Happy Fourth of July!

It was a fun and busy fourth of July week! The kids started swim lessons . . . amazingly I was able to get all four of them at the same time at the YMCA! Marcus really is just in it for the practice, and Tyler just started his very first class. It was an interesting first day- he wouldn't go in for the first half of the class, but eventually I was able to convince him to try it. Change and new things are hard for that little dude . . . I think that is why potty training is going so horribly right now (I don't want to talk about it . . . )

We also had several busy and fun days with friends

Swimming at the Smith's pool with the Binghams and the Powell girls (who my girls have recently met at church):

And of course the Fourth of July! We started the day off with the Spokane Indians Pennant Race- the 3 and under age group ran the bases, the older kids did a 1K and Jon ran the 5K. It was so fun! Tyler was especially so cute for his very first fun run ever. Everyone else did great too. We then had a nice BBQ at our house with both sets of grandparents and then back to the Spokane Indians Baseball game and fireworks!

The weekend wasn't over yet (the fourth was on a Thursday)- Friday we went to Hauser Lake for some lake/ boating/ grandparent and second cousin time! My cousin Melanie Mundt and her family joined us, along with my aunt and uncle who were in town- and it was wonderful to catch up. The kids and Jon had fun boating (no way was I going to put my very pregnant self on the boat this time)- and all in all it was a wonderful afternoon. Saturday we cleaned house and took the kids to Monsters University (a great movie, by the way), and then Jon and I went to the memorial service for his great Uncle Bill who recently had passed away.

The weather was also so wonderful this weekend- Spokane can be so beautiful in the summer. This evening we enjoyed a nice little trip to Manito Park again- this time the roses were in full bloom. Cynthia especially was so happy and excited! I have been a bit tired, not sleeping well, and starting to feel VERY pregnant- but it is impossible to not feel in a good mood when the scenery is as pretty as this.