June has been a lot of fun so far. We have been doing a lot of different activities such as enjoying hiking, camp outs, concerts, mountain biking, day camps, ward parties, and monster trucks.
First, let's talk about Day Camp. Charlotte was able to attend Activity Days Day Camp up at Camp Fife. I was able to go with her as a parent helper. Charlotte had so much fun with her friends and was able to try many new things while she was there. The boys and girls Activity Day groups got to go together so that was fun to be combine.
While there, Charlotte got to learn how to shoot BB guns, and do archery. She also hung on tight as she zoomed down the long zip-line. The rock climbing wall was a little tough but she was still able to climb about halfway up before the ledges got a little tricky. The kids also built paper rockets at one rotation and were able to launch them into the air using a 2-liter pop bottle launcher. Some of the rockets really soared! We also went on a nature walk by the river and learned about some of the native plants and animals. Finally we were able to ride the BMX bike course. This was a favorite of the kids and Charlotte did amazing. I think she was the only one of the girls that were able to finish the course without getting off her bike. She just crushed the course. Charlotte is still talking about Camp Fife and all of the fun she had while she was there. I am glad I was able to go with her.
The summer Pops Piano recital was this month as well. The kids have been working really hard on their songs and have liked learning these fun songs much better than their normal piano songs in the books.
Charlotte performed "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" from Frozen. I'm pretty sure she had it memorized but still wanted the music just in case. She did great. Logan played the Perry the Platypus theme from Phineas and Ferb. He loves just plunking songs out by ear so this was an easy one for him to learn because he knew what it sounded like. Finally Colby performed "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne. This song has been a fun one for him to learn and one that challenged him but he loved the challenge. Rowena was really impressed with how fast he learned it especially with all of the tricky rhythms. Everyone was jamming out as he played. Sadly, this was Colby's final recital because he has decided to stop taking piano lessons. He much prefers to just learn the songs he wants to learn and just have fun playing the piano on his own time and not be tied to the lesson books. He is a great player and when he finds a song he loves, he plays it to death. I'm trying to convince him to start learning church songs now.
Our ward had a fun summer party at Little Bear Bottoms. While we were there we got to do zip-lines, yard games, play on a giant trampoline blowup, and more. The best part though was the redneck water-slide. This was a giant slip-n-slide that went from the top of a big hill to the bottom playing area. It was a blast!
Some of the bigger priest aged boys got going so fast that they flew off of the end at the other side. The slide was really fun! We all went down a bunch of times. There was even a mini redneck slide for the kids that Brooklyn loved going down with all of her friends. It was a fun ward party.
Russell and the boys got to attend the Logan Monster Truck Show and loved it:
"It was a fun day at the Logan Monster Truck Rally. I had a chance to pick up a stand by shift. It was cool that my BC let me take Colby and Logan with me. They had a great time with the Monster truck show.
The end of the show was the best for them. We got to walk down below and see the trucks. Logan had the opportunity to ride in the fire truck monster truck. He was on cloud nine and loving it. After that, we walked outside the arena and found the whole crew who drove the trucks. Logan and Colby got a free shirt with all of their signatures. It is always fun to get these little perks when you have the right job."
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