Summer is already off with a bang! We are only two week in and already we have done so much.
We started the summer off with the annual Hyrum Hot Rods car show. We love going to the car show and seeing all of the awesome cars.
Colby is always in heaven at car shows. He and Logan point out all of the best cars. The girls just like the nice paint jobs and always pick the prettiest ones. I am in heaven when I see the Corvettes and Camaros. I don't care what year they are, I just want one so bad. The new 2022s are pretty amazing.
This summer Emily joined the Mountain Crest Mountain Bike Team. She has really enjoyed getting out on her bike and riding with the team. Here are a few pictures of her riding over the last couple weeks.
These pictures were taken during a practice at Mantua Reservoir. Emily is learning a lot about how to ride mountain bike trails, gearing, braking, and a lot of other techniques to help her on the trails. She loves riding with the team.
This is a cute picture of Brooklyn. She learned really quickly that the popsicles come from the freezer. Now anytime she walks by the freezer she reaches up and asks for a nummy.
During the first couple weeks of June, Logan and Charlotte spent their time at the swimming pool. They both took swimming lessons at the Mountain Crest pool and loved every minute. They also learned a lot.
Logan was able to pass off one level on the first day and passed off three levels by the time lessons were finished. Logan was swimming across the deep end of the pool and had begun learning the different swimming strokes by the end of the session.
Charlotte also passed off a couple of levels and got really comfortable in the water.
Charlotte was diving, back floating, and swimming by the end as well. Their favorite part of lessons was the last 5 minutes of class because it was free swim time.
On the last day of class, they were able to go off the diving boards as many times as they would like. Logan went a bunch of times. He was also brave enough to not just jump off the board but he also did front flips off the diving board. He said he was too scared to do a back flip but I'm sure he could have done it if he had tried. This kid is an acrobat!
Charlotte was also brave enough to go off the diving board. She went a couple of times and said it was so fun. She didn't do any tricks like Logan but still had a great time. I think I will enroll them in more swimming lessons at Mountain Crest in the future.
While Logan and Charlotte took swimming lessons, Colby had the great opportunity to attend a basketball camp at USU.
During the Leadership Run at our school, we were entered into a raffle drawing. We were lucky enough to win a free entrance into this basketball camp put on by the USU basketball coach and players. The camp was a week long and would typically cost around $300. We were excited to get in for free and Colby was excited to learn more basketball skills from the USU players.
The camp was really good for Colby. He didn't know hardly anyone there so it was good for him to get out of his comfort zone and meet people. He also learned a lot of basketball skills and drills. Colby loves playing basketball and really enjoyed the week.
At the end of the week, Colby got to meet all of the basketball players and they all autographed his camp t-shirt. This is a cool memorabilia of the camp.
Russell has also taken the kids to the river a few times so far this summer. They usually go up Blacksmith Fork to the river near the CCC camp.
Brooklyn is a fish and loves the water. She gets really mad when we hold onto her life jacket so she won't drown or get away. The other kids also love the water too. They love floating in the tube or just wading in the cold water.
Also the first week in June, Emily got to attend FSY at Utah State. She spent the whole week there in the college dorms with her friend Cami Davis and other girls in her group.
They played games, learned from the scriptures, played more games and just had a great time. She didn't want to come home. I am glad she got this opportunity and experience.
Russell also has been having fun at work. He recently got to tour some war planes and was in heaven.
These war planes were on tour through Logan and he was able to check them out as part of a fire inspection. One of the planes had this writing all over the inside. The writing was the names and signatures of all of the people that had flown on missions in this plane. He said it was pretty cool to see.
Finally, these beautiful ladies had their first parade as the Hyrum City Royalty.
This parade was the Nibley City Founders Day Parade. The girls really had a good time waving at everyone and being on the City float.
The float was pretty crowded with 15 girls on there but they made it work and they all looked beautiful.
Since this was the first parade, we learned some things to help with future parades. First I learned that we need to watch the parade from the beginning of the parade route instead of the end. By watching it from the end of the parade, we were really late in picking up the girls from the float afterwards. That and I didn't know where I needed to go to pick them up... Oh well they were fine and thankfully they had each other. Second, the girls decided they wanted music on the float so one girl volunteered to make a playlist and bring her speaker. Third, the girls wanted to throw candy. I don't know if this will work for other parades but we will see. Finally, all 15 girls also wanted sashes that said "Hyrum Royalty" like the other cities' royalties had. A couple moms and I thought they needed them as well and were willing to make some for the girls. Unfortunately, we were shot down super fast and hard by the pageant director. For some reason that I still do not understand, she was adamant that they not have sashes. After going back and forth, I decided it wasn't worth the fight and gave up the idea. The girls will still have a good time as part of the royalty with or without sashes.
Anyway, the first parade was a hit and Charlotte and Emily had a great time on the float waving to everyone. They also liked hanging out with the other girls on the Royalty.
This is just the first two weeks of our summer so far. There are more adventures to come.
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