Pioneer Day - July 21st

We said goodbye to John and Bob in the morning on Saturday.  I think Andrew will miss them the most, it was fun for him to have some "older brothers."  We went to the Las Flores pool for a stake Pioneer Day celebration with swimming, cotton candy, snow cones and a BBQ.  Ella went off the high dive for the first time tonight too.  She had never done it before!  Andrew went off the lower one for the first time too!

Last Night w/ John and Bob - July 20th

Bob and John wanted a picture with our kiddos on their last night in America.

Family Dinner - July 15th

My parents and grandma were in town for a wedding this weekend and they came over and brought Aunt Bonnie along with them for dinner on Sunday.  It was nice to visit with them and they got to meet John and Bob.  Our hometeacher also came over after church, so we had a full house.  We made taco salad for dinner and had brownies and ice-cream for dessert.  I sure have missed going to Fresno and swimming this summer, maybe I can squeeze in a trip before school starts...or Labor Day?

Bowling - July 14

Well, the boys slept in til late again on Saturday.  James took our kids to the skate park, where from 8-11 am only kids under 12 are allowed.  This makes it fun for littler ones.  They all rode their skooters around and had a blast.  After lunch we went to a store to look for some school supplies, yes, I am getting a little excited about school started...excited, and a bit nervous too.  Then we went bowling.  Kids bowl one game a day free at a nice bowling place in Upland.  The shoe rental is reduced to $1.99 too, so for 5 kids to bowl it was under $10!  I think Bob and John really enjoyed playing and were a little competitive.  It was fun to see them doing something besides playing games and watching movies on their ipads.   

S'Mores Time - July 13

We met our good friends, the Alva's at a park and ate pizza and made s'mores.  Bob and John seemed to like them well enough.  I saw them taking pictures of them with their phones.  We played outside until pretty late.  Hopefully wearing the kids out a bit!

Golf Camp - July 9 thru 13

My kids were all accepted into a golf camp that the county puts on at many of the county golf courses.  One of those courses happens to be close to me and the best part is that it's completely free!  They even provide all the golf clubs.  The kids had 2 hours each day this week to practice driving, putting and chipping.  On Friday they had an 18 hole putting tournament.  The kids all did really well.  Andrew actually got 3rd out of the boys in his age group!  He had to wear his medal for the rest of the day.  Is just so happens to be THE HOTTEST week we have had all year, but the kids were troopers.  I think they would like to do it next year, but may be more motivated to opt for the early morning class rather than the one that ran from 2:30-4:30 in the hot afternoon.

Swim Day - July 11th

Today on 7-11 we went to a friends pool to swim with a bunch of mom's and kids from the ward.  I only had one thing that would get them motivated to leave the pool and that was a slurpee from 7-11.  They were free today, and boy was it a nice day to get a free one!  I took John and Bob back after picking them up from school to get one as well.  Surprisingly, John knew all about 7-11 and slurpee's, I guess they have those in China too.