Summer Fun

On my way to pick C and P up from the airport in the middle of July, this was the temp recorded by my car.  It started out being 99, then slowly rose as I got closer and closer to the airport. By the time I got there, this was the readout. Hot? Yes. Too hot? YES!

We took J to his favorite Bean Store (Bean Museum). He was so excited to see all the stuffed animals!

We got to play around alot this summer. This is his CHEEEEESE face. Cute!

K and I were testing projects for her Girls Camp activities. J decided to model some of them for us. The duct tape rings turned out fun. A little too big for me, but they were fun!

 We also tried making starburst bracelets. They were much easier than the rings, but did take a while. They look kinda fun, don't ya think?

 

I found a new hairstyle online somewhere that I decided to try out. Its basically a french braid across the front part of your head, and goes down around the side. Kinda fun!

 I undertook the job of making some PJ's for J. Simple task, right? Just some little pj pants. Right.....for whatever reason these two pants were almost the death of me. The pattern confused me to no end, and I had to get help to finish them. Luckily, the kid loved them. Almost made the frustration worth it :)

 (Just loved this material!!)

July 4th, 2012

 This year, for the 4th of July, I had a lot of things planned. I was really excited about everything that was going on, and the long day ahead! 

The Orem Owlz had a baseball game right before the 4th and they had fireworks after the game. Its always fun to go and see the game, and the fireworks after were pretty great! I love them!

The morning of the 4th, the city had hot air balloons that they let off early in the morning. It was fun to go and see them so up close!

 They flew right over my head! Awesome!

 The sunday before the 4th, I got to go to Music and the Spoken Word. They had the Choir, the Orchestra, and the Bells at Temple Square. They put on a great program and it was fun to get to see them in person.

 After the hot air balloons few over head, I got to hang out in this crowd for quite a while....

 ...for the 4th of July Parade downtown Provo. Had pretty good seats, got to see the parade which was really fun, and it got over before it got way too hot. It was great!

Later in the day, had a 4th BBQ. Homemade hamburgers, grilled corn, baked beans, and chips. Love it!

The best part of dinner? Homemade strawberry ice cream. Delish!

 This year I decided to have some fun and go patriotic with my nails. I pretty much love them!

 Somewhere in Alpine this fire got started in the hills. IT was crazy how quickly it grew and how close it was!

After the balloons, the parade, the bbq it was time for the big event - Stadium of Fire. I have never been before, and decided this year to give it a try. The Beach Boys were the big ticket of the show, and I was so excited to go see them in person! This is me before the show started. It was REALLY hot out waiting for the sun to go down. Definitely so worth it though!

 On stage before the Beach Boys was Scotty McCreery, winner of some season of American Idol. He was actually really good, I was impressed! They had a ton of teenage girl dancers out on the field dancing while he sang. (He is on stage in this picture...)

 Finally after a long wait, the Beach Boys came onstage and played. They were pretty darn good! It was so fun to hear all the songs I listened to over and over when I was littler (and still listen to sometimes!) They definitely put on a good concert!

 Singing one of the classics!

 After they preformed, the fireworks started! LOVED them! They were so close, shot off from the other side of the stadium! It was definitely the highlight of the show, and SO worth it!!!

The pictures don't do them justice at all. But it was an incredibly fun day! The day started way early and ended way late, but I had so much fun doing everything patriotic!