July Outings

I can't believe we are into August already. Where is this year going so quickly? The Leslies have had a fun July. Here are just a few of the fun things we've done to stay busy...

One Friday night we took advantage of our free passes and went miniature golfing. We've been before, but this is the first time Leah as been able to walk when we've gone. She had so much fun. She didn't have her own club and ball, but she had plenty of fun playing with ours.

 Here she is, our little caddy. She loved getting the balls out of the hole. It was so funny to watch because she would bend so far over and she didn't want to bend her knees to reach the ball easier.

 

By the end of the course she was pretty tired and just wanted to be held. But overall she did really well and had a good time.

Ross finished teaching summer school in July. So on his last day Leah and I took a lunch down to a park near his school and we had a picnic lunch to celebrate. Then we took Leah over to the splash pad to play in the water. It's kind of hard to tell from these pictures, but she did have a good time. She mostly enjoyed just walking back and forth from the water to her daddy who was sitting in the shade.

We also went to a couple of local minor league baseball games in July. Both were blow outs. One our home team won, the other they lost. But between the two games we did see a lot of home runs! At one of the games, they had a fireworks show afterward. Throughout the whole game Leah was so tired, but wouldn't fall asleep. Then about half way through the fireworks she finally gave up and fell asleep on my lap and slept soundly through the rest of the show.

Since July 24th was on a Sunday, the state did most of the celebrations for Pioneer Day on Monday. So we went up to my parents' house to join in the festivities. In the morning we went to the parade. It was a pretty good parade, but overall Leah was more concerned about eating the treats than watching the parade.

Here's Leah with her cousins who were at the parade. It was so hard to get a good picture of these four kids who don't like to sit still very long.

We used Baby J's wagon to get the girls to and from the car that was parked several blocks away. On the way back Cameron was sure that he needed to ride in the wagon too.

 Aunt MoMo pulling the kids around and Leah chillin' in the wagon.

In the afternoon we went to my aunt and uncle's house for a BBQ. They had rented this big water slide and a snow cone maker. Good times were had by all. Here's Leah going down the slide with Ross.

Leah had a great time playing in the water (and mud).

Here's my nephew...airborn as he goes down the slide. The little boys loved this thing!

So did the big boys. My brother taking his little girl down the slide

Our last outing in July was a quick trip to the temple grounds on Sunday evening. I had realized one day that we had never taken Leah to any temples yet, so we decided to take her up and let her walk around. She loved seeing the fountains and sitting by the water. I think she would have liked them even more if we had let her play in them like she wanted to. I think she thought it was supposed to be like the splash pad again and that we were there to play in the water.

We were there just as the sun was going down. It was a cloudy evening, so the sunset wasn't as beautiful as it usually is from this view point. But the view across the valley is always beautiful from here.

Since we wouldn't let her play in the water, Leah found another favorite thing to keep her entertained. She watched some older kids go down the stairs by themselves, so Leah was sure that she needed to try it to. All she wanted to do was go up and down the stairs. We had a hard time convincing her to go anywhere else. Overall, she had a ball there. So now we know a good place to take Leah to keep her entertained. Plus you can't beat the beautiful landscaping and Spirit you feel at the temple.