Random Summer Pics

The boys having fun in the rain playing at the park that finally got fixed! Our park had a broken slide and the put a fence around it blocking it off forever.  Finally when it is too hot to even think about going to the park, they decide to fix it. Great HOA huh???  With the nice storms out in the evening it was cool enough to go play although way to humid for my liking.  Just and FYI... sand and water are really messy!!! Good thing they had fun!

Lila Checking out the rain.  She had her capri sun and was good to go.  She loved being in the rain. It was really fun to watch her check out puddles and stuff.

Here are a few pictures of some of the reasons why Scott is such a great dad.  He is very creative and loves doing things with the kids.  The boys were out catching frogs after the storms and the boys wanted to keep one so bad.  Scott helped them put a little cage together to keep one in for a while.  The frog got out after a while but they sure had fun putting the box together for it. It had a water dish in it and everything.  Before Scott helped the boys put this together Alden came in the house with a frog in hand asking for something to keep it in and I being the none creative anti-critter type that I am quickly found him and old ice cream box just to get him out of my house with the icky thing.  Scott definitely takes much more time with them in that area...

Only boys could be this interested in bugs, Scott and the boys were outside for a full 30 minutes just watching this huge roach or whatever the heck it is.  It is nasty is all I know.  I have noticed at this house that since we don't have houses behind us or across the street from us we have tons of really weird yucky bugs.  Neighbors are a good thing!  Anyway it was huge and Brigs foot for picture purposes was the closest any of the boys would get to it but they sure had fun anyway.

Another of Scotts brilliant ideas...  One day while the boys were helping Scott do yard work someone got the idea that some of the branches being thrown away looked like a bow so they were pretending to shoot them.  Scott always being creative takes it one step farther and  attaches twine and helps them find stick that can work as arrows.  The boys loved them!!! In fact then next time my cubscouts were over they saw them sitting out side and were so excited thinking we were using them for scouts.  I felt kind of bad telling them no.  They didn't actually work very well but they were fun anyway.

Brig and Ryker drying off (in the shade cuz out in the sun was too hot) after playing in the hose.  They were looking at the clouds and talking about what they looked like.  It was really cute to find them like this.

Lila loves to put clothes on.  Her favorite seems to be my swimming suit.  Not sure why except she can actually get it over her head.  She will put any thing around her neck or on her head she can find her brothers shirts, shorts and even underwear it is really fun.  She will be a dress up girl  I am thinking.

We have had a really nice summer mostly just relaxing.  We have swam a lot (thanks to Aunt Tara), gone to the library and the boys favorite, summer school at Aunt Tara's house with the wii as recess.  Tara is so awesome to keep them not only entertained but their minds working.  They have loved it!!!  Thank goodness for mom schools starts next week so we can get back into a routine and a reasonable bed time!