Playing Hard

 This summer has kicked off with a month just as we expected-lots of sun and fun and full of sibling disturbances.  For the sake of posterity, we will try to focus on the play!  We have played good and hard...literally for this little gal:

Katelee made her theatrical debut as an orphan (Betty) in a community production of Annie.  It was adorable!!  She loved every minute of it and has found her niche.  Never once did she complain about her late and lengthy rehearsals and she is already asking when she will be able to be a main character-yikes!  I have to teach her when you love theatre, you love being any part. 

 

 

All the orphans got to walk in a parade.  She is on the bottom right of the picture.  They sang as they marched-way to represent!  We all had fun watching her perform (well, except Brenna...she liked it for about 15 minutes, then I wrestled with her the remainder of the time.  Brenna did poke me and point up to the stage as she announced, "Mom, you dance like that lady."  She was pointing at Miss Hannigan, who was hilarious and slightly crude...yep, just my kind of gal!! It was a blast for Katelee!

 

 

The kids and I continued on our theatre month when we went to the production of Peter Pan with the Taylors.  It was a fantastic show!  We loved every minute of it, again, Brenna loved about 20 minutes of it before she started asking when it was over or when they would take HER to Neverland.  

 We have enjoyed the outdoors a bit this month.  Grant and Dave went on a Father/Son campout, we have gone to the waterslides, are hitting up the pool today, had swimming lessons and broke out the baby backpack for our first summer hike. 

 

 

We love the view from Ensign Peak. 

We had an awesome time at the hospital's health fair.  We look forward to it every year.  Here the kids are in the fire truck where Grant decided to share a story with the firefighter.  He told this community helper how his dad MADE him watch this show called 'Fear Factor.'  He asked the fireman if he had heard of it and the man, suppressing a smile said yea.  Grant continued on about how some people had to put on all this fire protection gear and go through a burning building.  Outraged, Grant said, "For 50,000 dollars!!  Can you believe it?! I would NEVER do that."  The firefighter taught us that is not a good idea and that money isn't everything! ;)

 

The boys in our family had a big month.  The runt turned 10 months!  He randomly stands but is hesitant to take any steps.  He sleeps through the night (Hallelujah!) and cut his first tooth!  Big boy right there. 

(Sissy boy in this outfit, says Dave)

We get to celebrate Dave in June with Father's Day and his birthday.  For his birthday, he and I had a most wonderful date night-dinner and the Arts Festival.  It was SO much fun!  We will plan on going to that next year and maybe even let our munchkins attend too!  We saw dancers, performers on stilts,

 

a jazz band, awesome visual art work, the Animals Inside Out Display, and had some really great people watching moments!

 

Here is the Father's Day breakfast in bed display....

For any of you unfamiliar with the white blob at the bottom, its a nice pile of grits!  I love Grant's face peeking through.  Grant had his first empty running away threat.  I found a backpack filled with granola bars, clothes and a sling shot and it gave me a clue.  After asking Grant about it, he was so afraid I found his goodbye note but he did show me the list he made of necessary items.  It included: clothes, money, food, water, knife, pocketknife, a note from his third grade teacher and a picture of Harrison.  Those are Grant's basic needs. 

So, on to month two of summer!!  We are loving late nights, sleeping in til 8 (yea, you are old when eight o'clock is a lazy luxury), and all the fun things to do!  The house is a constant mess, (not just because of moments like these:)

But, I can always clean in the fall, right?!