Water Park and Ballpark!

This summer has been a transitional summer--most of the activities we've done for years my kiddos have started growing out of. And by that I mean the FREE activities. We've left behind the spray park, carousel, and summer movies they've already seen. Now they want to go to the water park, amusement parks, game parks---pretty much any park that costs over $5 a person to get into. :-)

Luckily, because of Cooper's swimming lessons we had a BOGO coupon for the water park.  We've been having really hot temperatures lately, so it seemed like a fun idea. We paid our fee, found a night spot with chairs under an umbrella and played for 4 hours in the lazy river, the water slide, the fountain. There was one damper on the day, however. I got sunburned. IN. THE. SHADE. THE SHADE?! Otherwise it was a really fun day. We finished the library summer reading program and one of the prizes was a free pass to the water park, so it looks like we'll be going back one more time before school starts. This time I'll apply sunscreen wherever I sit!  Here's some pics:

This week we also attended our yearly Chukars game. Unfortunately, they were not having a good game, but we still enjoyed being there and eating cotton candy, chili cheese fries, churros, and ice cream! Cooper giggled over and over about the little snippets of shows the announcer would play at certain times during the game. For instance, when the pitcher from the other team was taking a long time to throw a pitch (he was trying to get the runner on first out who was leading off base) they played someone saying, "Butt scratcher! Get your butt scratchers heeeeere!" Cooper almost wet his pants laughing. Ah, 10-year old boys humor. 😁

Our summer is winding down quickly. Amelia and I have girls camp this week, then only one more week before school registration, shopping, teacher workdays, and end-of-summer activities ramp up! I'll also know (hopefully) in the next few days about our home. Where did this summer go?!

4th of July and Utah Trip!

Our last month has been pretty busy. In fact, our whole SUMMER hasn't been very restful. Instead of lazy days we've had jam-packed ones. Here's a few things we've been doing:

We visited Katie, David, and Linus in Utah and had a fabulous time swimming in her pool:

Hung out with Linus at every possible moment:

We also braved triple-digit temps and went to the Hogle Zoo. Cooper tried to stop the big black ball right at the entrance. He succeeded, but had a wet shirt and shorts for the next fifteen minutes. 'Cuz that's how long it takes for your clothes to dry in that heat. :-)

We saw the giraffes:

And the elephants:

And sea lions, seals, bears, tigers, lions, monkeys, and a whole lot more! We even found cool bridges to cross:

We also had our 4th of July parade. As always, we had a ward breakfast first then sat to watch the parade:

And of course the rodeo! I'm so happy my kiddos love going as much as I do. Well, at least Amelia does. 

Cooper is still taking swimming and guitar lessons, Amelia is doing violin lessons and summer ballet. Girls camp is next, then we start prepping for another school year again!

In case you're not on Facebook, I was pre-approved for a home loan a little over a week ago. I'd planned on looking for a home over the next few months and take my time. Weeellllllllllll, exactly one week later I'm under contract for a townhome half a mile from the school I teach at. I'm still not completely sure how it happened.......hopefully I'll close on August 11 and we'll be moved in and settled before my first teacher workday on the 16th. Then the craziness of the eclipse on the 21st. Then the first day of school on the 23rd.  Sometime after that I may come to grips with the situation. Updates to come!