End of Summer

Less than one week left of summer vacation. At least it is for Stella. Tristan still has 2 weeks since they don't start Kindergarten testing until next week. I am looking forward to meeting both of their teachers and seeing where their classes will be! Stella is getting a little nervous and I don't think Tristan has even given school a second thought. I don't worry about him other than he can't not talk and ask a million questions! A real quick update (mostly for myself so I don't forget the rest of our summer).

We had a nice evening at Silver Lake with Emily, Cole and their boys. We even got to see a moose family! Yay!!!

The kiddo's started swim lessons. This is their second week of swim. They have both improved greatly in just the past week and a half! It's amazing to watch them! Bill and I love to just sit and watch their progress. Tristan was so timid at first and wouldn't even put his face under water and now he won't stop! And Stella I call my water baby. She has always loved swimming.

Stella Bella got glasses today. She is super excited! It's weird to see her with glasses on. She looks pretty cute though. She kept saying "Everything is so much clearer!" while we were at the store today! Maybe math will make more sense to her this year! (Unless she's anything like me. Then it will NEVER make sense!)

We went to the Sweet's Candy Shop today. The kids have been obsessed with Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and so have Melissa's kids. She was kind enough to arrange for a tour! The kids thought it was pretty cool. No Oompa-Loompa's though. We left with our own little bags of delicious taffy! Yum.

I just love this picture of Stella and Emma. They are so sweet. I had to take a picture of them reading together and snacking while their brothers were being boys racing up and down the sidewalks. 

Boys and Girls are so different.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

These past few weeks have been so much fun! We have crammed as much summer fun into them as we could! My poor kids were exhausted. After our amazing trip to Yellowstone we took the kids to Lagoon. They had been working around the house to earn "Lagoon Dollars" and they had finally earned enough. They had so much fun! Tristan would have gone on every ride had he been tall enough. Stella gets more cautious as she gets older (much like her mother) but she did love the rides she actually went on. We stayed til the park was just about shut down. It was a long and fun day!

That same week we went to the zoo for Bill's work party. It was pretty cool because we got to stay after it was closed to the public. Our favorite was the bears. They were so much fun to watch! The polar bear just swam laps for about 45 minutes. We watched for probably 30. And the sibling bears were extra feisty after their nap! They have so much personality. Tristan said at bed time to himself, "Dads work party was awesome." It was.

 No trip to the zoo is complete without a train ride!

 Off we go

 Bill's work hired a face-painter.Here is our pretty peacock.

 Seriously how cute is this tiger face on T?

 Posing

 Luckily they do not measure up to the Ape species

Even the bear will pose for our family picture. She's so cute I wanted to take her home!

The next day we went to Utah lake and did some boating with my parents, Emily, Cole & Dylan. We have yet to get them out on the boat with us so it was fun! My parents got taken for a pretty wild ride and then it was Bill and Cole's turn. That was great. I was nice and didn't flip them off the tube. Tristan has a new fear of water, but was brave enough to try swimming in the lake with us a couple of times. Hopefully he can work through it. We had a lot of fun with them!

What do you really think Dyl?

We like to hang tough!

This was the only time Emily was actually in the seated position. 

The rest of the time she was flying in the air!

Our co-captain

We still have a few more short weeks of summer left. I am so not ready for it to end yet! I have really enjoyed having both my kids home and having no set schedule. Hopefully we can fit a few more fun summer things in (including swim lessons next week) before they go back to school. Things that won't break the bank preferably!

It was so hot we needed a ride to cool down on.

Yummy (expensive) ice cream

So much fun at Lagoon!!!