Early June highlights

School is out for summer so a few of the early summer highlights.

The kids are all running track. Aaron runs the 50 and 100 and does long jump and shot put. Kyle runs the mile and does shot put and long jump. Emily runs the mile as well and does shot put and long jump. 


We enjoyed some delicious bibimbap together.


Kyle & Emily have been lifting weights with me this summer. It's been fun seeing them challenge themselves in the weight room and build some strength.

Grandma week

I had to go to Nashville for work this week and my mom came to town to hang out with Kyle, Emily & Aaron while Jeff had long days of work.

I went to the Nashville Parthenon for Emily because she loves her mythology. My coworker told me that parts of the Percy Jackson movie were filmed here so I took a quick lunch break up there to share some pictures with Emily. 

Grandma had the kids out and about and enjoying the days together. 

Snowbird

Snowbird has summer concerts on the weekend. We went to a few this summer. After the concert, we went for a short walk. It did not disappoint. Emily picked a nice bouquet of wildflowers and we saw a family of deer. Pretty awesome if you ask me. 

Snowbird in June

Mom is in town for a visit and to watch the kids while I go to San Diego for work. Before I head out, we went and had some fun playing in the mountains. We went up to Snowbird and enjoyed their summer mountain fun. They have a great mountain coaster, swing zipline thing, vertical drop (bungee jump without the bungee but rather a rock climbing belay), and a gondola up to the top of the mountain. It was great day up in the mountains together. 

Summer pool fun

The day after arriving in Salt Lake City, we joined a pool for some summer fun. The pool has a great diving board and the kids have loved perfecting their cannonballs and dives.

Aaron diving

Kyle flip dive

Emily diving

School carnival

Kyle & Emily's school had their annual carnival on campus. This was the first year we went. Bounce houses, slides, rock climbing, soccer goal thing, obstacle courses, etc. Loads of fun for the kids to run around and play with their school friends. 

Aaron time

With school out for all 3 kids at the same time (quite a feat in this school system with how they have us set up), we have a bit of a summer! Jeff had a work trip to Chicago so Kyle and Emily went along to spend some time with Grandma in Wisconsin. That left Aaron and myself back in North Carolina to have some fun together. 

One of the days we went over to Marbles. We hadn't been there in quite a long time so it was fun to return. 

Aaron's favorite room is probably still the piggy room. We waited a long time to get this slow motion video of the balls falling on Aaron. 

Another day, we headed east for the beach. We hadn't been to the beach (on the Atlantic) since our San Diego friends had visited us last August. We had a great time hanging out, playing in the sand, making a sand castle and sand angels and jumping waves. And of course topping the day off with some ice cream. Within minutes of pulling out of our parking spot there, Aaron was asleep for the entire 2 hour ride home. 

Another day we had silly hair day. Aaron really wanted purple hair. So he had some purple hair along with blue and pink. He was thrilled. Having dark hair, it didn't so much show up on my hair. 

We hit the bowling alley with our silly hair. 

Kyle's monkeys (not the real Miko) were tucked into his bed while he was away. 

We had a silly string battle day which was silly fun. 

For Father's Day, we made red macaroni in honor of my dad. Jeff was able to celebrate the day with Kyle and Emily and his dad while in Chicago. 

And we had ice cream night. 

We had a lot of fun together and certainly missed Kyle, Emily & Jeff. 

Box

Kyle, Emily & Aaron found an Amazon box that was to go out to recycling and decided that it would be the most fun thing ever. And they proceeded to play with it, draw on it, make a car out of it and who knows what else for hours. Seriously. Yet another example of kids not really needing loads of toys and "stuff" because some days a box is serious entertainment. 

Roller skating

Kyle, Emily, Aaron and I had a total old school kind of evening. We went roller skating. Talk about a blast from the past. Growing up, our school would often have events at the local roller rink. Surprisingly, the rink was pretty hopping on a Saturday evening. And the kids did a great job skating. 

Science experiments

Aaron has been having fun doing some science at home. We made elephant toothpaste which he enjoyed. Next time we make it, I need to get the stronger H202 and a smaller bottle for an even better and quicker reaction. 

We also made some oobleck (cornstarch and water - liquidy when in your hands but solid in the tray). He loved playing with it. He must have played with it for over an hour just letting it run through his hands and trying to scoop it up. We also put some food coloring in it to mix it up. 

Playing with oobleck