Monday at the Beach

Monday we went to the beach with Jenn and the kids. We got to see tide pools and play in the water.

The kids had fun learning to boogie board and play in the ocean.

They made a pool in the sand. The kids had fun playing in the water there.

I buried Audrey in the sand.

Kiersten got a ride up to the van.

Aaron loved the boogie boards

First grade field trip to Discovery Gateway

Friday I got to accompany Aaron on a field trip to Discovery Gateway. I had never been there before. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a lot of fun playing and pretending.This is the magnet table. It was fun to build shapes and structures.
Aaron built this house shape.
This was a digging box. It is filled with cork pieces. The cork got everywhere and stuck to the kids cloths.
These pictures are out of order. We got to sit on the very last seat in the bus.
This is our group.
Aaron liked climbing on the horse. They played with the "hay bales". They stacked the hay bales up, fed the horse, loaded the truck, and had a lot of make believe time.
Water Zone
Construction Zone

Deer Creek

Jim and Ryan, Jenn and SamKiersten
Faith and Audrey
Denton and Audrey

Mike

Faith Logan, Audrey, Mike, Aaron

Larsen Family at the pool

Grandma Larsen treated us all to an afternoon at the pool. I brought the underwater camera. This is Allie under water. Jacob and Allie came early for the reunion to visit grandma. Kiersten liked playing in the splash area. I could not find her swimsuit that day, so she swam in a onsie.
The teenage boys had fun playing with each other. There is a fun group of them.

Here is Audrey under the water. She took swim lessons this summer and did really good. She enjoyed it and loves swimming.

Brian, Josh and Sheri K.

Jacob

Kiersten

Jim playing with the boys in the pool.

Grandma got in the pool with the kids. They love playing with grandma. What special memories!

Audrey loves the slide!

Becca and her kids

Grandma playing with Logan, Brayden and Sophie

Summer Fun

Summer is a great time to be kids. We went up the canyon with the furners, Larsens, and Gunns for family home evening in August. The kids had fun running around and playing in the canyon. Logan and Aaron played swords with sticks. Aren't boys allways turning everything into a weapon?
Stephen and Geoffrey are playing on a cell phone.
Aaron, Logan, Nina, and Jason had lots of fun inventing their own games.
We also had fun playing in the swimming pool this summer. The older kids got to have swimming lessons and the little kids enjoyed playing in the water. Faith probably went to the pool more than any of the others. She likes being old enough to go with her freinds and not have to wait on a grown up to take her.

Kiersten was a bit shy of the water for a while, but got comfortable enough to start jumping off the edge, as long as mom held her hands. Audrey and Aaron loved jumping off the edge. Aaron is practicing swimming so he can get good enough to jump off a diving board.

Logan is learning to swim better this summer. It is fun to have a waterproof camera.
Audrey loves this little water slide. She couldn't get enough of it.
Unfortunately, I do not get enough pictures of the older kids, because they are too busy to play to hang around for a picture, and I have to stay with the little kids.

Larsen Roundup

We had a lot of fun at the Larsen Reunion this year. We went to the Rock'n R Ranch in Antimony. Our kids had a blast, playing with cousins, riding horses, swimming in the pond and playing cowboy.
Faith loves horses and has been looking forward to riding on them. Faith's hat blew off and Jim picked it up and wore it for the rest of the trip. Dosn't he look good in pink!
The kids loved the little pond. Brian was a fun cousin to play with.
Here is Brady on a horse.
We took a lot of pictures at the reunion. It was a lot of fun and the staff was great. We would recommend this to anyone looking for a idea for a family reunion.