Carnival

 We LOVE Art City Days every year in Springville. There are so many fun events and activities. The carnival is always a big hit with my kids and my wallet unless you go on opening night (with every other person from Springville) when its cheaper. I sucked it up and took the kids by myself since Jared had to work. They did GREAT!

 

First ride. P is doing his forced smile...

 

...but the ride started up and I got a REAL smile!

 The lines were long, but both kids did AWESOME!

 Hanging on as if it was a roller coaster.

No guys, its just a train! :)

 I love these munchkins!

 On to the motorcycles!

 P thought he was pretty cool! I love the look on his face!

 Carousel

 

 He was DONE with pictures, so these are what I got from him!

 

 The next day we went to a mini-carnival. The kids thought it was fun.

 

 But LOVED getting their hair spray-painted blue and sparkly purple!

More Art City Day Activities to come!

Not Slowing Us Down

 How are we suppose to enjoy the summer when my girl's arm is in a cast? Well, we make it work. Springville has a new splash pad and I thought that we could try it out. We wrapped R's arm in Saran wrap, double plastic bagged it, then put a rubber band (not tight) around the opening of the bags. Then after all that, we explained to R that she needed to try to keep it dry.

The little waterfall that my kids love!

We brought R's friend Juliet.

 P mostly played with Dad

 Which made these two happy

 My boy is getting much better about water.

 But this little fountain is his favorite.

 Running around, but dodging the fountains!

 Poor P picked a bad friend. Dad lifted him up and stuck his head under the waterfall!

 These two thought they were sooooo funny. They called this their "horse"!

Overall the cast stayed pretty dry. I think the only moister that was in there was from sweat! Good think this dumb cast isn't ruining our summer!

Cheerleading

My little lady is a dancer. We have known this for a long time, but haven't had the funds to do much about it. Each year as a fundraiser, the high school cheerleaders do a mini clinic for kids ages 3-14. They teach them cheers and a dance. I decided to sign her up as a test. If she was the type of kid who would go to all the practices then come performance time just stand there, no dance for her.  Unfortunately we REALLY need to sign the kid up for dance. She LOVED it and performed SO well!

 

 

 At one of the practices following the cheerleaders

 Working on the dance

 For the first 3 practices she had her splint that she couldn't bend her elbow. 

Even with a cast it didn't slow her down! 

After 6, 1 hour "classes" it was performance time.  I took a few pics before because I knew that I wanted to record her on the football field rather than take pictures!

 

 I LOVE this little lady!!!!

And I do have to say that she makes one cute little cheerleader!

And a quick shout out to my sister Missy for spending the afternoon

making the girls matching bows with me!

 

This was one of R's teachers who lived by us named Kaleia.

 

Kayla (R's cousin), Summer (Kayla's neighbor who is just younger than R), and R

 

Cheer Cousins!!!!

 

This was such a good experience for her. She loved that so many of her friends from school and church were doing it as well. I think it made it even more fun for her! Now we just need to look into a dance studio that won't charge an arm and a leg!!!

 

I am struggling to upload the videos, so I will try to post those later!

 

Unlucky Time of the Year

 Its official as of the middle of May until the middle of July my baby girl is going to be wrapped in bubble wrap. I feel like I should get "worst parent" award. 3 broken arms and she is only 5!!! I asked the doctor if I should be concerned and if a bone density test is needed. He said "its all part of being a kid. If they weren't all from falls, that would cause for some worry". So in non-medical terms my kid is a klutz!!

R was playing at her cousin Kayla's house and they decided to make up a dance. The first "performance" they did she spun and slipped on the hardwood floors and let out a blood curling scream.  My sister brought her up to the house saying "its not my fault". Just because it was the weekend I decided to see if I could get her into the doctor before they closed. They fit us in right at the end, and sure enough it was another buckle fracture. Its on her left radius bone right above the wrist bones. 

July 11th 2009

 May 24th 2013

 (I thought I was pretty cleaver to have her pose similar on the same bench)

 June 3rd 2012

 Cast #1

 Cast #2

 Out of all the broken bones, this cast is my favorite. Its protected, unlike her one last year, but still can move her elbow.

 Why a "white" cast?

Because of this...

 that's right, it glows in the dark! It is pretty cool, but dirty already! UGG! Oh well, her choice!

I just had to throw in this picture. This is the back of R's hair. 

It turned out pretty cute if you ask me!

 The best news with this cast is when I was making her appointment to get it taken off the doctor said to plan on 5 weeks. That put our appointment on the 2nd or 3rd of July. I thought it would make R (and me) happy if we could get it off right before her birthday, but that would only be 4 weeks later. The nurse checked and the doctor said that was fine! So YAY, no cast for her sixth birthday pictures!!!!

Battle Creek Falls

 After the camp-out we decided to go hiking. We wanted to try and hike Timpanogos Cave, but we would have had to wait 4 hours to start the hike. So we came around the front of the mountain to Battle Creek Falls. It is a hike we do every year because it is so easy, and family friendly! 

Kyler actually made everyone stop for this group picture. He thought it was a perfect view of the mountains and trees. He was right, it is a nice picture!

 Jared playing pack horse again.

 Kayla was the only one brave crazy enough to get under the waterfall. It was FREEZING!

 The McSweeney girls

 The McSweeney men

 The Jacksons

 My boy was in heaven doing what he does best, throwing rocks in the water!

 I love my kids!

 This is seriously cute! 

I know I say it a lot, but I REALLY like this picture!

Since we couldn't hike Timp. Cave, the girls found their own cave, and were pretty happy!

 The kids, with Utah Lake behind them!

We had a great weekend. 

Next post will be about R and her arm, so don't worry! :)