It's Too Darn Hot!

What do you do when it's just too darn hot?

pLay iN thE spRinkLerS!

Kate and Sam posing with the elephant sprinkler

Fair Fun

Last Saturday we took the kids to the Canyon County Fair and had lots of fun...

fishing for prizes...

Kate won a rose and Sam won an alien

checking to see if they measure up...

Sammy just barely made the cut on most of the kiddie rides.

shooting guns in the purple spaceship...

This was their first ride. They were a little nervous, especially Kate. But when she found out their spaceship was purple and had a #4 on it...she was happy as can be. Alice had fun watching Kate and Sam on the rides and loved waving to them as they passed.

and riding the motorcycles...

and going up and down and round and round on the carousel.

Party Time!

Alice's sweet birthday cake made by Grandma Chandler.

She thought Grandpa Chandler needed a taste of her cake too.

Diggin' in!

Alice wasn't actually too interested in tearing into her cake. So we had to give her a fork. She's so dainty!

Presents!

Alice thought it was fun to hold and look at her gifts but didn't quite understand that there was actually something fun inside.

One of her favorite gifts is her little glowworm from Grandma and Grandpa Chandler.

Happy Pioneer Day!

I remember celebrating Pioneer Day as a kid and everyone--parents and kids-- dressing up in their pioneer attire. We'd go to the ward or stake celebration and have a big parade and sing songs and have a big potluck dinner outside. It was always so much fun and I will always have great memories of that.

Well, here we are all dressed up for our ward's July 24th Pioneer BBQ... unfortunately, our ward was lame and we ended up being the only ones dressed up. All the announcements and handouts building up to the activity said to be sure to dress up for the children's parade.

There was no parade.

No children's songs.

No anything to recognize the day!

What a shame!

It's sad what it has come to. It's like we've forgotten the true reason we, as saints, celebrate the 24th of July. Either way, I think my family will dress up for years to come in honor of the pioneers--to recognize what they sacrificed so we could enjoy the truth of the Gospel in our day.

Happy Birthday, Alice!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALICE!

WE LOVE YOU!

A Day at Zoo Boise

We took the kids to Zoo Boise on Friday and had a lot of fun together.

A Walk with the Fam Damily

A couple weeks ago we had a little extra time together so we took the kids over to the dam at Lake Lowell for a little walk. It was a really hot day and all the beaches were packed so we didn't even try to go over that way. We didn't stay too long because it was just so hot but it was still fun.

Kate and Sam really enjoyed being able to get out and run.

Checking out some crazy birds flying in and out of their nests.

Funny thing about this is we told them to turn around for a picture and they held hands on their own. Cute kids.

And of course no family outing would be complete without a picture of the whole Fam DAMily!

It was fun being able to spend just a little more time with each other.