Payton outside riding her Dora bike around the cul-de-sac. I love living
here, so they can ride around in a big circle.

Here is Bre with her new bigger bike that the Godwins got for her.

At first she didn't like it because it leans to the side more but I

talked her into riding it again. She puts rocks and stuff in the basket.

Bre standing next to our watermelon growing in the garden. We

have about 5 growing right now, can't wait until they are done!

Bre helped me make these cookies yesterday. She put the chocolate

pieces on the top. She did a really good job! In the car yesterday she

said she wants to drive and cook when she grows up! Good, then

I won't have to do it!

The girls wanted to go touch the corn that they see everywhere.

We walked back behind the house and they got to go touch some

corn. Bre said she wanted to eat it. We love corn on the cob! Yum!

Thanks Godwins for a fun day!

This picture shows it all! This was the first thing that we did at a
park in Joliet. We went with the Godwins to Steve's work picnic.
They rent out this amuzement park and everything is free! It was
really fun! Bre was just barely tall enough to do these go carts, but
she did pretty good. This was her first time driving! She had a
ton of fun, as did we all!

Here is Payton, displaying her wonderful putting form. The girls
were funny golfing. They would hit it a couple times, then just pick
up the ball and go drop it in the hole. It was pretty funny!


Payton loved riding on the pony! She was smiling the whole time.

This was one of Bre's favorite rides. It lifts them up and then drops

a little at a time, then goes back up. She loved it! They rode it a

bunch of times.

Bre loved the pony too! She wanted to pet it.

Bre loved the teacup ride! They were spinning like crazy. She

loves to spin! At the end she looked a little dizzy though.

This is the kids on the Monster ride.

Thank you Godwins!

This will probably be the last year that Sammy will get to ride the pony. She
loved it though!

Here is Doug starting the last race that they did of the day. He said

that this track was really fun.

Here is Alex and Hyrum on the last race. They both had a lot of fun.

I am sure Hyrum is looking forward to being able to drive on this

track!

Sammy was barely tall enough to drive! She did pretty good. Here

she is trying to pass.

We had such a fun day! I was tired when we left. We were there

having fun from 10am until about 4pm! That is a long day, especially

for Payton and Bre. She fell asleep pretty fast in the car. She was

even snoring.

Waterpark FUN!

Doug played hookie today and we decided to go to the waterpark.
This was the first time he has been this summer. Here we are
hanging out in the kids pool area.

Here is Payton on one of the small slides. These are so nice to have.
The girls finally figured out how fun the slides are. They were scared
before, but today they went 100's of times!


Today Bre learned how to land at the end of the slide. She is tall
enough to just stand up, so we don't have to catch her. That is really
nice. They can walk up and start themselves and we just stand in
the pool and watch. It was a fun day!

Summer Fun

Here is Bre with her Dora sunglasses on. She loves to wear them
when it is sunny outside.

Payton is wearing some sunglasses too of course. She looks like a

little bug.

We put in a teather ball in the back yard. Well, when I say we I mean

that Doug really did it. He got the pole and ball from work last year.

Yesterday he bought a pole and cemented it into the ground, so we

just take the lid off and slide in the pole with the ball attached. It is

a pretty cool system. Then it is one less thing to mow around in

the yard. We had fun playing!

We had our first experience with the ice cream truck yesterday. We

were out working on the teather ball pole and heard the music. Last

year we would hear it, but then never see the truck. So we finally

got to buy something from the truck! They loved it!

Here is Payton enjoying her ice cream sandwich! They both made a

mess, but really loved it! What great memories!

Sleeping Beauty

This is a picture of Payton sleeping on her Dora couch. She would
not go to sleep that night. We put her back in her bed a dozen
times. Finally she got up and put her baby by her and fell
asleep on her Dora couch. Silly girl. Below is the video. The
picture makes it look like day time, but this was about 9 pm
when I checked her for the last time.

First Trip to the Waterpark in 09'

This is Payton in her new swimsuit before we left to go to the
waterpark for the first time this year. I love this suit! I wanted
to get her a swim shirt and this one came with the shorts. I
wish I had one like it!

Do you think Bre was excited to go to the waterpark? She had the
cheesy grin in all of the pictures. We met friends there too, so that
added to the excitement! Andee, thanks for the suit! We
needed the swim shirts for yesterday, the water was pretty cold.

Both of them ready to go. There is the cheesy grin from Bre
again.

After we got home and took their suits off, this is what they

decided to do. They didn't want clothes on and they drew

pictures for mommy and daddy. Cute. I know I have

pictures of me when I was little doing the same thing.

They love to draw! Here is a cheesy smile from Payton this time.

Cute pic of Bre. This is actually a great smile. She hardly does those

for a picture!

Well, we went to the waterpark during Payton's nap time. Needless

to say they were both a little whiney last night. I put on the leap frog

letter movie and Payton fell asleep watching it! Awesome! All I

had to do was put her in her bed. She was worn out from all the

playing outside. They are so cute when they are sleeping!