Comb Your Hair

I told Nathan one morning that I needed to comb his hair. He didn't want to so he said he would wear a hat. He couldn't find his baseball cap, so he came out to the car in the middle of June wearing this.

Caelan and Ben slept on the trampoline one night. Nathan attempted it but came inside about 30 minutes later because he was too scared (Megan was too nervous to even try it). He and Megan wanted to sleep together. I thought they had gone up to Megan's room so I went to check on them before I went to bed, but they weren't there. I glanced into the boys room and this is what I saw:

Water Maniac

Dad took the Varsity Scouts to Moab for the first week in June. While he was gone I decided to take the kids to Grandpa and Grandma Dicks house in Arizona. We squeezed into our little Honda (which saved us probably $150 in gas) - it really wasn't too crowded at all. Aunt Jenny and her kids were there too, so all the kids had a great time playing with cousins. We did a LOT of swimming (twice every single day we were there - probably at least 15 hours of swimming). I decided not to put the kids in swim lessons this year, so I was hoping our trip to Grandma's house would help them all get a little more comfortable in the water. Nathan was pretty hesitant the whole time. He played on the step but would cling on to me for dear life anytime I took him off the step. Finally on the last afternoon we were there I grabbed him while he had his floaties on and took him out in the water. It only took him a minute to realize he could float on his own with the arm wings on. Then there was no stopping him - he was all over the pool and eventually started jumping off the edge and even went down the slide a few times and LOVED it. Too bad he didn't catch the vision 3 days earlier. Oh well - at least it finally came.
We also took a fun day trip to an indoor amusement park. It was great - small enough to be able to stand up and look around and be able to see all the kids, but big enough to have several different rides that were fun for the age of the kiddos. The first ride that everyone ran to was the fastest little coaster in the building. I thought Nathan was get a little nervous, but he got right on and laughed and laughed the entire time it went. It's one of those coasters that goes in a circle faster and faster and faster, and then stops and goes backwards.
Nathan also got to go and visit Grandpa Dick at his dentist office while we were there. He was great - sat right in the chair and was perfectly still the whole time.

New Family Reunion Location

This year after looking at several options Dad's parents found a cabin about 20 miles outside Durango Colorado. None of us had really spent much time there before so this was kind of a fun change. We went to a Gold Mine one day (it's a closed mine, but they have tours - they take you inside the mine in an actual mine train car and then tell you all sorts of stuff inside. When you're done you come out and can pan for gold). It was quite interesting and the kids enjoyed themselves. We found a little hike on the way back to the cabin. Dad carried Nathan part of the way up - I had Austin in the baby carrier on my back. We were supposed to be hiking to some lake. We found a body of water (I'm not sure it was the right one, but we called it good) and Nathan wanted Dad to dunk his head in the water, which Dad was more than happy to do. On the way back, Megan was tired and sick of walking so Dad let her ride on his shoulders. Nathan also wanted a ride, so I had Nathan on my shoulders and Austin on my back (I felt like I was a couple inches shorter when we got to the bottom of the trail). On Sunday we were in charge of the family devotional. We talked about Lehi's dream - and then we made a little rope course through the trees where each family walked along blind folded. Nathan was a peeker-Mr. Peekerson, which was pretty hilarious to watch. We love our Memorial Day vacations.