...mini cheerleaders...

a few weeks ago, mabel and elsie went to a mini cheer camp at the local charter school. they totally loved it! originally we thought that we'd just put mabel in it, thinking that elsie was too small and it'd be cheaper. well, to say elsie was crushed when the morning came for mabel to go would be a major understatement. she was devastated! it pretty much cut me to the core listening to her tell me in her cute, deep voice, "but my a big girl..." it was one of the saddest things. we've been telling her that she is such a big girl since she's been going on the potty, so this was too much! 

so we drove over there and signed her up the morning of! luckily they had extra t-shirts and pompoms so we could. yay!

worth. every. penny.

august by instagram.

it's been a great summer, filled with lots of fun adventures. we're all looking forward to starting school and getting back into a routine. here's what our day to day in august looked like...

cute else in the tub.

@ famington lake on daddy's bday.

out slip 'n slidin at 8 in the mornin.

cory & connor on their ski jump lessons.

sunday naps are the best.

connor hard at work at home depot.

bountiful summerfest.

connor's dinosaur/lizard he hatched from an egg.

these two nap so well together on sunday.

@ thanksgiving point.

backyard camping.

homemade peach ice cream.

davis county fair.

brigham city temple.

a moth cory and i saw while strolling up old main in park city.

who doesn't love the rodeo?!?

mabel's new hair critters for school.

water world.

picnic lunch in the front yard.

ice cream with cousins @ gma packers.

it took us all summer, but we finally got out on the boat.

bampa love.

this fly would not leave mabel alone while she was napping! poor girl just wanted to sleep!

connor finally got a ball!

when your mouth hits a dresser drawer knob. 

thank goodness it wasn't sharp!

game night while cory's @ YM's.

go utes! woot woot!

girls night out while boys are at the game.

connor's homemade golf ball race track.

crazy summer rain/thunder storm.

labor day @ the pool.

this isn't just a doggy door!

nerf gun fort.

ready to ride bikes to the pool.

24th of july.

we had a mellow 24th of july this year. kinda nice to hangout around the house. we bought a couple fireworks we were super excited about. one of them was a daytime one where you have like 60 parachutes that get launched in the air. ours must have been a dud because most of them just fell to the ground as parachute bombs. pretty disappointing. we also had our ward swim party at the city pool to celebrate the day.

releasing the parachutes...or bombs

mabel and elsie sat and opened each one.

elsie was unimpressed.

july by instagram.

girls playing on the field after a baseball game.

yeah for free slurpees!

splash park with cousins.

begging for candy at the farmington parade.

picking apricots @ gpa packers. 

can you spot sneaky connor?

happy to be in mesquite, even in the rain.

watching the rain. waiting to swim.

mesquite early riser. 5:30am.

all the early risers @ 6am.

crazy hair day.

hunting for golfballs with dog and rc car in tow.

driving range on a cloudy mesquite morning.

our pet lizard.

exploring @ farmington pond.

lego building on the 24th of july.

playing at the neighborhood pool party.

connor's cannon ball.

daddy's kisses are the best.