Austin's Birthday

For Austin and my birthday, we did our usual overnight trip to Salt Lake. Renald does a catering job at a huge water park in Kearns and the kids and I play while he works. We swam and swam. went school shopping (which was my favorite, not so much for renald and the boys), out to eat at a nice steak restaurant, rode the trax, went to the aquarium, and last but not least, Renald pulled into a Chuckee Cheese on the way home.. I wasn't really happy about that one!

Raingutter Regatta

This year the scouts had to make a sailboat for the Regatta. Renald spent a whole lot of time with Austin helping him make it. They worked hard on it and it payed off. It sailed really well, and Austin was very proud. That night Austin recieved his wolf badge and moved on the the bears. Ren and I are the bear leaders so I excited to have him with us!

Two wheeler Tyson

After Tyson got his cast off, I insisted on taking off his training wheels. We tried twice before the 4th and made little progress. After coming back from Richfield we tried again and 2 hours later his was riding his bike all by himself, starting and stopping too!

Swimming lessons

This summer I was finally able to put all my kids in swimming lessons, and at the same time. Sydney was to young when we did it in the winter so she was so excited to finally be able to participate. All the kids had a blast, then afterwards, we stayed and played in the outside pool for a few hours. Austin only wanted to have his picture taken while in the water, but Danielle managed to get one of him when he wasn't looking.

4th of July

We did our annual trip to Richfield for the 4th. It is always a lot of fun. Renald took Austin and Tyson riding, Austin got some good practice on his motorcycle and Tyson got practice on the 80. Austin got 2nd place in the foot race, Dad helped Tyson get a fish at the fish grab...He had caught one previously and he picked it up and assumed it was dead cause it wasn't moving, he brought it closer to his face then all of the sudden the fish wacked it's tail on Tyson's face. He didn't like that much and refused to hold the fish that Renald helped him catch. Last but not least, Renalds firework show was probably the best yet!!

Ty's Birthday

This year Tyson turned 5 years old. The day before we had Grandma and Grandpa Folkman, Dominique and Scout over for dinner and cake and ice cream. The next day we headed to Lagoon with Renalds sister and cousins. Tyson couldn't have asked for a better birthday. (It just happened to work out that everyone could make it on that day)! Austin didn't want to go on wicked, but he did insist on doing the big swing thing that you lay in and it lifts you up and drops you! He is so crazy! All the kids enjoyed being able to ride all the rides with their cousins!

Baseball

This year Austin and Tyson both played baseball. Austin improved quite a bit, we spent almost every day practing in the backyard, and by the end of the season it had paid off. Tyson began his season with a broken leg, it wasn't until the last 2 games that he could run with his boot on. He ran so slow he was out both times but at least he was able to participate more. Because he hadn't been able to run, when he hit the ball, his first instinct was to run after his own ball to catch it. It was very funny to watch. Renald had to be on the sidelines coaching him to run to first. He also really enjoyed trying to catch the ball when he was in the outfield.