SWIMMING!

My mom signed up for a class at the Legacy Center, and they had a swim party for those people and their families. So all of the kids went with mom and we had a great time! It was at night, so it wasn't too hot outside and hardly anyone showed up! It was like we had the whole pool to ourselves, plus they finally opened the slide after three years of saying that they were going to fix it! We loved jumping off the diving board and going down the slide, and mom was great at taking the pictures since I was soaking wet!

Devin was great at doing flips off the diving board! Devin and Bryce both have a really bad farmers tan on their arms and neck!

Bryce was the only one that was actually diving off the diving board and he was really good at it!

I tried to do a flip off the diving board and I ended up doing a belly-flop! My thighs were really red the rest of the time.

Jennifer was having a great time even though she did end up doing a few belly-flops! She was a really good sport by going off the diving boards and down the slide with us.

It was lots of fun and I hope that we can all go together again before Devin leaves for his mission in less than a year!

Dad's Birthday!

Yesterday was dad's birthday! Mom had a great idea so we girls made him these candy posters for his present/card! We ended up having a lot more candy than we thought, so we had to use 3 posters! We had to finish them in the morning, so we made dad stay upstairs until we were done. I tried to make them big enough so that you can read what they say...

Bryce and Devin blind folded him while he walked down the stairs.

Devin bought an angel cake with some whipped cream, and he made a really good mixed berry topping for it that we ate that night. Dad went to lunch with mom and some other family and friends, and Bryce also made him breakfast the day before. He got a kick out of the posters and what can I say, It was a great idea!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

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The Luau!

Bryce is playing football for the new high school out in Saratoga Springs, and they had a luau to earn money. First, the team did a scrimmage, then we went over to a different school for the luau. Bryce did really well in the scrimmage. He got to play on the first team almost the whole time, he made a really good catch and he almost scored a touch down! Grandpa White came with us, and Sydney was there with her family because her brother is on the team too.

The cute dress that I'm wearing didn't fit Sydney so she gave it to me! Thanks Syd!

Sydney crimped Jen's hair, and it looked super cute!

At the scrimmage. The whole team had to run across the field (down and back) 3 times because 3 people were late!

Mom and Grandpa White. The luau was lots of fun! I don't think they were expecting very many people to come, because it was hard to find a spot to sit! They did a really fun show with hula-dancers and lots of singing. They had the coaches wives go up and learn how to hula. They even had all the coaches up there dancing one by one! Unfortunately most of the players had already left, so they missed it! Bryce was wishing that he stayed after we told him about it. They had the music turned up WAY too loud though! We stayed for the whole show, and by the time we left we all had huge headaches! But over all, I think we all had a great time!

Utah Symphony

My mom got three free tickets from work for the Utah Symphony show at Thanksgiving Point. Jen and I went with her, and we had a great time! It was a "pop" concert, so they played some really fun songs! One of my favorites was called "Champagne bubbles" and they would make this sound that sounded like bubbles popping. Another one of my favorites was about a cell phone. There was a guy at the front, and he would push a ring tone on the cell phone, then the symphony would play it. But it all flowed really nice, and it was lots of fun to listen to!

Dad's haircut

Usually Devin gives my dad a haircut, not me! But yesterday he told me that I needed to learn how for when Devin goes on his mission. We did learn how to do a men's haircut in young womens once, but what he wanted me to do was a little different. Devin was there "supervising" so I didn't cut my dad's ear off... (which I was very nervous about!) Plus, you know my dad, right after I started to cut, he screams! I freaked out and he just laughed. But I guess it's kind of cool that he trusts me enough to take that machine to his head!

The best part of it all was that we got to vacuum his head after! We just got a new vacuum, and it has a LOT of power! This is Devin showing me how.

4th of July!

We had an awesome 4th of July! My mom got us up in the morning around 5:30 and we went to the balloon show in Provo. For those of you that have never been, it's really fun! There are lots of different balloons that participate, and they throw beanie bags from in the air and try to hit the targets on the ground to earn points. There are also little balloons that they try to pop. Our family goes almost every year and we love it! Unfortunately, my dad had to work that night, so he couldn't come with us like he usually does. Here are some pictures of the hot-air balloons..

Tony the Tiger was our favorite.

It's tradition in our family that on the 4th of July everyone comes over to our house, and we have a big BBQ and then we watch the Thanksgiving Point fireworks from our backyard. So after the balloons, we came home and got the house ready. My dad had to work this year, so he helped as much as he could before he had to leave. We had so much fun spending time with each other, and it was great to see all of the cousins!

Me with my cousin Allison, and my cousin Tanner hanging on the tetherball pole while Devin tries to shake him off...

Everyone loved playing tetherball even though a few people got hit in the head!

We had a few basketball games over at the park.

The homemade ice cream was fantastic! We had vanilla with lots of different toppings to put on top, and they even made vanilla-bean with real vanilla-beans that my aunt Carillisa brought back from Seattle!

Meet Jesse... He is so cute!! My cousin Gavin had him laughing so hard, and everyone thought it was hilarious!

Meet Lincoln... This is my cousin Amber's little boy, and he was so much fun! He would pull the cutest little faces, and he loved the fireworks!

Watching the fireworks--- At the top left is my cousin Tanner. He was trying to hide the fact that he was eating chips at 10:00 at night. He leaned over to me and said, "I'm not supposed to eat chips at 10:00." I said, "Well you are..." And it was hilarious, because then he looked at me and said, "Could you keep it down!"

Jesse looked so cute in his pj's! His dad would yell, "BOOM!" during the fireworks and he would laugh so hard! (picture on the top right.)

The fireworks were great! I Can't wait till next year!

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