More Roller Skating

This time I managed to get a couple of pictures of the kids while they were playing with the roller skates outside. And this time, Gabe has his own helmet and pads instead of his sister's.

Jack's house

Gabriel has had an imaginary friend named Jack for quite some time now, and sometimes we will hear about Jack everyday and sometimes not for weeks. This time Gabe told me that he was building Jack's house. He gave me all the details about the rooms and windows at Jack's house.

Roller Skates

So, a little while back we got a pair of roller skates from Ben's mom for the kids to have. They are a little bit big size wise, but close enough and today Carissa and Gabe got to try them out. It was their very first time using roller skates and they both did pretty well, and even though they would fall down they would get right back up and try again. Also, they did a great job sharing since we only have the one pair of roller skates. I wanted to get a picture, but by the time I had the camera they were pretty much done with skating. Also, we have a helmet and pads for Gabe on our list to buy as soon as we can afford it, because all we have right now is two pink/purple helmets and one set of pink/purple knee and elbow pads. So, Gabe looks pretty silly in all that pink and purple, at least he isn't complaining about it yet. Some neighbor kids were looking at him a little funny today though.

4th of July

We spent a few days in Jackpot, NV at my grandparents house for the 4th of July weekend. My parents, Josh, and Alyssa were also there for the weekend. So, on the 4th we went out to the lake were my uncle and aunt were camping. Carissa and Gabriel had a great time playing in the lake, and they even got to go on a boat ride. Then, they got to go on the tube behind the boat for the first time ever. We spent a few hours at the lake, then went back to the house for a snack. After that we went over to the pool to go swimming for about an hour then we came back and had showers. Followed by a nice big dinner out on the deck and then dessert with fireworks display. You can watch the town fireworks display from the deck at my grandparents, which was very nice. Carissa managed to stay up all day through everything and Gabe made it until the middle of the fireworks display before falling asleep. I saw that Gabe was getting sleepy, and said something about and he said that he was tired and that he was just going to keep one eye open to watch the fireworks. Then he woke up when we were laying him down in bed after the fireworks were over and he said that he still wanted to watch the fireworks. It was a very busy day, but a lot of fun.

I really like the floaties that I bought for the kids, and I think that it looks like my sister is posing in this pic.


Josh and Alyssa were sitting with Gabe and Carissa on the tube.

Demolition Derby

Last night my dad invited us to go to the demolition derby, and he bought tickets for us to go too, which was very nice of him. My parents, Brandon and Angela, Josh, Alyssa, Uncle Gary, and the four of us all went together. Carissa and Gabe both behaved really well until the very end and then Gabe wouldn't be still, I think that he was just getting tired though. Carissa and Gabe both really liked the Lightening McQueen car and cheered for it, but it didn't win. Another car they liked did pretty well though.

Gabe, Alyssa, Josh, Carissa, and my Dad
Lined up for car beauty contest
Uncle Gary, Brandon, Angela, my Mom, and Ben
Hauling cars away.

Carnival

We went to the carnival for Taylorsville Dayzz here last night. The kids really enjoyed their first carnival, and it was a really good deal too. Since it was the first night they had a deal that all the rides were only $0.50 instead of up to $2.00 a ride. We only spent $9.00, but the kids went on a lot of rides and Ben and I went on a couple too.

Last day of baseball

Carissa and Gabriel both did the start smart baseball, which includes parents in all of the practices and games so that it is all one-on-one learning for the kids. It was interesting to try and fun, and I think that the kids probably learn more faster this way. For the games each child basically had a shadow telling them what to do if they got confused. On the last day the kids all got shirts, and trophies too.


It was a very hot evening. The kids were waiting in line to bat.