Mental Cleanse

We have all heard of a cleanse to get rid of the yucky stuff that does no good for our body and daily functioning.  Don't forget about keeping your mind clean, too.  Every so often, give yourself a good mental cleanse.  Our summertime is filled with activities and sports for the girls and home improvement projects.  In our family, we give ourselves a mental cleanse by being in the great outdoors.

 The girls love to help Andy with the flowers.

When you're waiting for the doctor for your wellness visit, you practice your writing.

Abby and Emma continue to have swimming lessons once a week.  Emma just needs a little "tune up" and Abby is becoming quite a little fish.  They both love the water.

Emma has tennis camp 2x/week.  Each camp is 3 hours long.

Abby learned to ride a bike about a month ago!

family hike in Summit Park

It wouldn't be the 4th of July without frisbee golf at the cabin.

 When you get the entire group together, it's quite a crew playing frisbee golf around Brighton.

 

getting ready for the parade

Sweet Emma made 4th of July bracelets and sold them at the parade.

hiking around Silver Lake 

 

 Our evening ended with a game of Five Crowns.

 We spent the night at the cabin and enjoyed breakfast on the deck the next morning.

You know your kids like to watch cooking shows when you are upstairs and hear "60 seconds bakers" coming from downstairs.  The girls were having their own baking challenge using play-doh.  They each even had 3 plates of the same "dish."

 

You just never know what is going to happen when you have family over for dinner...

We went on our 1st family bike ride!  This little new bike rider rode about 3 miles.

 

After our bike ride, we went to the climbing gym.  I'm trying to keep up with these 2 monkeys.

We went to our 1st outdoor concert of the year last weekend.  It was a great band called Wild Belle. 

Can you guess which one is the lead singer?

The next day, we met some friends at Jordanelle State Park for Sunday Funday.  We all had a blast on kayaks and paddle boards.

 

 It has been really hot here for the past month+...like in the upper 80's/low 90's.  To beat the heat, we ventured out to the movie theater to watch Incredibles 2. 

Deer Valley Concert

July 12th: We packed up and headed up to the Uintas for 3 nights of camping and recreating. 

We were right next to the Provo River, which was a great relief from the heat.

The girls started their own fairy garden, complete with a swimming pool.

   

 

 

getting ready to go paddle boarding on Mirror Lake

 

The girls love to help make dinner.

 

1-pot beef stroganoff

an evening game of bocci ball

 

The next day we did a 5-mile round trip hike to Haystack Lake. 

Washington Lake

 

Haystack Lake 

There is nothing like an afternoon nap in the tent.  And look...they really do love each other. 

We had nightly games of Five Crowns.

And now it's back to reality...unfinished home improvement projects.