Summer fun!

We've been enjoying our summer so far, even though it went from freezing to blazing overnight. Here's some stuff we've been up to:

In the anticipation that I would be great with child this summer we decided to forego getting our Seven Peaks season pass at the end of last summer and get a Spiderman pool instead. I'm glad we did because I really don't have the energy this year to tromp the three kids to the pool by myself. They are loving having the cool pool in our own backyard so it's all good.
We also got a slip 'n slide which hasn't been as popular since the water is pretty cold. Skylar and my niece, Katie, had a fun time in it the other day while Nick & Kade opted for the nice warm mud & grass water that they had created. Nice.

We hit our first Owlz game of the season last week. Ben's work actually had their work party there so they had a big BBQ and we sat in the stands which we usually don't do. It was fun but sooo hot!!
We got our chance to go camping in the canyon and enjoyed almost every minute of it. We tried to go to Timpanogos but it was full so headed up to Hope Campground and snagged the last spot! It was a tiny spot but somehow we managed to fit our tent there. Since we had to squeeze our tent in, it was next to some rocks. Ben decided to try and move the smaller ones so that one of our kids wouldn't konk their head on it from inside the tent. In the process, he smashed his hand between two of the rocks! At first it looked so bad I thought it was an immediate trip to the ER but after some first aid we deemed he was okay to last through the night. He lost a big chunk of skin (I will spare you the pics) which the kids thought was awesome but at least he didn't break any fingers! Other than that, (oh and our fellow campers screaming baby at 3 am) we had a great night! We're pretty sure that this was the last camping trip that we'll make in our teeny tiny Echo since we have to make the move to the mini-van thing (yuck!) with the baby on her way. Packing our Echo to absolute maximum capacity has almost been half the fun of going camping! Ha ha!