Playing at Settler's Park

Last week was very busy for us. Here are the pictures of the kids playing at the park for play group. We love to go to this park because it has great play equipment, a splash park and instruments.

The was the only shot I was able to get of Parker without a ton of kids around him. He had to be in on the action.

Amy likes to stop the water with her feet.

Parker playing the xylophone.
Amy playing beautiful music.

Here is a picture of both of them.

Sharing, a beautiful sight. :)


Amy wanting me to listen.

Parker playing on the playground all wet.

Pirate Amy, Arrgh!

Playing

This is the first summer that Amy has been able to climb into the indoor play structures at restaurants. She wasn't quite tall enough to climb up, but she really had no desire either. I think she was a little bit scared to go that high. She was never really a climber. Parker on the other had has been trying to get up into them since he could walk. He learned at one placed that if he walked up the slide he could get to the top. That isn't the best way either because some kids could slide down and knock you off your feet and then your back to square one. The other day when we went we show Amy that she could help Parker. Parker was in heaven and they had so much fun together. Parker just followed Amy wherever she went. These aren't the greatest pictures though the netting, but I had to take pictures.

Two monkeys briefly posing for the picture.

Parker getting hoisted up by his sister. It is a good thing she is strong.

4th of July

We had a fun filled 4th of July this year. I was glad the kids were able to keep up so well. I took the kids to the Melba parade with grandma in the morning. After the parade we went to Roaring Springs for a barbecue lunch and a little play time in the water. We then took them home for a short nap. Amy of course didn't sleep, but Parker was more than happy to take a little nap. After naps we headed over to our friend's house. We had so much fun at their house and really enjoyed visiting with everyone. After dinner we all headed over to Melba to watch the fireworks. My parents joined us for the fireworks. The kids were up until about 11:30 that night and we had to get up for church in the morning. Amy told us it was the best day ever. She was so happy it was America's birthday.

I tried to get a group picture with the kids before the parade started, but my timing was a bit off. They could see the parade coming around the corner and they wouldn't look at Grandma for anything.

Parker and Amy playing at the Blackburn's house. They had fun jumping into the pool. Parker was the only one that would stop and look at the camera.

Amy getting ready to jump.

Parker loved to eat the ice while we were waiting for the fireworks. The only bad part about ice is that it is slippery. He kept dropping it and trying to pick it up out of the dirt. Yuk!

Amy with her friend McKenzie waiting for the fireworks. They loved this little chair. David likes to call McKenzie, Amy's birth sister because they were born the same day in the same hospital.

Link for Press Tribune pictures

My friend found a link for the pictures the photographer took from the Press Tribune. The picture in the paper was the one with just Amy and I. Thanks, Amy!

http://idahopress.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=776623&CategoryID=45771&ListSubAlbums=0

Front page news!

On Saturday when we went fishing we had a photographer from the Press Tribune come up and ask us for our names. He told us that he took a picture of Amy and I when we were reeling in our fish. I didn't expect that we would actually be in the paper. There were so many people there that day so I thought he would have taken a lot of pictures. On Sunday David reminded me that I should go get the Press Tribune. When Amy and I picked up the paper we were surprised to see our picture on the FRONT PAGE on the Sunday paper! It must have been a slow news day. :) I thought it was exciting for Amy to be on the front page of the newspaper when she was only 4 years old and for something that was good. I will try to get it scanned in and added to this post soon.

Free fishing day

Today was free fishing day. We took the kids over t0 the Nampa fish hatchery. David spent a lot of time putting bate on the hooks and casting. It was pretty crowded and hard to find a spot to fish. They provided bate and fishing poles. Parker was the first one to catch a fish. I had to help him real it in. He was pretty much done after that. When every he was holding the pole he wanted to real it in. He did understand you have to wait for the fish to get on the hook. Parker did catch anymore after that. Amy caught 4 fish, but she was a little bit more patient to sit and hold the pole. She didn't want to get close to the fish even for the picture.

Parker's first fish. He thought it was fascinating.

This was the only shot of Parker looking up at the camera. He did want to take his eyes off of the fish.

Amy's first fish.

This is as close as she was going to get to that fish. It was still flipping around pretty good.

We caught 5 fish total. Amy caught 3 and Parker caught 2. The limit was 3 each so they did pretty good. Fresh fish for dinner, Amy said she can't wait.

Amy's Dance class

Amy has been asking to take a ballet class. We decided to enroll her this summer in a ballet/tap combo class. Her first day of class was June 18th. She had a lot of fun and thought the class was way too short. The class was 45 minutes long. I asked her which one was her favorite and she said ballet. It was fun to watch all the little girls dance around the room.

This is Amy before we left. She wanted her pictures taken in her new outfit.

They did tap dancing first.

The class is pretty small, only 5 girls.

In this video they were suppose to jump over the flowers and then twirl. The only girls that did the twirling part were these other two girls that had taken dance before.