Confession

Okay-so you will all find out what a horrible mom I am-but this was too funny not to post. I was downstairs cleaning when I heard Ayden head upstairs-normal. I then heard the bathtub turn on-pretty normal (he will sometimes play with his toothbrush in the water). Finally Ayden starts crying when playing with water-not normal. So I head upstairs to check on him. This is what I found...The little stinker had got in the tub, plugged it and filled it with cold water. (The cold water was why he was crying-otherwise I am sure he would've continued playing in silence-having the time of his life!) He has only ever climbed into the tub one other time and has never plugged it up himself and started the water too. I realize how dangerous this potentially could have been. He could have drowned or burned himself-but since nothing horrible happened-I think I am okay to laugh!

Girls Camp

We recently had our ward's girls camp. It was a ton of fun. The first day was spent at a ropes coarse in Provo where the girls and some leaders were able to zip-line, do a huge swing, rock climbing/repelling, and play some team-building games. They all had a ton of fun. Afterwards we went canoeing and jumped in the river to cool off (no pictures of that because I didn't trust our canoeing skills enough to bring along the camera-and it was a good thing!) We also found a rope swing along the river that several of us used to jump in. Kipp was one of the Priesthood members that came along that day along with our friend Jeff Wood-they had fun with the group-and I think a couple of the girls developed a little crush! Kipp and Jeff were very helpful and also provided some good laughs. At one point Jeff biffed it pretty hard. I was glad to see Ann Marie laugh at her husband-it made me feel better about laughing at him as well!

A picture of all our crazy girls and leaders and our instructor that day.

Rebecca climbing the pole to the zip line

Right before Jeff ate it on the low ropes coarse. If only I had taken it a second later!

Jeff on the giant swing-this was by far the girls' favorite activity!

The girls working hard to pull each person up on the swing

Kipp about to climb the wall (and get his trash kicked by Jeff-the girls timed them-it wasn't pretty!)

Cute girls!
We then headed up to the Spruces where our campsite was. We had a Boot Camp theme this year-"Be Of One Team"-and we talked about putting on the Armor of God and made our personal Titles of Liberty. Our camp director did such a cute job planning and putting together so many fun things for the girls. All of us sporting our camp shirtsWe hike Doughnut Falls-which really isn't a long hike at all-but we hiked from our campground instead of driving which turned into about a 5 mile hike. We had a couple of leaders carrying infants and the girls were tired-but they were all great sports!Some of our sweet YW on the hike We have the best leaders and Priesthood leaders ta-boot!The night that they Bishopric came up, we performed skits using bags with a bunch of random things in them. It was leaders vs. the YW. The leaders cheated a little by adding other things to the bag and we were not so creative and used the one person puts their arms through the sleeves of the shirt and does the other's makeup and brushes their teeth. We had a great time though and I nearly wet my pants several times. The girls were very creative and stuck to the rules and came up with a great skit.

I had to include these great pictures I got of the girls and Rebecca playing chubby bunny! Hopefully none of them will be upset with me including them! I can't play this game-it makes me sick! But it sure was fun watching. Actually watching made me a little sick too!

Summer Days

We have had a great summer full of activities

This picture was taken at a family BBQ. I think he looks like a little boy here-so grown up!We had a great night at Draper Days with family and friends watching the kids on the playground equipment, playing with glow-sticks, and watching fireworks. Ayden once again didn't love the fireworks-but eventually got used to the idea. We also made it to the zoo. It was an extremely hot day-so we were glad that we got there early enough to leave by noon. Ayden has always been funny about cold things and therefore doesn't eat ice cream-but to show you how hot it was:I love this boy's eyelashes!I love this picture of Ayden's friend SadieOne evening I needle to run to get some fabric at Gardner Village-so we took some bread to feed the ducks. The last time we did this, we caught the ducks during nap time so none of them were interested. This time that was not the case. We literally had about 12 ducks and several birds gather around us. The ducks were getting a little too aggressive for Ayden. One even tried to nibble on his leg-he quickly jumped into my lap.

We have made a few trips to the splash park this summer. This particular night Kipp dropped us off at the park and had to run to Walmart quickly. He had a hard time finding his way to the park entrance and caught back up with us once the water was already turned off.

Ayden is not a big fan of the splash park. He prefers the sprinklers

We went to the Days of '47 Parade. We had fun-although Ayden lost interest and we ended up walking up and down the sidewalk for a lot of it. Kipp asked me about 50 times if it was almost over.My sister Nicole, her hubby Shaun and their little boy CaelAyden and Grandma SueThe Carlisle clan

These boots are made for walking!

These yellow boots have been Ayden's favorite thing the last several days. They are actually my nephew's-we had borrowed them a while ago, but Ayden just discovered how cool they are. The other morning he had them on before breakfast and was wearing them over his PJ's while playing outside. Little stinker!

Let Freedom Ring!

On the 4th we went to Grandma Betty's neighborhood parade and pancake breakfast. Kipp and I used to live in this ward, so it was fun to see some people we haven't seen in a while.

Kipp and Ayden waiting for the parade. Smiling with eyes closed of course! Ayden and Grandma Betty watching the firetruck coming down the street
Playing at the park after breakfast


Ayden was walking around with a glass of milk-so proud of himself. He kind of misstepped and the result:

Summer Fun

We had a great July 4th holiday weekend! We spent part of the 3rd at the Lehi pool with some friends. Ayden had a great time splashing around with his pals. What a great pool for any age! Even Kipp had a great time acting like a 5 year old-spraying kids with water guns and going down the slide. That evening we headed over to the Riverton Carnival. Ayden was initially excited about the rides that he saw-although was pulled off all of the rides that he went on because he was crying and tried to stand up. The best part is that after the worker would hand him to me, Ayden would look back at the ride and say "Weeee!" Kipp was not impressed with his son's behavior-and called him a baby several times. It was funny.Before:After:(hard to see his face-but trust me-he was crying)The look that Kipp gave Ayden several times when he was pulled off the ride earlyBefore:After:Although Ayden didn't like the rides, he was a fan of cotton candy!Ayden and his pal Marina