Visit with the Williams'

Friday, August 10, 2012--We went over to Grandma and Grandpa Gibson's house to play all morning, and then we invited them over to Vance's parents' house for a barbecue and swim.  They did some swimming races as part of the Olympics.  They also did some jumps and dives for the other swimming events.

Saturday, August 11, 2012--The kids were so inspired by the Olympics that we wanted to do our own Olympics.   They each had a flag from their country.  Brady was from "Brady City", Tessa was from "Tessaville", Logan was from "Logan Land", Bree was from "Bree Town", and Clark was from "Clark Country".   Today's events were triple jump on the Trampoline, Shot put, Discus, Javelin Throw, and Gymnastics.

 Clark loved listening to music on Grandma's iphone.

Sunday, August 12, 2012--After church we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for dinner.  Darin flew in to Las Vegas for a conference for work, so we got to visit with him today.  We had a nice Sunday evening hanging out with everyone.

Monday, August 13, 2012--Today's events were Running, Baseball, Soccer, Basketball, and Weight Lifting.  Grandma and Grandpa took us over to the church so that we had enough room for these events.  The kids had so much fun!  Grandma organized the flags, medals, and certificates for each event.  Grandpa ran all the events for the kids.  Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for all the work.  The Williams left to go home after the Olympics.  We had so much fun with them!

Friends

My friend, Pam, invited us over to their house for some summer fun activities.  They used to live across the street from us, and they were such good neighbors.  We have kept in touch and have remained good friends.  I have baby-sat her kids in the past, and the boys love to play together.  We had a fun time visiting, while the boys played with the ball sprinkler.

Garden Club

 I signed the boys up for Garden Club.  Star Nursery offers a Garden Club to kids for free during the summer.  Today the boys made Sundials.  They learned how to tell time by the sun.  They had fun painting them.  After they were finished painting, we saw the turtles that they have there.  The boys loving seeing the turtles!

After Garden Club, we went to Home Depot for the kids workshop.  The kids made bulletin boards.  They had to put it together with nails, and then they painted the frame and put their name on it.  When they were done, they had punch and cookies for a refreshment.  The boys had fun making the bulletin boards. 

Tonight we went to the Henderson Activity Pool.  Vance's parents' Ward had an activity there, and they invited us.  I didn't get any pictures, but the boys had so much fun.  Brady's favorite thing was the diving boards.  He even had the guts to jump off the high dive!

Olympics

My friend, Jen, organized these Olympics for the kids.  The events today were Cycling, Running, Discus, Javelin, Swimming(big splash), and Diving(little splash).  Brady did not want to participate in the cycling because he is embarrassed that he cannot ride a bike without training wheels yet.  Logan did not want to participate in running because he says running makes his legs hurt.  They are just particular about some things, but overall they had fun.  The boys have really gotten into watching the Olympics this summer, and they were excited to participate in their own Olympics.  They also made their own flags, painted Olympic Rings, had an award ceremony, and had a special treat at the end.  It was a fun day!

 Discus:  Jarrett-Gold; Brady-Silver; and Logan-Bronze

 Diving(Little Splash):  Tait-Gold; Grace-Silver; Logan-Bronze

 Swimming(Big Splash):  Rollie-Gold; Jake-Silver; Clark-Bronze

 Running:  Jocelyn-Gold; Brayden-Silver; Clark-Bronze

 Cycling:  Brayden-Gold; Logan-Silver; Jocelyn-Bronze