The Andersons: Summer 2012 Begins

We are off and running on our summer vacation. Memorial Day weekend we headed up to Richfield to go to our oldest nephew's graduation. We are so proud of Tyler and love him so much! We were also able to go visit a few of the different cemeteries to visit our ancestors and teach Braxten about them. I enjoy Memorial Day and spending time with family. I want Brax to know where he comes from and be proud of that. I also want him to know about his family. He was really good! We also played games and I had my sister, Shanelle color my hair. I don't let anyone color my hair, but she did a great job and I love it! I also had yet another sinus infection so I didn't feel real great while we were there, but I dealt with it.

Brax started summer school the 1st of June. He is loving it, but missed one day so far for being sick and the other for family. He is half way done.

Every year since we moved to Hurricane the women in my family come down and we go to Tuacahn. Once again this year the kids came along too! We went to Aladdin on June 6th. It was pretty good, not my favorite to date but good. My sister-in-law, Katie, wasn't feeling well so she didn't come down. We decided not to waste her ticket so we went and picked up our friend's daughter, Brielle. I'm glad we took her and hope she had fun. The kids had so much fun together and loved the show. Branden even came with us this year and I was so glad to have him there with me.

If you look closely you can see the underneath is colored darker and I have some dark and bleached highlights. Not a drastic change, but love it!

There was a 3-D part in the play so the kids had their glasses ready!

While the Cowley family was here we also went out to Sand Hollow, which was too cold for Luke and Easton. After that we headed out for frozen yogurt and then off to the splash pad. Their final day here we decided to go hiking. We went to Red Cliffs because it's usually got water there the kids could play in and the hike is pretty. The creek was bone dry though and the water was stagnant and gross. Our three nieces had come down the night before so we added three extra people. The kids were all disappointed that they didn't get to play in the water so we came home and had lunch. After lunch Branden and I took all the kids but Luke and Easton (they were asleep) down to the splash pad. The wind was blowing and the water was cold so we didn't stay real long but they had fun.

After the splash pad my family headed home. It was then time with the three nieces. They wanted to do everything and anything they could. Saturday morning I got all the kids ready and we went grocery shopping so they could pick out things they like while they're here. They picked out a lot of fruits and veggies, which I didn't mind at all. Sunday we went to church and then had a rest. Branden taught the kids how to play Rummy. After my nap we headed down to Grandpa's pond to feed the ducks and geese. Monday the girls chose to go to the Hurricane Swimming Pool. We had a lot of fun, but Brax cut up his toe. He has bad luck at swimming pools this year. Brinley and Brax both jumped off the high dive. It was Braxy's first time and I was so proud of him. Tuesday we picked up Brax from school because he wasn't feeling well. I took the kids to The Sweet Toothfairy to get cupcakes and we rented a movie at Redbox so they could all relax for the rest of the day. Wednesday was the day to head out to Sand Hollow. The kids loved it and thanks to the Buells we had enough life jackets for all of them. They wanted to all go out there again, but the girls were getting very homesick. My sister-in-law came down that night and took the girls home the next morning. It was fun to have them here and we hope they had a lot of fun!