Porter Park Carrousel

After we finished playing at the splash park, the girls convinced "little grandma" to let them ride on the carrousel. Ironically, they didn't have enough $1 bills to make change, so they asked if they could give us cotton candy instead of  one of the dollars. REALLY! You ask that in front of my kids...how can I say no to kids begging and hanging off of both legs! Oh well, they thoroughly enjoyed the ride and the unexpected treat.

Porter Park

As the sweltering lower 90* heat with no humidity crept upon us, we decided to drive to Rexburg and play at Porter Park. For those of you who have never been there, it is a free mini waterpark that the kids can enjoy. Mostly safe, unless you have a child like mine who invents new ways of hurting herself. As you can see from the far left middle photo she is crying. In the bottom right you can see Hannah sitting on one of the water spouts. With five spouts in all, as you sit on one, the others get higher. Elayna became the victim of one such incident. As she walked past one of the water spouts, a kid blocked another one resulting in a stream of water blasting its way up her nose! Hence the tearful picture. From my prespective, it was rather entertaining, but having inhaled water before, I know she was in temporary discomfort. Besides that, and one slip on the steps resulting in Elayna skinning a toe, all was well. The kids enjoyed themselves, and truly wore themselves out!

Fireworks

Besides the games, here are a couple of pics with the girls in their new swimsuits and lighting fireworks with Aunt Mamy and Uncle Ryry. As the fireworks started, you could see the fabulous expressions on my kids. I also was able to get a picture of my dad flossing while watching the fireworks, and Lincoln sewing his pants (with his Mike's Hard Blackcherry Lemonade) at the BBQ.

Game Time

For the Fourth, we had a little BBQ at my parents house. As is tradition, we broke out the yard games. We played Polish Horseshoes where the stand out champion was SiRan (and Lincoln, her partner, but he was literally no help)! Every turn, she sunk at least one washer into the board...WHO KNEW??? After everyone attempted to defeat her, and failed, we moved to a different game...Ladder Ball. This was a little more even. Teams rotated in and out giving everyone a game or two to experience success! As the night sky faded, and the kids became antsy for the fireworks, we walked down to our normal parking spot to watch the fireworks.

Princess Party

Both the girls were invited to a princess party. With all our stuff in Boise, we did what we could to find princess outfits. We happened to still have both girls' Easter dresses so, Hannah went as Tiana from Princess and the Frog, and Elayna went as Aurora from Sleeping Beauty. Ashley had crowns for everyone, so that helped. Finally, I had to take a picture of the cake...quite a cute idea with the ice cream cones. I will have to use it for a future cake!