July Waves

One of the best things about July has been the fun water play!

We celebrated July 4th at Cowabunga Bay! We put in a long day there and had a blast. The kids loved the slides and we also spent a ton of time in the lazy river. Good fun!

So many family members came visiting this month from Texas!! It was so fun to hang out and do things with them. My kids' favorite part was the swimming pool at Nanna's hotel. We played there several afternoons. Here is Audrey playing hard.

We attended a little bit of Draper Days for the first time this year. We went to the Treehouse Swimming Party - and had a great time. And then we went to the party at the park for a couple hours. The kids loved this walk on water game. They played so hard for the entire time they were inside the ball. It was hilarious watching them try to get up and fall. I want to try it too!

I did my first Triathlon this month!!! It was the Echo Tri - I did the sprint distance. Chad came along and did the Olympic distance. I cannot believe how tired I got over doing just the sprint!!! I was not fast at swimming, very slow at transitions, and I was biking against several of the Canyon Bicycles' team - so pretty hard there. BUT, I rocked it on the run. It is hard to figure out how fast I did it, because the transition time got messed up and was included in the run part - but, I think I was running about 7 min/miles and ran past all of those bike team members! It was soooo fun to come on strong on the run like that! I ended in 2nd place in my age (me in the red shirt) - and it was pretty cool to get to stand on the podium!!! Anyway - I think I am hooked, at least on the sprint distance.

We always do swimming lessons in July at the Draper Pool. We have loved enjoying the summer weather in a great pool. Here is Carson actually swimming. All of the kids have made so much progress this year, I am very happy for them. They are getting independent and grown up.

We went to the float preview of the 24th of July parade. The kids always have a blast looking at every float and picking their favorite. They also always enjoy a balloon twist from a clown. We found the best balloon twister ever - and his creations are amazing. Fun day.

Yes, Chad is another year older! The kids were so cute planning his birthday party. We filmed a movie for him - and I learned how to edit movies. We all had a good time putting it together as a surprise while he was up at scout camp. He had a lot of loving presents from the kids and they all expressed their love for him. He is a wonderful man and we are so lucky to have him.

We also celebrate Chad's birthday by going to Lagoon every summer. Here is Graham - now 17 months old, riding the steam train around Lagoon. He is so grown up! He is suddenly trying to talk to us and finally enjoys some books read - but mostly he is just on the go all day long. What a fun little bug.