Summer, summer, summer time!!!

Since we've been home from England the time has continued to go by really fast. We had Rod's wedding reception, then the next weekend was the 4th of July, then we had swimming lessons for 2 weeks and during all that we've had park days, lots of cleaning and laundry and just lots of stuff going on! Even though it's been busy the kids have had lots of fun so all the madness is well worth it. The 4th of July was lots of fun like always. It started off with a fun BBQ with friends at the Layton's the night before, they're such great hosts. The morning of the 4th we went to the parade bright and early, we had staked off our usual spot and all the family joined us so it was lots of fun. Then it was off to Gma and Gpa Johnson's for our family BBQ and playing in the flooded lawn which the kids love. Then after a quick rest at home it was off to our staked off spot for the fireworks. This year they took peoples stakes out so Steve and his Mom spray painted our spots which was pretty funny. Scott and Kluane Dixon and they're kids hung out with us for the fireworks which was lots of fun. Hadley was the only one out of all my kids that stayed awake for the whole show.

Swimming lessons were fun as usual but this year was even more fun for Spencer because he got to go into his own class, not Mommy and me like he's done for the past 2 years. He gave his teachers quite a run for their money, he was all over the place for the first few days but his teachers handled him well. The last day of lessons the kids got to jump off the diving board which they loved. Spencer wouldn't get out afterwards though, I told his teachers sorry he was such a nutter but they said they loved him so that was good to hear. He really is a lovely boy but can be quite a monkey sometimes. The kids all did so well, Maddie almost passed her class, she was in quite a hard class this time. Spencer and Sydney both passed so that was good. It was fun because we went at the same time as Kristy and her kids so they each had a friend in their class. By the way, thanks Kristy for letting me push in line with you at sign ups!