July Happenings

Music Camp

In early July, Emma and Rebekah had their summer music camp, they met in the mornings for a week. they made instruments and learned to play them in ensembles they also learned some dances from other cultures. They presented these at a Family music night at the end of the week.

Hoop dance





Playing in ensemble


Yellowstone Vacation

Then we were off to Yellowstone for a week of fun with the Nilson family. We stayed in West Yellowstone Montana at a nice resort right next to the west entrance to Yellowstone. The kids went swimming every single day we were there and loved it. We enjoyed drives through Yellowstone and also went up to earthquake lake north of where we were staying. We also enjoyed days spent at the condo relaxing with family and going to some of the things in West Yellowstone... IMAX, Bears and Wolves exhibit, Shopping, and eating out.

Grandma bought the kids all matching shirts and we gathered them all up for some pictures:

The sights in Yellowstone....

Petrified Tree

Canyon Falls, the grand canyon of Yellowstone

"Serious Joe"... some days that kid won't smile for nothin'!

Mammoth hot springs

a "cone" geyser

and the highlight of the trip, Old Faithful

Buffalo next to the trail (there were buffalo everywhere)

Sarah at the Canyon falls area

...at the Bear and wolf Exhibit

Pretty much the only visible bear we saw on the trip

At the Condo, Grandma had all the kids set for fun and crafts, the kids got bug jars, bags, sunglasses, glow sticks and flashlights.

the Nilson Men

Gathering the babies for a photo is harder than it looks

Okay Grandma, get in there and hold those boys still.

Trip to the Dentist

The day after we got back, we had Sarah and Bekah in for some dental work, Sarah had some cavities filled and Bekah had the underside of her tongue cut (she has been a bit tongue tied since birth)

Sarah did great, Bekah no so great.... as you can tell from the pictures I took off my phone.

Off to Snowbird....

Last week, the Colton Family had a get together up at Snowbird ski resort and enjoyed the Summer activities they have there. My parents have a condo for a week there in the summer time, just like they did when we were all young kids. We went on Monday and again on Friday to swim and play. The kids loved the alpine slide and zip line.

Bouncy house

(sorry for poor quality, these came off my phone)

Dinner at the park

we didn't see a single Moose while in Yellowstone, but one found us at Snowbird.

And finally....

I took the kids for a play day at Gateway discovery center. We used some gift passes given to Zack from a co-worker

I took a couple snapshots with my phone.. Sarah playing in the water and Leah in the little toy cars they have there

So it's been pretty busy around here. Summer has been fun, but I think we are all getting ready for the routine of school to start back up again. Only 3 more weeks of Summer and 2 of those weeks we will have swimming lessons to help pass the time, it will be here before we know it.