Last Week of Summer

Some of my neighbors saw my pics from Blackridge Reservoir and wanted to check it out. A few neighbors organized an outing there and we ended up with quite a crowd (about 6 moms and 32 kids). We enjoyed chatting and the kids had a ball in the sand and water. Have I mentioned how much I love our neighborhood, lately? We really love it here.

Matson was a bit of a handful when he discovered the lake water was way cooler than the sand. I kept chasing him and barely catching him before he crawled into the water---he is FAST. A few of the little neighbor girls came up with a solution for me. They carried buckets of water over and turned a sand hole into a make shift pool for Matson! He loved it! The kids are all so and sweet to him.

The next day we headed to the Orem Fire Station for a neighborhood field trip (our neighbor is the fire chief there). Here's our group in front of the fire truck.

After the fire station tour, we followed the trucks to a large park and they they turned on the hoses and soaked us down!!!!

Here's all the kids getting pelted with water. It was mayem as they all ran around. I didn't plan to get wet but I ended up soaked and so did the baby. There was just no escaping it with that much water coming down. So fun! The girls loved it. Carter was terrified. He was convinced that the fire water would burn him if he got in it... :)

The whole fire station trip was made even more delightful because of a guest appearance of Devon and kids, all the way from PA. McKinley was Kelsie's best friend in preschool and kindergarten and they still love to see each other each summer. We got to take McKinley home with us for the rest of the day and they had the best time together. That evening a bunch of us ladies went to dinner at Cafe Rio to celebrate Devon being in town, which is always a great time. Devon is one of the funnest people in the world. We just wish you'd come back to stay!

We spent the next two days outside in the water. The kids turned our playground into a waterpark. They put water down the slide and put the pool at the bottom and had an obstacle course set up to race through. It completely entertained all my kids and their friends for 2 full days and we had a great time. John wasn't so amused when he realized that we were killing the grass with all the water and feet trampling over it so we had to take a little break from our waterpark. :(

On Friday I took Matson to his 1 year check up and was surprised to find out he's kind of a shrimpy little guy. Stats to come--when I find the papers. :) That day we got organized to start school again. We went to Open House to meet our teachers and see our brand new school, which is totally awesome! The girls both had playdates with school friends that are in their classes again this year (super good news!). We've heard great things about their new teachers and the girls are SO excited to start school!