When we got back from vacation, I started babysitting Isaiah and Emma full time.  

Other than that, the rest of our summer was spent at the pool. 

Wrapping up summer

We love our friends from church and utilize the summer to get together since we all go to different schools. Here are pictures from one of our outings to the park to play in the fountain. It was also Hannah's birthday-we entered double digits, I feel so OLD! Sarah started school (again, feeling old). She goes to 1/2 day PreK and was so excited to start. Rachy is like a little doll to her siblings-here they dressed her up, did her hair and even put on makeup and nail polish.

Lake Afton

One last big outing for this summer vacation. We went with a few friends in the ward to Lake Afton and had a picnic and played in the water. It was a beautiful day. The kids wasted no time, as soon as we got there they jumped right in. Michael brought his "raingutter regatta" boat that Mike had made for him and the wind carried it out past the buoys where it sank :( He played the rest of the time in a dirty little pool of water off the beach looking for tadpoles and frogs. Rachel stayed out of the water for the first hour and then got brave and started venturing farther and farther into the water, only falling down one or two...dozen times. Sarah wore her rain boots for some reason and they became holding tanks for the tadpoles and frog - plus the sole inserts were a fun little raft to play with. (Multi-functional boots). Hannah and Bekah played "dolphins" out in the deeper water with their friends.

Bike rides

This summer we have been taking quite a few family bike rides. Bekah learned to ride a two wheeler and Michael got his first NEW bike for his birthday. We've gone on short rides to the park or just around the neighborhood. We've also ventured a little further; to the church and to the library. Today we rode to the library and it was HOT. Sarah fell asleep in the bike trailer. Bekah was crying because she was so hot-but she kept pedaling. Hannah was getting very impatient waiting for us and wanting to go home on her own. Michael had worn shorts that were too big for him and as he was running with his bike across the crosswalk, his shorts fell down and I was laughing behind him at his red underwear. Good times.