A Midst the Sprinkler Fun

 While Christian and Juliana were doing sprinklers, Kari was painting!

And...then she wanted to eat a snack like a puppy dog.  Yup, Kari is one-of-a-kind.

 Semi-sweet morsels are not the easiest to lap up, so pretty soon she opted for her "paws."

Messy girl :-).

Do They Dare?

While my children LOVE the pool, they've never been too hot on sprinklers.  Never really sure why, but maybe it's the cold water thing again (like the splash pad).  Well, this summer Christian has been a bit more adventurous and one evening was so sweet in helping Juliana discover the joys of the backyard sprinkler.

First, he turned the sprinkler way down low.

Then, he showed her how fun it is to put your face in!

Juliana tried one foot....

And then put her own face in!

Such a sweet brother--he loves it when he can pass on his wisdom to his younger siblings :-).

Science Camp

This summer Christian did a "College for Kids" camp that Metro Community College offers.  He and his friend, Sullivan, did a Design and Build It class and a Math Logic class.  They really liked it and I will definitely be signing up him (and the other kiddos) next summer!

On the last day, parents were invited to see their marble run creations in the design and build it class. Christian and Sullivan's was the longest and was successful!  So cute :-).

First Haircut at the Salon

I took all of the kids in for haircuts near the end of July.  Oh yes, all four kids in a confined public space where there are swivel chairs and hair products lining shelves.  But, they did surprisingly well!  It was Juliana's first visit to Ms. Kelly and she was such a big girl and loved every minute!  She just got the tiniest of trims, but it was enough to curb the mullet and encourage her hair to grow just a little bit faster!! 

 Can you tell who wanted in on the pictures below??

Moo

 We got wild and crazy one evening and dressed up like cows for free dinners at Chick fil-a.  (Cubby was skeptical at first, but was happy when dinner for everyone was free :-).)  Emily did a great job of making everyone cow spots and Juliana still fit into the old cow Halloween costume!  (Kari was spending the night with Grandma and so she missed dress-up night.)

Thanks, Chick fil-a, for a fun and free night!

Morning at the Trail Center

We have been learning a lot about our pioneer ancestors this summer.  We just came home from a trip to Nauvoo (more on that in another post).  And, before we left, I headed to the Mormon Trail Center with the kids one morning.  The kids got to dress up and learn a little bit more about how the pioneers came across the plains.  (They also got a minute taste of how difficult their journey was.  Pulling a handcart was pretty tough!)

 After the trail center fun, we headed across the street to the Winter Quarters Temple.  The children really liked this and loved hearing about how Mommy and Daddy got married in this temple :-).  Emily, who isn't the most "touch-feely" with her spiritual side, said that she felt really good walking around the temple and that she was happy that we came.

They all loved "touching the temple."

Super Sisters!

These two can conquer anything the backyard throws at them!