June 2014

Hello everybody!  Summer is in full swing here at the Hastings' household.  We've been enjoying the warm weather and having lots of fun outside.  My girls are officially done with the 5th and 2nd grades.  I couldn't be a prouder mommy either, they both are very smart and their teachers all had great things to say about them.

Just before school ended we decided to use our city passes  and headed downtown to the Lion House Pantry restaurant.  My girls love this place because they know that it has the biggest pieces of cake ever!!  They were not disappointed.  Afterwards we decided to wander around city creek for a bit.  

Look at that huge piece of cake!!

Best day ever!!

As much as we dive each other crazy, I love this man more every day!!

My parents are always up for a good time

We also stopped by the family history center and got this cool picture taken :)

Soon enough school was winding down.  Hannah really enjoyed field day, but Emma is not a big fan.

Hannah and friends from her class

Sam and Jarom came with me to the girls' field day

Emma just wanted to go home, haha!

Emma had her spring piano recital.  She played "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" and did an excellent job!

On the last day of school we had a big water party in the circle.  The kids played and ate all day long!!

One Saturday we went to the farmers market at Gardner Village and Emma got to pet a baby goat.

We made it up to the cabin this month and we took a little drive a few miles down the road to see the fairy forest.  It was a short hike and the kids thought it was pretty neat!

We had to cross the river on a log

Nobody fell in, so that is good  :)

Lots of painted rocks and fairy houses

Jeffy making faces again

We brought some paint so that we could make our own little village

I was FREEZING, so this is how dorky I looked

I made a Hulk rock

We also build a tepee for our village

Dan needs a nap after the hike

Emma and Hannah both went to day camps at Thanksgiving Point with their cousins.  It just happened to be two days that it rained.  Emma and Gabe ended up having a great time and the weather stayed nice enough, but Hannah and Cali froze in the rain during their camp.  

This is how Hannah and Cali looked after their long cold day in the rain.  

While Cali and Hannah were at their camp we decided to take the other kids to the new kids museum at Thanksgiving Point.  Although it was fun the place was PACKED!!  Hopefully we can make it again sometime when it isn't so crazy.

Emma, Gabe and Cole did a puppet show for us

Nikki and Emma danced

Emma and Gabe drew butterflies

Emma lost her head

We have been slowly working on our yard.  We finally got curbing in and got some sod removed.  It was a lot of work, and we still aren't done.

I had one scoop of ice cream one day.  It was a big scoop!

I took the girls to Wheeler Farm and we had a great time seeing the animals, finding geocaches and playing in the stream.

It was a beautiful day!!

My sweet Boo!

And my silly Em

We made another trip out to the Thanksgiving point kids museum with the Hastings for our family reunion.  Once again, we had a great time, but it was very busy.

 This past weekend we made our annual trip out to Willard Bay.  It was such a nice day!!  Our only complaint was that the water level was quite low and the weeds and bugs were everywhere.  We still had a great time.

There were a bunch of people getting baptized in the lake.  I've never seen anything like that.

I'd had been wanting to take the girls to the Animal Inside Out exhibit at the Leonardo, but didn't want to pay the full price.  My neighbor let me know that this past weekend during the Arts Festival they were letting people in at a discounted price, so I was very happy that we got to go.  We saved over $50!!!

The girls were a bit weirded out at first, but ended up thinking it was all very cool

So there you have it!  We are working out way into July and we are VERY excited for all that we have in store in the upcoming month.  Summer is my favorite!!