What do you do in the summertime?

Gotta love it!

Last Hurrah of the Summer

The last time we went to Bass Lake, I was the only girl to get IN the water. Sure, some of the gals got in up to their knees...but that doesn't count in my book. :0)

My friend Montay even told me that she was going to come and do a cannon ball with me off the dock, but alas....she did not. I told her she was bluffing. She said she really intended to come in....so I called her bluff. I told her to prove it. :0) Aren't I a stinker?

So, I told her that the next day that her hubby, Rob, had off we were ALL going down to Bass Lake for a little dip in the water. NO chickening out this time. We went down last Friday {August 24th}. Wanna know if she did it? Keep reading.....
This is why it's called Bass Lake...I think. No matter...there are fishies in this here water. Landon asked me how the fish knew not to come into the swimming area they have roped off down there. :0) I asked him why he would think that there were no fish in the swimming area and he looked at me with a look of shock as he realized there WERE fish swimming WITH him. :0) Good times....
All those in attendance came suited up to get wet. Even little Sadie was in her adorable little bathing suit. She LOVED the water too. She sat, and then walked through the water and thought it was so great. The other little girls had a great time digging in the sand and splashing around on the shore. The boys {including Jaysen and Rob} swam out to the dock, but Rhett was content to stay with the little girls. Such a handsome kid!
Here are Rob, Cole, Jaysen, and Landon jumping off the dock together. Love this shot! :0)

Landon was dying for me to get a shot of him jumping into the water, and when I said yes, he really made an effort to look good for the camera. Isn't it a fun shot?
Rob took his boys out for a canoe ride as well. It is so pretty down there, I really have enjoyed the time we've been able to spend down there.

And now...for what you've all been waiting for.....{drumroll please}

She did it! Kudos to Montay for proving me wrong. :0) This shot is too funny....we are both mid-inhale and have the faces to show it.
Montay, I cropped this picture just for you. Because I love you. :0) But seriously...don't I have great cannonball form?

Any of you that are wishing to out splash me....bring it on. :0)

Thanks for a fun night at the lake Dixon's! This was probably the last time we'll make it out there this year as school starts tomorrow and the lake closes down next weekend. :0( Off to the next phase of the year. It's kind of sad to say goodbye to summer, but I'm ready for school to start and for the routine of the school year. It doesn't mean that it has to start getting cold though......

The wonderful thing about tiggers.....

Is Tiggers are wonderful things..

Their tops are made out of rubber...

Their bottoms are made out of springs...

They're bouncy, floucy, trouncy, pouncy

FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN!

The kids are now in heaven...

We went and got the much anticipated trampoline today. When Jaysen got home from work we went out and put it together for family home evening. They make them SO much different now compared to the kind I grew up with. NO springs! We were wondering how it was going to bounce...but it works just fine without them. And it's even better because there is no chance of little fingers getting pinched between the coils. The kids bounced all night and are planning on having a camp out next weekend. We will all be sleeping under the stars. {I'm already hot just thinking about it!}

Mackenzee made me get up and jump with her and it made me remember all the fun games I played on our trampoline as a kid. BUT! Mackenzee still has a little bit of growing up to do before I play Alligator with her again. My tummy can't handle another cannonball! {OUCH!}

My Little Entrepreneurs

Landon really wanted to have a lemonade stand last summer. I promised him we would....and I failed. We ended up moving and it took up pretty much all of our summer. So, this year I couldn't let him down again.

We had my neice Savanna come and join Landon, Mackenzee, and my nephew Talon so they could all share in the work.....and in the profits. :0) They had so much fun making their poster for the corner by our house. It was supposed to direct traffic our way as we live off in a little culdesac and don't get much traffic. It didn't do much...but that's ok. We have awesome neighbors who happened to be thirsty at the same time our table went up.

We had both regular lemonade AND pink lemonade...because Kenzee wanted to make sure there was something pink there for the girls. And actually, the pink lemonade is what everyone wanted! She's one smart girl! And our neighbors....such good people...actually paid MORE for their glasses of juice...just to be nice. One guy gave them $1.50 for his. The kids were SO excited! And honestly...it was a great way to meet some of my neighbors I hadn't met yet.

The older three kids each ended up making $2.20 each! Kenzee was contect with a handful of pennies. :0) They begged me to take them to the dollar store tomorrow so they could spend their earnings. Heaven forbid they save it! It might burn a hole in their pocket! :0)

All in all, it was a fun little adventure for us. I told Landon we could set it up again when we had our yard sale in a couple of weeks. He'll rake in the quarters then! :0)

A couple of big days

So...Landon had his very first piano recital last night. My mom teaches
him piano lessons and so it has been fun for Landon to spend this extra time with his Nana. He played two songs. "Silly Bug Stomp" and then we played a duet together, "Love Is
Spoken Here". He was so nervous too. He begged and begged me to be able to use his music and I told him he didn't need it and he'd do fine. He's had the song memorized for over a month now. But, nerves got the best of him, and on his way up to the piano, he paused at my mom's chair and whispered, "Puh-leeeeeaaase." So, she let him play the song with his music. Silly boy. He did great and it
has been fun for me to be able to play along with him.

And then today was Landon's last day of 1st grade. So it was a pretty big day. He has really enjoyed school this year, mostly thanks to a great teacher, Mrs. Reed. Who put up with his "problems" we were having at the beginning of the school year. She is sadly, leaving Morningside after only one year as she lives in Burley and was offered a position at the elementary in Heyburn. So, closer to home for her. Sniff Sniff...we will miss her though.

So, this means summer vacation has officially started. Argh! I'm hoping it will be a good one. Lots of stuff going on to keep Landon busy. Between tennis, golf, art classes, gymnastics, and swimming lessons....he should be good to go. SHOULD...that's the key word there. Sigh.