It is Hot!

My kids are having fun cooling off from the heat by playing in the water. Last summer we were in France and they had an unusually cool summer. It was in the 60's - 70's most of the time. Which was nice, but it is also fun for the kids to be able to swim and run through the sprinklers. They ask every day to play in the water. Maddie is always taking her clothes off and trying to put her swimming suit on.

Just Keep Swimming

We have been spending a lot of time at the Tooele swimming pool this past week. Max is taking swimming lessons. He loves, loves, loves to swim. He used to be afraid of the water but now he has no fear and that scares me a little. We went swimming all together as a family after his lesson on tuesday and we had to keep a very close eye on Max. He is still learning to swim but loves to venture off to the deeper more exciting parts of the pool. Bret had a lot of fun trying out the new underwater camera case he got for Father's Day. It worked pretty good. Max was loving having his picture taken under water.

Two Front Teeth

Max finally lost his second tooth. That little bugger was loose for weeks, but it kept hanging on. Max was so excited to discover the new hole between his teeth. He found out that it was great for squirting water!





It is crazy for me that our son is old enough to be loosing his teeth.

Were We've Been

I saw this on someone's blog and thought it was kind of cool. I checked all the places that Bret and I have been together since we have been married. We love to travel and see new places, hopefully we can get to some of these states we have never been to.

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

Because of the year spent in France we were able to see several countries in Europe. We still have pictures up in our photo album if you are curious about any of these places. We really came to love the culture and beauty of Europe while we were there and while we are glad to be home we still miss it a lot.

Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com

Fun at Bedtime

I love my family! As we were getting the kids ready for bed tonight Bret started playing airplane with the kids on our bed. That turned into a pillow fight which turned into the kids both piling on their Dad. It was so cute and they were having so much fun I had to snap some pictures. It warms my heart to watch the Bret playing with the kids. After they had played for awhile Maddie went and got a stuffed animal and was giving it an airplane ride. It was really funny.

Heber Valley Camp

We had a Cook/Geloff family reunion this weekend up at the Heber Valley Camp. It was so much fun. It was good to spend time with family. The kids had a lot of fun playing with cousins. Max loved riding in the boats and drinking out of his water back pack. Maddie's loved watching the chipmunks, looking for ants, and playing in the sand. We had great weather and great food. We roasted marshmallows, rode boats on the lake and played games. We took so many pictures; it was hard to pick out just a few for this post.

Maddie sitting with her cousins Susie, Marissa and Shannon.

The kids playing games.

Roasting Marshmallows

Marissa and Shannon in their bunks

My Dad, Gayle, Susie and Marissa

My Mom, Becky, Shaelie and Shannon

Max learning how to paddle a canoe.

Bret taught everyone how to play Pétanque (a french game similar to bocce)

Bret, My Dad and Ben

My Dad and James

The Camp has a ropes course that was a lot of fun for the kids.

James referred to himself as the white ninja

Bret swinging, aiming for the circle

Brave little Susie going down the zip line