more swimming

We really enjoyed swimming this summer! After a couple times to the ward swimming the kids were jumping off the diving board like champs! Dresden has absolutely no fear. The first few times he wanted me right where he was going to land but by the end of the day he was doing it all by himself over and over and over. And Ava has become a great swimmer. She was jumping off with no water wings. I am so proud of her for trying things she might be nervous about. She has become obsessed with swimming. She wants to go all the time. The other day she even asked me for her goggles while she was in the tub so she could practice!

Fire Station

We went to the Lincoln Fire Station a couple weeks ago with some friends from our ward. The kids loved it and were so excited to see everything. The firemen were so nice and let them get inside the truck and even spray the big fire hose! It was such a hot day but we had fun getting out of the house. They really did have fun despite their faces in these pictures. :)


Dresden turned around right when I was taking this picture and did that. Such a punk!

lots of energy

After we got home from the zoo the kids took a nice long nap. But then when it was time for bed they were bouncing off the walls. Ava made up this game for her and Dresden. She talked him into laying down in a little ball on the floor and then she would proceed to jump over him! It was hilarious. And Dresden thought it was the greatest thing ever. Even when she would completely trip over him. Good thing for Ava Dresden usually listens to all her bossy ideas. It was even better when it was Dresden's turn to jump over Ava. And then they convinced daddy to join in. It was so funny watching them with their bright red sweaty little faces. There is nothing better than watching them laugh and play together. Dresden would get running so fast and fall over Eric head first, then jump up laughing and do again. Of course I jumped in on the fun as well. We even tried to get a little Ava Dresden sandwich picture. It was getting dark so they aren't the best pictures but it was a fun ending to our little family day out!

Poor Dresden bonked his head. I love his fake cry. It was so cute. haha

After awhile it was more just climbing over daddy

Lincoln Children's Zoo

We decided to go to the children's Zoo last Saturday. We heard it was pretty fun considering it was a small zoo. I'm so glad we did because the kids loved it! There were some really fun animals to see. Ava was going 90 miles a minute wanting to see everything and Dresden was just enjoying the animals. Dresden had fun feeding the goats. It took Ava awhile to warm up to the idea but she did try it once. We took a little lunch and enjoyed the day together. We got a couple free train passes because we bought a pass so we took a ride around the zoo. Dresden was just happy to be on a train "like Thomas"! I'm pretty sure Ava's favorite was the butterflies. And Dresden loved the bugs and lizards.

Flamingos

Reindeer

The butterfly area was so cool. They let you put nectar on your finger an the butterfly would come right to it. Ava thought it was pretty neat!

On the giant caterpillar. Dresden is such a goofball, he can't resist posing for the camera!

Eric's first day of school

I meant to post this sooner but Eric had his first day of school July 1st. The first week was mostly orientation but now he has classes and patients. I remember wondering how the classes would work being that they only accept two students. And he does have a few classes where it's just him and Jeff (the other resident). But he also has some with the three residents above him.

So far he likes it but is excited to see more patients. Which will start in a few weeks!

Last first day of school ever!!

I had to get one of him in his new scrubs. It's quite refreshing not to see blue scrubs on him. He can wear whatever color he wants! We went out and bought him some new ones. My favorite are the grey and black.

heart crayons

The other day Ava and I were so bored while Dresden was napping. I asked Ava if she wanted to make heart crayons. She looked at me with a huge smile and said "uh YESSS"! So we gathered all our broken crayons and our Ikea heart tray and started peeling away. She was really into peeling the crayons...until she was about 5 crayons in. Then she said "you can do the rest mom". But she came around and had an even better time breaking them up into small pieces. It was nice spending time with just Ava doing something she was super excited about. She lives for doing fun things we don't do every day. We tried to match up the colors a little and then we popped them in the oven! Ava tried to be patient but was checking on them every 2 minutes. They finally finished and she was very excited to pull them out and start coloring. I really didn't know what I was doing but they turned out ok. Ava thought they looked wonderful because she kept asking if she could eat them! So next on our list of things to do will be making heart shape cookies!

Dresden woke up just in time and was so happy to try out the new crayons too!

Dresden is always fully aware when there is a camera out! I hardly ever get real moments because he always pulls out this cheesy smile... even if he's not looking at the camera!

Swimming

Lucky for us we met a cute couple in our ward that has a pool as part of their apartments. We were able to go swimming there a few times last week. Ava is becoming quite the fish! I am so proud of her. She is swimming like a pro with no water wings!! She is even jumping in the deep end with no wings. Everyday she asks if we can go swimming. And Dresden loves it just as much. He has no fear and loves to jump in like the big kids. I had my camera one of the days and got a few of the kids.

Dresden likes to wear goggles just like Ava!