Summer Swim Lessons

So this is the first year that I have ever taken a child to swim lessons. I remember taking them every summer growing up and of course I want my kids to be good swimmers so Xander was finally old enough to go.

He did not want to get in the water. I pratically had to throw him in the first day...and he latched on to a teacher and she had to pack him around the rest of the hour.

The next day I brought my camera and Kynlee. We bought him his "magic" goggles and tada he loved it. We got Kynlee some goggles too. She was SO sad that she wasn't old enough to start swim lessons. It was really hard the first week. She would have done awesome but I didn't want to do the mommy and me class so Kynlee and I just watched.

Here are some of the cute pictures

Xan didn't pass the first session he took but surprisingly they passed him the second time around!

Way to go Xander!!!

1st Dance Class

Kynlee took her very first dance class today! It was so cute. She loves to dance and will do a dance to anything. She mimmicks SYTYCD, does the cute dance(when I finish her hair) does the naked dance(when she gets out of the tub). She is always dancing. So I took her to Wendy who said that we could try it once for free but that she doesn't really take two year olds. This little clippet was right after they started...it was cute and then my phone died.

(She is the littlest one doing side kicks instead of front kicks)

She really did pretty dang good and after class I went to ask what they thought. They said that she was welcome back, and that she was one of three that she had taken at age 2 in the 20 years she has taught! SA_WEET! I hope she got the McKinlay dance gene!

GO KYNLEE!!!

Malad on the 4th

So there is something really fun about small towns and traditions on the 4th of July. In Malad everyone and their freakin dog, come home to celebrate with family and old friends! We always go there because that is where Nick is from. We love it!

Great Big Bouncer Fun!!!

So we went to Malad for their famous 4th of July celebration. Amongst all the festivities there was a big jumping thing that you could do for 5$'s.

I didn't think that Xan would do it, let alone Kynlee! They both did it and they had a great time!

More to come on the 4th....STAY TUNED!

Camping at Devils Creek

So the family and I went on a mini camp trip to devils creek. Xander has been super excited to try to catch a fish on his new sponge bob fishing pole and was itching to get his pole in the water. Unfortunatly for him, the fish were not very interested in the rubber "plankton" that came as a weight on the end of his pole, so he didn't catch anything but we had fun none the less.

Nick made us some dutch oven dinner and we had a bunch of friends come up and enjoy the evening with us.

4 mosquito bites, 1 lost tie, tons of potty breaks, 0 fish, and lots of pictures! Success!

Ok ok ok!!!

So after an overwhelming request for a family photo I give up and will post one!

Thanks for taking this Heather! www.paisleystudios.com!

Life!

Wow it really is amazing how life just flies by! This weekend my baby sister got married. Look how beautiful my little family is! I love them so much!