Busy Summer

Well, I don't have any picture this time because we are very forgetful but we have had a lot going on. We went to Roaring Springs on the 13th. It was a blast. The kids played in the kiddie pool for about an hour and then we all went floating in the never ending river. Even Bailey floated with us. She did not, however, like the water too much. It was rather cold at first but she got used to it. Next, we went into the wave pool. Rianne loved the water as long as the waves weren't going. If you are shorter than 48" they make you put a life jacket on, which is great, and Rianne loved the jacket. When the waves weren't going she would go out in the water until she couldn't touch any more and then she would lean back and float or kick her feet. She thought that was a blast. When the waves started she would get out of the water as fast as she could but she would still sit just at the edge of the water to where the water still hit her legs and there was just enough that she could still splash and play in the water. Colvert would float on his stomach when the waves weren't going. He did his best to swim with the bulky life jacket on. When the waves came, he would go out just far enough that the waves wouldn't knock him over. He saw a bunch of bigger kids jumping everytime the wave would hit them. Naturally, he had to do that too and he got a big kick out of it. He loved it. I am very fortunate to have children that love the water. After the wave pool that was about all that we could handle so we went home. Nathan helped Debbie and Jeremy take a load of stuff to thier new house that night and the next morning we discovered that Nathan had burnt himself to a crisp at Roaring Springs. It was so bad that he could barely stand to have clothes on. Well, he endured a parade that Saturday anyway. It was Eagle fun days last weekend. It is basically like the Caribou County Fair but slightly bigger. They have car shows, a rodeo, booths to buy overpriced items, a parade, the whole shabang. Anyway, we wanted to take the kids to the parade and theme was "Wet and Wild Parade." We just assumed that the wet part was water guns and stuff. Well, we were wrong. The first part of the parade was just a regular old parade with horses and candy and all that but the second half was nothing but water. They had gathered every fire truck, army water truck and anything that could spray water, just for the end of the parade. We found out later that this is how they end every parade for the Eagle Fun Days. The crowd had even participated. There were buckets and coolers full of water for the crowd to throw at the people in the parade along with water balloons and water guns. It was definately Wet and Wild. People got absolutely drenched and it was the perfect day for it. Among all of this going on, we now have a membership to a gym for our whole family and we are trying to go at least 4 times a week, so we are extremely busy, tired and sore all the time. Well, that is how our summer is starting out so far.