Busy June

Whitney turned two on May 30th. I can't believe she is so big. She is still my little momma's girl, so she seems like my baby instead of a big girl. She was sick on her actual birthday, so we got her balloons and cupcakes a few days later. She did not complain. Whitney is saying more words every day and loves to copy everything she hears. She is loving outside, especially the swing, which she would stay in all day if someone would push her. She is a great cheerleader to her sisters and they love her so much. Whitney also has her Daddy wrapped around her finger. We love Whitney and are so glad to have her in our family.

Isabel learned to really swim! She is not at all afraid of getting in the water and just loved lessons. They want to go swimming every day. Isabel can even swim on her back. She is very proud of being able to do a "dolphin kick" which seems to be swimming with just your feet. She is apparantly the only kid in the world who can do this :)

Abby also loved her lessons and her time at the pool. She still doesn't want her head in the water, which makes swimming difficult, but she'll get it and then there will be no stopping her. Isabel and Abby will be in the same class in about a week, which will mean a lot less runs back and forth from the pool for me.

Tball is going quite well, although it is a demanding schedule for the little ones. It is ages 4-6, so Isabel and Sara could be on the same team. Isabel loves it, Sara, not so much. She does love the sdjacent park, and the treat at the end. Oh well, we tried.

Sara is a good batter, but will just stand there after. She marches to her own tune, that girl.

Abby ended up on a team with boys and they use a pitching machine. It is very fast, but she has gotten a few hits. Her previous Tball skills from Eagle Mountain are a little forgotten, she gets a bit lost but she is getting better in every area. We need to practice more at home. She likes it a lot, though, and it is so nice to have all her friends on the teams, so they get to socialize and I get to know a lot of the parents better.

We (me and about 15 other moms)recently went to the School District meeting to attempt to get Abby's large grade to have three smaller classes of 20 (as they have been since Kindergarten) instead of two large classes around 30. The school generally has 2 small classes for each grade, but having gone through the same thing when I went to school, I am hoping they can figure out a way to avoid this. Abby is smart and good, so I am not worried about that, I just want her to not get lost in the shuffle of that many kids. I know lots of schools have big classes, it's just one of the huge benefits of the small town that Abby may not get. And I don't know what they will do in the upcoming years. We will see, it didn't look promising, but we made an effort.

A little craft time. Summer boredom is setting in for my school girls, they want to be busy all the time, but they loved painting while Whitney slept.

Our one Crayfish we caught in Recapture Reservoir. You put hotdogs on a string of some kind and put them near rocks. The crayfish latch on to eat and you can pull them up. Or you can build a trap for them. We didn't have much luck, but I got this guy in a bucket right as we were headed out. It was fun for the girls, and a nice, quick, and free outing.

Summer so far has been super busy but it's good. I am glad the girls could finally get back in swimming lessons, so I can feel confident taking them to the pool by myself. Baseball is pretty involved, but as they get older they can decide if they like it or not. Right now we are making plans for 4th of July weekend, with Stadium of Fire, which is a big concert in the football stadium at BYU. Brad Paisley and David Archuleta are performing, and then a huge fireworks display at the end. People come from everywhere and sit outside for the fireworks, like we did last year. It should be fun, and it's exciting the kids are getting old enough to do these kinds of things. That is on the 2nd. On Monday, the 4th we may head to Fillmore for their celebration with a lot of the Watsons, most of scott's Uncle Kerry and AuntTafta's kids will be here from all over the country. They have a big ol' small town party there, so we will see. Scott has to work the whole weekend but we are trying to figure things out. The rest of the summer willl be a lot of the same, but Pioneer Day on the 24th here in town and a bunch of my fam coming into town, then Abby gets baptized the first week of August!