Firemen's Memorial Park

Every time the kids and I go to the grocery store, we drive by a little park with a jungle gym shaped like a firetruck.  Given that Matthew is obsessed with emergency vehicles right now, he begs and begs for us to stop.  Well, this evening we decided to do it.

It's not a very big park.  There's the fire engine, a set of swings, and then a little way off there's a digging tool, a merry-go-round, and a seesaw.  Still, the kids had a lot of fun and didn't want to leave.  We'll have to go back again.

Baskin Robbins

One of our favorite things to do as a family is to go to Baskin Robbins for ice cream.  It usually happens as Family Home Evening refreshments.  The kids love picking from all the flavors and I love not having ice cream sitting around the house just begging for me to have some.

Here are a couple pictures from our latest visit.

Mess?  What mess?

Eating ice cream takes great thought.

Random Pictures

Here are a few more random pictures from August.

"Mom!  This would make a great picture!"

Anna found every blanket to make a pile.

Matthew's serious face.

Teaching Anna to play Uno.

Breakfast Outfit

FHE obstacle course activity.

Ride 'em, Cowgirl!

Typical messy breakfast face.

Visitors

We had some visitors this past weekend.  Steve's sister, Emily, came along with her husband, Tony, and three kids: Lia, Micah, & Adam.  It was fun seeing them, especially since the last time we saw them was when Anna was a couple of weeks old.  Unfortunately, they were coming for Tony's grandmother's funeral.

In spite of that, we had a great time.  Anna loved playing with her cousins.  She and Lia definitely hit it off.  They goofed off, shared ice cream, and giggled like crazy!  Steve and I spent time talking and playing games with Emily and Tony.  On Monday, Ken & Kate and their kids came for dinner and an FHE on being a good family member- fun!

We're so glad the Bradshaw's were able to stay with us this weekend.