Update

Update 1 -
We spent as much time as we could at the pool this summer. Ben and Olivia can swim like fish but it was a little hard with Will. He loves the water but wanted to swim "by himself" and me not hold him. Obviously, that wasn't going to work.


Update 2 -
Our great friends moved back to Texas in August. We were so sad to see them go. Alison is Ben and Olivia's friend, so it was hard on both of them to have her leave. We are looking forward to them visiting in October though.

Update 3 - (last but not least)

Rick is doing so much better and is totally back to normal. He went to the doctor the Monday after it happened, and they told him, it would be 6 to 8 weeks for everything to heal. He went back on Friday and the doctor said "I have never seen burns heal this fast before" and that it would be a lot shorter recovery time and there will probably be little if any scarring. Thank you priesthood blessings!! We really feel like it was a little miracle for our family.

Summer To-Do List

Go to the pool

Have a picnic

Go to the park

Roast Marshmallows/make s'mores

Children's Museum

Butterfly Farm

Sparklers

Go to Georgia

Stone Mountain

Splash park

Red Oak Nature Center

The bean/water park

Make ice cream

Catch lightning bugs

Cougars game

Go fishing

Pajama Day

Butterflies & Pudding

The last 2 days we were in Key West I had started feeling sick. I spent the next two weeks either in bed or on the couch. It was the second to last day before school started and I was feeling very guilty that the kids had been trapped in the house watching too many movies. I was trying to think of something fun to do with the kids. The requirements were: #1 had to be close to the house #2 I had to be able to sit down most of the time. The Butterfly house fit both. Ben liked trying to identify the different types of butterflies from a card they gave him. Olivia just thought she was Fancy Nancy and kept yelling "an azure butterfly!"

Waiting for the butterflies to land on them.

Sweet Boy

Sweet Girl

When we got home I pulled out the slip-n-slide out and made some pudding. I have to admit it was pretty funny to see their little faces when I told them they could paint it all over themselves or have a pudding fight. They kept putting their fingers in the pudding, then looking up at me like "really this is ok?"

Slow Start

Taste test

The crazy escalated quickly