Swimming lessons in Montana 2019

The kids spent 2 weeks in  Montana while Emily and Megan did swimming lessons.  I was able to work in my classroom and get my school library in order for the first week they were gone.  Then I joined them for the final week.

As always we had such a great time.

Sleepover with Olivia

Swimming lessons

Megan trying mermaid fins

Emily 

Tyler loved driving the lawn mower around

Playdough fun with Olivia

Emily and Megan going on the rope swing

  

A little swimming fun out in the yard

Tyler, Megan, Emily, Olivia and Aubrey

Emily made me a welcome sign

Tyler enjoyed helping my dad take care of the rodents caught in traps.

A cousin show

Tyler

Olivia and Aubrey

Tyler

Aubrey and Emily

  

Olivia and Megan

Tyler and Kyle

Synchronized swimming

Silas

Emily is the only one who wanted to go to the local splash park.

 We drove to "Ringing Rocks."  If you tap certain rocks with a hammer, they will ring in different tones.  It was fun to climb them and to make music too.

The view from the top

Emily, me, Tyler and Megan

Riding in the kayak on the last day of swimming lessons

Fourth of July 2019

The kids and I headed to Provo for their Freedom Festival for the second year in a row.  We left our house at 5:00 a.m. to get there.  It was a little chilly when we first got there.

Patriotic breakfast on the go.

We watched the progression of the Smokey the Bear balloon.

Emily, Megan, Smokey and Tyler

Checking out the balloons

Unfortunately the winds were too dangerous up in the sky, even though it wasn't windy at all on the ground.  We were disappointed we couldn't watch them fly this year.

Then we walked over to the parade route and enjoyed that.

Megan and Tyler playing frisbee in the street before it started

The BYU dunk team and Cosmo giving high fives

  

We went to the Scera Park to do some of the colonial activities.

Megan making a twisted bracelet

Emily carding wool

Megan and Emily "getting schooled"

  

Dipping candles in wax

Our picnic lunch

We stopped by Krispy Kreme for donuts

Burgers on the grill and curly fries--we ate inside because it was chilly and rainy, kinda weird for a 4th of July

We did our own fireworks.

We just watched the big fireworks display from our yard.  The kids got in the "fort" to see it.