Duck Races

This weekend we went down to the duck races on the river by the temple. We saw some crazy people. By crazy I mean the man with a giant snake around his neck. My kids were scared to death. They had projects for the kids to make, a car show, and plays. It was our first time watching the race. The olympics is much more entertaining. The ducks swam a little slow for us. The night before we watched a modern dance company from California. They performed at the colonial theater. Tyler has been beat boxing since. They had a guy who did beat boxing while they danced the last number.

You know it's been too long since you've blogged when you can't remember your password. I'm going to get caught up this week. The 4th of July was so much fun. We went to the parade in the morning with the Wanlass family and then to G & G Wynn's. Grandma had a fish pond for the kids, licorice, and popcicles. It was heaven. Tyler had a rough time with the sparklers. He kept wanting to grab to close to the fire. At least he wasn't affraid of them. Shane put up a tent that night in his parents back yard and the girls and him slept in it. The tent wasn't big enough so Tyler and I slept inside. Or at least that was a good reason to sleep in a comfy bed.

JULY

It is hard to believe July is almost over. We started the month off by going to the zoo and a birthday party for the Wanlass's children. It was a great time.

This is Malia with Sadie. Malia comes and babysits for us. She is so cute with the kids, and very creative. This day they made puppets and put on a play about little town. Sadie thinks she is going to save those puppets forever. We have alot of little things like this she stuffs in her drawers, bookcase, or she just leaves it lying around. I have to put things on the bottom of the garbage if I don't want her to see them. I've gotten in trouble with her before because I forgot to hide something in the garbage. We tried putting it in a binder first and then after awhile she decideds what to throw out so we have room for new stuff. It works but is hard to keep up.

The River

We asked the kids if they wanted to go feed the ducks for FHE the other night. Sadie said, "no that is to far." She thought we were driving to California again to feed the ducks. So as part of our lesson that night we learned that Idaho has ducks too.

One of my favorite pictures of the kids down by the falls.

Primary Activity

We had a primary activity at newly remodeled Idaho Falls Temple visitors center. It was for families so Tyler and Olivia got to come with Sadie and I. The children were going to walk around the outside but it was to cold. The children watched a movie then listened to the Statue of Christ talk. After that they divided up into two groups and went to different stations. The kids were so cute. Tyler put his hand on his chin and watched. Olivia and Sadie walked around for part of it just holding hands. I highly recommend going and seeing the visitors center.