Summer Activities Round Up

As summer comes to an end, here is round up of some random things we did for fun:

First up, church youth activities:
An awesome woman from our stake came and gave a "Color Me Beautiful" presentation to the YW.  It was pretty fun and great to learn about what colors look best on us.

Paddleboats

Geo-caching and Bonfire

The girls and I also enjoyed a lot of Sonic runs - especially on $1 Slushie Day

Also look who took first place in their bowling league?  Paige's team got 1st place trophies.  Paige also won the Most Improved Bowler Award and got a trophy for the 2nd Best score.

Ashley fell into a slump at the end of the season as it became clear that she needed a new and heavier bowling ball.  It's a good sign that she was improving enough to need better equipment, but it takes time to adjust and make sure you buy the right ball.  She had to suffer through the last few weeks of the season as she worked with a pro to determine what kind of ball she needed to buy.  It was frustrating for her but you can't just go out and buy a $150 ball on whim and then find out it wasn't the right one.  Anyway, she now has a new ball (called THE HAMMER) and will probably end up needing a second ball for spares---wow, it's getting expensive!  Paige is excited because we are going to give her Ashley's old ball.  We will have the holes plugged and re-drilled to fit Paige's hand.

Summer is not complete unless you take at least one trip to the waterpark.  Ashley and Paige both went with friends.  I didn't get any pics of Ashley but here is Paige with her friend Hailey.

Andy's Frozen Custard.  We also tried a (new to us) frozen custard place.  It was yummy!  I got a raspberry Italian ice with vanilla custard.  

 Paige got something called the "Jack Hammer"  It is basically custard and brownies with core of hot fudge down the middle.  Have Mercy!

How about some unflattering pictures from our Parable of the Popcorn family home evening?  Paige taught the lesson which included a lot of trying to throw and catch popcorn in our mouths.

Go Karts!