Summer So Far

So far this summer we have spent a lot of time at home and a lot of time building rockets. Saturday before Fathers Day we participated in a rocket demonstration out at Miller Motor Sports Park for Clark Planetarium. We thought it would be a lot of fun but it was kind of a mess. It was very windy and the location they had us launching took all of the rockets over the fence. Kelly ended up climbing the fence to look for other people's rockets and walked over a mile to get back in. Of course I didn't take pictures I really need to get better at that.

Saturday was the monthly launch out at Pony Express Test Range. The weather was great. The boys launched several rockets. We also had some neighbors come out and launch and that was very fun. I know that rockets will continue to be a big part of our summer.



We have spent a little time at the pool and enjoying the summer weather. We look forward to more summer time activities.

Disneyland

Last week my parents took my boys to Florida for the week. Kelly and I decided to take a road trip and we ended up in Southern California. We spent most of our time in Disneyland.
One of Kelly's favorite rides in Disneyland is It's A Small World. Every time we have gone to Disneyland we have to ride it at least once. We spent parts of five days in Disneyland.
On Wednesday we went to the beach. We ended up at Newport beach first. We walked out on the pier and watched them fish for a little bit. We also laid on the beach and walked through the shops.
Then we drove down to Laguna Beach. This beach had a ton of seaweed all over it. We did walk down and look at the tide pools. This is about the only picture we got of the two of us together. We had a great week. It was really nice to spend time together just the two of us.

4th Grade Program, Pinewood Derby

Last week the Fourth Grader's put on a Utah program. David got to be a Pioneer. They did a really cut job.Here David is in front of some of the props.

Friday night was our wards pinewood derby. This year both David and Kage are in scouts. David just wanted to have fun with his car so his is a hot dog. It looked amazing. Kelly and David did a great job.
Here is a picture of both of their cars together.
Kage's goal was to have a really fast car. He was successful, he won first place! It was a slick little car. Here he is with his car.Here the final four are waiting at the end of the track for the race.
The leaders all made cars as well. They were pretty creative.
Here I am holding my pink car.
Kelly always has so much fun with pinewood derby. He helped a lot of other people with their cars and is the official weigh in guy.

Plays, Breaks, and Birthday's

The last month has been very busy! David tried out and got a part in the school play Beauty and the Beast. They worked really hard especially the last couple of months. They performed the play April 1, 2, and 3. They did an amazing job! Here is David in his wolf costume. It is the only picture I got of him during the play.
Easter weekend we headed up the canyon for a very cold Easter Egg hunt. Most of us were bundled up in coats but Kage after running around ditched his coat.After we hunted for the eggs then we rolled/ threw the eggs down the mountain side.


Sunday we went over to my Mom and Dad's for another Easter Egg hunt! This one is always fun. My mom and dad put money in some of the egg's. My boys decided the egg's with money were better than the ones with candy. Kage and I were lucky and found the two eggs with twenty dollar bills in them.The day after Easter was my birthday. We had spring break. We were planning on going snowboarding but the weather report was terrible so we decided not to go. We ended up going to Gateway shopping. We also played at the Clark Planetarium for a while. Here is Kage and Kelly doing a weather forecast.

Tuesday the boys and I went shopping with my Mom. We went to lunch at Gardner's Village and a little shopping then down to Tai Pan. Wednesday I went and got Amber's boys Colby and Tyson and they came to our house to play for awhile then we all went to the dollar movie. Saturday we finally went snowboarding. I actually tried snowboarding instead of skiing. It was fun but boy was I sore (and still am four days later).

Hawaii Part 1

We had the great opportunity to spend six days in Hawaii last week. We had a wonderful time. I don't have all of the pictures I want on my computer Kelly has some on his computer but I thought I would at least blog what I have for now. We spent a majority of our time on the beach. The boys played in the sand a lot. We did some snorkeling and boggie boarding as well.

We spent a lot of time up on the north shore of Oahu. We snorkeled at Hanauma Bay and Sharks Cove. We ate at lots of good restaurants. Our goal was to never eat at the same restaurant twice or eat any where you could get at home. We stuck to it with the exception of one breakfast at McDonalds. We stopped at a shrimp truck one day and Kelly got shrimp. The rest of us ate shaved ice and smoothies.

We saw several turtles on Turtle beach. The turtles crawl right on shore and sun themselves. You could walk up close to them and they wouldn't even move. (You could've touched them if it wasn't against the law and they had turtle watchers out making sure you didn't). One day we took a tour out to swim with dolphins, turtles, and snorkel at a reef. Swimming with the wild dolphins was amazing!

The last day we spent a couple of hours at the Polynesian Cultural Center. The boys enjoyed playing traditional games, trying to start fire with two sticks (Kelly was actually successful at it), fishing, and making fish out of palm strands. It was very difficult to get on the airplane and come home.

Polar Plunge 2010

Yesterday was the annual Polar Plunge. It was held at the Pelican Point Marina again. This year we got three generations to jump. Kelly got his dad to jump and David and Kage to jump with him. David chickened out at the last second so Kelly, his Dad Evan, Kage, Kelly's friend Toby, and a guy named Mel (he joined their team the night before and introduced himself to Kelly at the plunge) all jumped together. Here they are waiting for their turn to jump.
Great faces as they jump! Kage was the youngest jumper of the day and Evan was one of the oldest.
Kage waited for Kelly to jump so that Kelly could catch him when he jumped.
Kage was climbing Kelly and Grandpa like a cat in water. He did not want to touch the water anymore.Kelly finally talked David into jumping. So Kelly jumped a second time.

He practically had to pull David in with him. David clung to him so tight.As he was getting out David just kept saying "Get me out of here, get me out of here." A picture similar to this made the Salt Lake Tribune story about the Polar Plunge.
Here's most of the team after the plunge! They all did a great job. Thanks to all of the friends and family that donated to their cause. They managed to raise over 1000 dollars!

Kage's Birthday and Baptism

We have had a fun couple of days with Kage. Friday night he had a friend birthday party. We went to Jack and Jill Bowling Alley. Kage had four friends with him. At the bowling alley they gave him a bowling pin that everyone at the party could sign. They took his picture with the pin and everytime he bowled his picture would come up and it would say "Happy Birthday" It was a fun night.

Today was his Baptism. We had a small group with just our family, Amber & Gregg, and their boys, Chelsea and our friends the Love's. It was a nice Baptism.

After the Baptism we all went to Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. We took all of Kage's presents and let him open them with everyone there.

Tonight we sang Happy Birthday. Kage wanted a cake that he could put his face in so we got him one. Kelly of course helped him get it all over his face.

Here is a movie clip of our two day's of celebrating Kage's Birthday.