Crazy Week but Still Checking Things Off

After Chloe's birthday party Saydee came and stayed with us for about a week and a half. It was a super crazy time because Chloe had lots of practices and also a basketball camp that week, but between all of that we still managed to squeeze in some fun and mark several items off our bucket list.

Huge Water Balloon Fight

Pick Berries or Fruit

Washington Rec Center

Yogurtland

Splash Pad

Little Jamaica

Go to the Movies (two times-once just Chloe and Saydee and once with the cousins)

Snow Cones

Watch Mr. Bean

Judds

Play with Puppies (we found some frogs too)

Holy Cow as I was doing this blog post I couldn't believe the amount of stuff we fit into 10 days. WOW!!! No wonder I feel tired all of the time-haha!

#ellisonsummerbucketlist

Jesus Will

The other day I asked Bryce who he thought would baptize him when he turned 8. He said to me "I think Jesus will".  Love that kid! #BryceEE

Birthday Party at the Lake

We celebrated Chloe's 13th Birthday Party at the Lake. We planned it out carefully scheduling the day and time around soccer games, and family being in town. We had rented and paid for paddle boards, bought and prepared food, and lots more. Then the day of the party came and it was windy not just a little breeze but considerably so. Chloe did not want to postpone it or reschedule. She just wanted to go with it wind and all. We decided okay the girls will have fun no matter what. 

We got there and we actually ended up getting a great spot in a secluded cove. The wind wasn't horrible, but bad enough that we couldn't set up any of the decorations or set out the food, but other than that it was doable. 

The kids all started having fun kayaking (we bought Chloe a kayak for her birthday), paddle boarding, floating on Grandma Tawny's inflatable duck (that was her birthday present), and just playing in the water. 

After awhile we called them in to eat and then they went back out for round two. That's when things go a little scary. The wind had picked up by then, and two of the girls headed out in the kayak. A couple things the kayak is not meant for two so it was taking on water, and also the wind was stronger than them, so before we knew it they were out too far and couldn't get back. Landon paddled out on the paddle board to help them and sent them in but found the canoe so full of water he couldn't lift it out and get it turned around. Then I went out to try and help him. Even with two of us we couldn't get the kayak up and we just kept getting pushed further and further out. That is when a boat happened by and we were able to flag them down for help. The got us both in the boat as well as the kayak and both paddle boards, and they took us back to the beach.

 We were so lucky no one was hurt and also that we saved the kayak. Landon and I were pretty close to letting it just sink to the bottom. After that the girls swam a little more before we headed home. Even despite the little incident everyone had fun and I think Chloe had a great birthday celebration.

Silver at Summer Games

Even though Chloe has officially hung up her cleats, she still played in the Utah Summer Games. She had already committed to the tournament before she made her decision, and her team still needed her so she gladly went and played with them. She had a great tournament she fought hard and even scored a goal in one of the games. Her team over all did great and beat one of the teams they hadn't been able to beat all season. It was awesome to watch. They were the number one seed and made it to the championship game. Unfortunately they ended up losing the championship game to the same team they had previously worked so hard to beat. So they came home with silver, not bad really and they did so well, but silver is sometimes a bitter sweet pill to swallow.

Starting out the Summer by checking a few things of the Bucket List

  We got a few things marked off the bucket list the first week of summer.

Sandhallow Aquatic Center and St. George City Pool
(We decided to buy a pass so we are able to go to Sandhallow and the City Pool all summer so this was the first of many times.)

Note to self check underwater phone case before sending it with kids on slide...luckily my phone survived it was touch and go for a day on whether it was going to or not after being drenched in water.

Baskin Robbins

He tried my mint chip ice cream and did not like it at all...hence the face.

Make Popsicle's 

I think this bucket list is going to be a fun way to keep track of our summer adventure. #ellisonsummerbucketlist