Father's Day

Dave had a pretty good Father's Day...I think. Even if he didn't, he wouldn't tell me. The boys wanted to make him breakfast, but I told them that Daddy doesn't like breakfast and would rather sleep. So he first got the gift of sleep. 

Then we woke him up for his presents!

 I had Cruise and Jett fill out "About Dad" papers, which turned out to be pretty funny.

 A few months ago, in anticipation for Father's Day, I ordered this shirt off of Zulily. I had the boys use fabric paint and markers to put their hands and names on the shirt. It turned out pretty cute and it looks "reel" good on Dave.

 Here's my card.

 And I got him a gift card so he could get some new batteries for his drill.

 Cruise brought this home last week of school that they had made in class. Luckily I remembered where I had hid it and he was able to give it to Dave.

 For dinner, I made steak fajitas, which is one of Dave's favorites, and we had IBC rootbeer and pumpkin pie for dessert. Then I let Dave go fly fishing on Provo River and he caught 15 trout.

And that was Father's Day.

Moving Mountains Soccer Camp

My friend, Jenny, along with the help of her awesome family, UVU and a lot of donors, put together a free soccer camp for kids with autism a few weeks ago and Cruise was lucky enough to participate. He was not excited about the fact that I had signed him up for this thing, but once he got there, he really had a great time! I have never seen him have so much fun playing a sport. Each kid was assigned a volunteer buddy who spent the entire time with them, teaching them technique and just having fun with them. The cool thing was that my good friend Eileen's sister, Sib, was assigned Cruise, so she already knew a lot about him. The camp was two days and only an hour each day, which is perfect for this group of kids. They really all had a great experience. And they all got some great swag too (including a ball!).

 Oh, and Batman showed up too. Miles wanted to be near him, but not next to him.

Jenny's husband, Ray, getting sprayed with water. He walked around misting all the kids so they would keep cool. Such a good idea!

I Forgot!

I completely forgot to post Dave's fishing trip with my Dad while they were in town a couple weeks ago. Dave had been wanting to take my dad fly fishing for years now and he finally got to! They had a lot of fun. Here are a couple pictures from that:

A Little Face Lift

So, I've been trying to paint my cupboards for...oh almost 3 years now. Haven't gotten very far. So because of that, I was waiting to do other things, like pulling all the junk from above the cabinets down and making that look nicer up there, painting the windowsill, and getting a new valence for the window. In my mind I thought, "Okay, once the cabinets are painted, I will do all the other decorating and stuff and it will look fabulous!" Well, I got tired of it looking like crap and decided to do something about it on a day I had an awesome bipolar high. So here's what I did last night from 8pm-1am. And all it really cost were two cans of spray paint and a valence. So, go me! I literally walked around my house and found stuff, spray painted it, pulled out figurines I don't put up because the boys would break them, and voila! It will look so much better once the cabinets are finished, but until then, at least something looks nice.

First Boating/Tubing Trip of the Summer

We took the little boat out to Utah Lake on Friday and gave it a go. The engine was having some issues, so Dave and I were too heavy to pull, but the boys really enjoyed it. Ah, to weigh practically nothing. At first, Miles was happy just to watch his brothers, but once Dad got into the water, he wanted to get in, which led to him eventually wanting to get in the tube with Jett and get pulled by the boat. That was really fun for him. I'd say it was a pretty successful boating trip.

It's been getting pretty hot around here, which means covering everyone in sunscreen every couple hours. I bought myself a quality rash guard shirt just for everyday swimming because I'm tired of always missing spots and forgetting to reapply. So I only have to worry about my neck and face now (my legs neither burn nor tan, so I usually just forget about those). This was my first time wearing it and I was surprised at how cool I stayed despite it being black and long sleeved. Definitely worth the purchase I would say.

Cruise

Jett

Pool's Up!

Every year we buy the same pool. I am so so happy that Miles can touch the bottom this year and be fine with his floaties. It definitely makes me less scared that he'll drown. Anyway, I went to Target and picked one up and Dave set it up and filled it. The boys thought they'd give it a go the very first day, which means the water was freezing (and the breeze wasn't much of a help either). But they just had to try it out! It's summer after all! (I just noticed there are a lot more pictures of Miles than the other boys in this post...I guess toddlerhood makes me snap-happy).