A little More Summer....

Here is a dump of summer pictures.... We have been SOOO busy, but I NEVER remember to take pictures.  But, I've taken a few as to document that we really are playing hard. :)  Love my boys and how fun they are.  Summer is the BEST.. I just have to close my eyes at all the mess that is around this house of mine!  It's worth it though, to have some play time.

We started the summer with swim lessons.  Sam passed level 2 and is moving to the deep end next year.  Nate learned to put his head under water and loves to swim now... he just doesn't know how to come up for air yet when he is swimming.  I have to pick him up out of the water every time. :0  

 Natie jumping off the diving board.

 Sam's turn on the diving board.

 I put Jake and Luke in swim just to start the summer off right.  They are both pretty strong swimmers.

Here is luke diving.

And these are a sequence of Jake cannon ball diving and swan diving..... He passed all the levels of swim this year and is on his own now.  Good Job Jacob!!

  I tried to get a few pics of the swimming strokes, but you can't really see them.. :)

 Thankfully, we get to have a fun brother in law that lives around the corner and humors us by letting us come out on the water with them a few times each year.  WE LOVE THE WATER!!

I love to see my hubby doing this stuff... he is so athletic.  I can't wait for all my boys to join in for real.

 Cute cousin Kate and Jake... Kate is so beautiful.. I feel bad for all the boys hearts she's going to break. :)

  She is such a doll and our number one babysitter right now.  I love that they love her!

 Luke is always up for a sweet picture! 

 One of the whole gain while they were filling up the tube.  Ahh... I love Utah and being out on the lake.  It's so beautiful!!

 After boating we went to the Art City Days closing fireworks show.  We also were able to run the nestle 5k and go to the carnival during the week.  I love having the festival days the first week of June.  It just starts the summer off right.

We went to the stake center and had a perfect view of the show.  My phone was dying so it wouldn't let me use the flash... we took the Nadauld cousins with us and the 

kids had a great closing to a great day! 

 Taylor took all the boys to Father's and sons and I got a night alone.  It was nice!  I went to the parade of homes show and realized I need a lot more money. :)  Those shows might not be a good thing to do on a regular basis.  I did come home with a lot of fun ideas though.

While camping, Nate was watching Taylor cook pancakes and burnt his neck on the griddle.  You can see the yucky burn in this picture.  So sad when you are having so much fun to ruin it with a burn! The boys all had a blast though and can't wait for next year.  ME EITHER!

 We got 7 peaks passes and have been several times with friends this summer... But this day, the boys wanted to try out the city splash pad instead.  It was a hit.  We'll have to go a few more times this summer.

 I love this little picture of Nate behind!  Unfortunately, this is a common sight.  At least he has some clothing on right -- that's a step in the right direction for him!

 I just love when they all play together.  I just read a book on the grass while they ran around. It was a happy momma moment. Seeing them all together and having fun.  FREEZE TIME PLEASE!!

 I have to give kuddos to Taylor... he is the neighborhood playmate.  The kids have a game called perpetrator (Taylor made them change the name to fugitive, not quite so harsh).  Anyway, they usually use a car and drop the kids off at one spot and tell them to run to another spot (usually 1/2 mile away or so).  Then after about a 1 minute head start you try to catch them before they make it to that second spot.
Taylor has played this several times with them this summer.  It's the favorite "night game"  of the neighborhood.  He borrows Steve's golf cart and heads out to find the "fugitives."  I'm so grateful he plays with them.  I went along for the ride this night and it was so pleasant outside.  Did I mention that I love living in UTAH!!  so beautiful.

 Wow... those brostrom boys really have muscles!!  Check out Carter's guns... and Griffen is not far behind him!  We are so lucky to live close to such great friends.  Unfortunately, we don't get together as much as we or the kids want, but when we do -- it's pure chaos!  So glad Nina has all boys so we can endure together!!!

The boys spent all day building a Master Fort.  It was so great, they HAD to have a sleep over in it.  :) Sure love our great neighbors and friends that entertain my boys all day everyday this summer.  

We just got back from St. George and it was great.  Swimming everyday and we LOVED it. We swam, and went to the dollar movies and swam and ate and swam.... I also got to go to lunch with all my sisters in law and mom for our June birthdays and the best part is that TAYLOR had fun this trip too.  His brother Lincoln just moved next to my sister and it has been a beautiful thing. :)  He golfed twice and we bbq'd with them and swam every chance we got in their sweet pool.  Of course, I didn't take pictures the whole time in St. George,  but I remembered a picture this day, because as I looked in my rear view mirror (I took them all to McD's for lunch) I saw all these fun kids I just love to pieces.  Not super safe to travel with 10 kids, but UBER fun! 

It was fun to have more cousins to play with!

It's been a lot of fun so far, with much much more to come!!