A few random pictures of SUMMERTIME

Thanksgiving Point

We are so lucky to live close to Thanksgiving Point!

 We have an annual pass to this great place, and it is the best money I've ever spent.  Whether we are enjoying the beautiful gardens, exploring the new children's museum, staying cool at the splash pad, playing hard at the Dinosaur museum, riding ponies at the farm, or using our discount at the ice cream shop, we go there probably several times a week!  I know I sound like a walking advertisement, but truly we love this place.  There is so much to do and try, and my kids simply love it!  

This summer we have spent many, many fun days enjoying Thanksgiving Point.  I rarely take my camera along, but once or twice I have, and here are just a few pictures I have of our countless fun times.

The Museum of Natural Curiosity

This children's museum just opened in May, and we cannot get enough of it!

The gardens

We recently took my mom to the gardens when she was in town for a day, and she took these pictures for us!

Independence Day!

We had an awesome Fourth of July this year, filled with family, good food, fireworks, red white and blue pancakes, sparklers, summertime play and lots of celebrating!  

George, Jennifer and Zachary came to town and stayed with us.  We had a family BBQ here at our home, and were so lucky to have the Curtis clan and mom and dad Reynolds join us all for some delicious food and a swimming party!  That night we all gathered at the Curtis' home for some amazing fireworks.  I wasn't sure how Blake would react to the fireworks this year, but he LOVED them.  He was fascinated!  Here he is holding his sparklers and loving every second of it!

Blake was enthralled with watching the amazing fireworks show that Uncle Kelly and Uncle George put on for our entertainment.

Katelee had a blast playing outside late into the night with cousins and friends.  She enjoyed the fireworks as well, but was mostly interested in playing with glow sticks and playing night games with the crowds of other kids around.

 

What a fun Fourth of July!

The next day we all gathered at a local church as a Reynolds family for a little reunion.  We enjoyed a wonderful organ recital given by Dad (Paul Reynolds), followed by a yummy lunch and some basketball and visiting.  It was so good to see everyone and make some wonderful memories together!  :)

Cast Picture

Oops, I forgot to include this cast picture on my previous post about Katelee's play.

The Cheese Stands Alone!

Katelee had the exciting experience of being in her very first play this summer!

She was cast as the Farmer's Wife in "The Cheese Stands Alone." 

She had three performances over this past weekend, and she did an excellent job!  She learned her lines quickly and perfectly and loved practicing her songs and dance moves.  We were so proud of her!  She is excited to do another play soon!

We did film the parts of the play that Katelee was in.  There are two parts below, if anyone is interested in seeing her in action! ;)

Part 1:
This is the beginning of the play, so it starts out in darkness for a little bit.  Don't worry, you'll be able to see soon!  This is the part where Katelee has all her speaking lines.

Part 2:
This is the grand finale of the play.  Katelee comes back on (in the back corner) to sing and dance and then to take her bow!

My Little Mermaid

With the pool basically outside our front door, we do a lot of swimming at the local pool in the summertime!  I love this picture of my sweet little mermaid and some of her friends at the pool!

Parade!

Our sweet little town of Lehi recently celebrated Lehi Days. Our ward was asked to participate by adding a float to the Lehi Days parade.  Katelee was thrilled to be one of the princesses to ride on the float.  She dressed in her Rapunzel dress and had a lot of fun with her Cinderella friend, Missy.  :)

Tired out!

Her hair was starting to fall out by the end, but it was a pretty cool princess 'do.

Blake was too young to be on the float, but we took him to watch the parade both Friday night and again Saturday morning.  He LOVED the fact that people kept throwing him candy!  He loved the fire engines and the marching bands.  He is at such a fun, cute age where he shows such excitement.  He loved clapping for all the floats and even learned how to stand and put his hand over his heart for the flag passing by.  Hooray for parades!