrow them.

Team Pumptec (Us)

Team HPO (Scott & Amy Langston)

Team General Mills (Roger & Leigh Galloway)

Team Excedex (Dave & Sonya Payne) and Team Polaris (Brad & Emily Hacking)

Team HP (Cameron & Julie Hunsaker)

Team Cargill (Mark & Mary Haake)

Team Polaris (Brad & Emily Hacking)

Team HP (Cameron & Julie Hunsaker) and Team Honda (Ryan and Andria Yoes)

Curt

I had to have a clean ball, right?

Oops, I missed!

I am starting to look like a pro.

NO MORE TRAINING WHEELS

Abby is very proud of herself she taught herself to ride her bike in one night. We went for a walk and her friend Sam down the street had taken her training wheels off and Abby asked if she could try her bike. So for about 20 minutes she tried to ride in their garage. When it was time to go home she asked me if I would clear out our garage and take her training wheels off. So I did, and in about five minutes she came in and said Mom come out and see. I went out and I couldn't believe it. She could do it. She told me it was a good thing Sam taught her how. I totally agree because I have no idea how to teach a kid to ride a bike. She rode it all the way around the block last night to show off:) Now I have to buy her a bigger bike, I told her at the begining of summer I would buy her a barbie bike when she learned how to ride without training wheels. I had no idea that would come so soon!

4TH OF JULY

We decided to go spend some time up at the cabin this year to celebrate the 4th of July. We went swimming, saw fireworks, rode four wheelers, boat rides, roasted marshmallows, and Abby even tried tubing for the first time. Which she loved!! We all had lots of FUN spending time with Great grandma, Great Papa, Grandma, Papa, Aunts, Uncles, and lots of cousins. On the last day we went up to the dam, and we saw a giant snapping turtle, which I had never seen before, and I couldn't believe how mean it was. Luckily the park host/hostess stopped us before we got up to it, I was going to show the kids the giant turtle....not a good idea. They used a shovel to try and get it back into the swamp instead of heading towards the playground, and the thing would bite the shovel, thanks to Papa though he got back in the swamp. Ally is not a fan of boat or four wheeler rides, she cried the entire time on both. But she does like fireworks, and swimming. She would scream with delight after each firework she saw.

OUR CAMPER

My cousin has a camper that is parked at the cabin, so that is where we slept. Abby and Ally loved it, it had everything including a shower & toilet. Abby wondered why we ever went in the cabin, we could have lived in there all week. The kitchen table folded down into a bed the perfect size for the two girls, although Ally played musical beds most of the night. It was just too exciting for her to get to sleep in a big bed with Abby. Ally is kind of a bed hog and Abby ended up on the floor at 2 am the first night. But they still wanted to sleep together, even though there was two other beds they could have slept in.

SWIMMING

Maddie, Hannah, Abby, Ally, Mara & Payton(running off)

SANDY TOES

All the girls decided to bury Stephen in the sand.....Curt decided they were doing it too neatly and he needed to help speed up this process.

FOUR WHEELIN'

ROASTIN' MARSHMALLOWS

Abby decided to try and roast her own marshmallow this time...

Ally thought roasting a marshamllow was a waste of time, when you could just open up a candy bar and get right to the good part:)

BOATING/TUBING

THE 4TH OF JULY

Maddie, Payton, Ally, Hannah, Mara, Abby, Great Grandma & Great Papa

Waiting for fireworks.....

The MEAN turtle!!!