This 'N' That of the Summer

Summertime was super, super busy for us, running from a camp to swimming to gymnastics to play dates to going out of town, and the cycle just kept repeating with a lot of other random stuff in between. It was fun, but exhausting and I don't want a repeat, that's for sure! So here's a few random things from the summer.

Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney concert

We celebrated our 13 year anniversary with a weekend trip to Denver to one amazing concert!  It makes my heart happy just thinking about it, just so fun!  And Tyson and I did a lot of shopping around Denver which is always a treat coming from Grand Junction!

We had some awesome seats in the Comfort Dental suite with prime rib, shrimp and everything else yummy!  We got spoiled that night for sure!

A Little Taste of Temple Square

I was able to have a getaway with Tyson's sisters in Salt Lake City during August.  It was super fun, with lots of shopping, eating at the Melting Pot and the Blue Lemon (sooo good), a little bowling and some Temple Square site seeing.  We had a great couple of days!

Tyson's amazing sisters, Nanette and Natalie

..and his other amazing sister Shelly (and we were sad Julie couldn't make it!)

You know the clydesdale carriage ride that looks amazing around Temple Square on your wedding day?  Well, we enjoyed it as sisters on an awesome Girls trip!

 

 Swimming Lessons

This summer Tyson and I REALLY wanted our kids to learn to swim well, so I put them in an aggressive class at the college.  It was a headache getting there, but they did quite well.  But for the last 1/2 of the summer I got burnt out, so we did lessons at a neighborhood pool like last year.  By the end of the summer, they were jumping off the diving board and going down the slides in the deep end and swimming to the sides.  Mackenzie can do all the basic strokes now and I'm feeling more comfortable with her in the water.  Collin can sometimes swim. :)  He wiggles a lot in the water, thinking he's swimming, but not getting too far at all.  I have to say putting goggles on both of them and going to the hot springs a lot made a world of difference in their desire and love of the water.

 



 End of the summer swimming party.

Mackenzie and her friend Hannah.  Notice the toad in their hands.  It hopped into the pool and these two were lickity split chasing the poor thing down.  These two are quite the pair and are ALWAYS on an adventure capturing toads, bugs, rabbits, you name it!

Nothing to do with swimming...but these are two toads she had to bring home from the neighbors one day.

 

A Little Bit of Fishing

We've made several trips in the summer up to Vega Reservoir.  The fishing has always been good and its pretty close by.  The kids always have a good time playing on the beach and reeling in the fish!

 

 

 

Mini fisherman!

 

Kamryn and Kenzie playing non-stop in the mud.