Summer 2014

A recap of our summer of 2014.

June 15th

Not many Grandmas are so cool. Grandma Backman giving Lindley, Krew, and Sparkles a ride on Lacie's bike. The kids absolutely loved this! I'm not sure how Sparkles felt.

June 27

Myla can fall asleep pretty much anywhere. She often falls asleep sitting up.

June 30th

Krew was pretty nervous to ride without training wheels but he caught on so fast. We practiced on the street behind our house which was wide open and no houses were built yet. 

I love this picture with the mountains and lake, and Myla, Harvey, and myself cheering Krew on.

June 17th

Another picture of Myla sleeping sitting up. She was "Singing" from the hymn book while I was getting ready one morning. She suddenly got quiet and just like that she was out.

July 1st

We had these Ninja Turtle masks and Myla loved running around in them.

July 2nd

I walked into the room with Myla looking like this. Love that diaper bum!

 I think it's time for a change!

July 19th

We have a splash pad around the corner from our house and the kids are always begging to go.

Sorry Krew, I don't think punching the water will work.

Krew would just stand under this bucket to get soaked. Not sure how that's enjoyable!

July 22nd

Brotherly love. These two are best friends.

August 12

Krew loved looking out his bedroom window to watch the construction of the homes behind us.

August 13th

My kids love bubbles. (It's pretty much the only reason Myla goes to nursery). Krew loves riding his bike through them.

August 20th

This was so funny because Myla was so hyper running around with this balloon and then all of the sudden she laid her head down on the ottoman and fell asleep. It's exhausting being so silly!

September 11th

Myla has always hated her crib. From the time she was an infant. We finally just put a mattress on the floor which you can see in the picture below. When I finally got around to taking the crib down, I found bite marks all up and down the crib railing. Poor girl thought she was in jail. She immediately slept better once she moved out of the crib.

One day my neighbor came to my door and asked if I wanted a caterpillar egg. I am so glad I took it from her because my kids loved this and now we go find caterpillars eggs all the time. They start so small, but grow so fast. We gave him a couple of new milkweed leaves everyday. Soon he crawled to the top of the jar and goes into his "J" shape.

Then sheds his skin and forms a chrysalis

Then the chrysalis is formed. You can see his shed skin on the counter.

After about 2 weeks he comes out of his chrysalis. It's kind of nerdy but so amazing.

Krew was so sad to let him go.

Tour de Cure 2014

Every year Jorden raises money for and rides in the Tour de Cure.  It's a bike race that raises money for diabetes research. Jorden did the 100 mile ride option.

Even though it's a lot of work to haul the kids around on race day, I always enjoy watching Jorden do what he loves.

Getting everything ready before the race.

Jorden and his dad, Brad, before the start.

Jorden's riding group. I'm not sure where Jorden was when I was taking this picture,

but I did get a good one before take off.

While we wait the 5-6 hours for the guys to finish the race, we have to keep the kids busy. We like the Tour de Cure because they have plenty of activities to keep the kids busy and happy.

 Krew loved the bounce house.

Myla was loving it too. As long as bigger kids wouldn't bounce around her.

Krew loved the slide even more. He went up and down this thing a million times!

 After the bounce house, Myla quickly went from this,

 to this.

 So while sister snoozed, lucky Krew got his face painted.

 I was dang impressed! And not surprised at all that he picked a spider.

 A face painting and a cinnamon roll?! A child after my own heart! Well at least the cinnamon roll part.

Although a face painting and cinnamon roll are pretty amazing, Krew's favorite part of the day was meeting up with the Leavitts. Krew loves these guys. Their Dad and Jorden rode together. The Leavitts have moved to Arizona and we sure miss them!

 Myla, Krew, Henry, Violet, Crew, Will

Violet and Myla catching up.

Violet was so cute, waving and trying to hug Myla, and Myla just kind of stood there like a bump on a log. I don't think she understands the meaning of friendship yet.

The boys waiting for their Dads to cross the finish line.

Until finally! I say finally but it would have taken me all day.

Jorden and Drew.

No kisses allowed on camera!

Mya was so excited to see her Dad. Krew was too but was a little preoccupied with all his friends.  We did convince him to come over for one picture.

 As always, so proud of him!