June Jollies

June! What a fun month! The last summer before our two oldest kiddos are in full time school. We are trying to live it up, despite having no travel plans because of Ryan's efforts to finish the basement, as well as having a 3 month old. Travelling with babies is not my favorite thing to do.

Sometimes Dallin puts himself in time out. 

I will not take all 4 kids to the pool by myself so we have compromised a couple of times this summer by going to the splash pad.

Dallin loves Lydia!! He doesn't care about her personal space bubble one tiny bit.

We made it to the pool for the first time! I brought Tambryn, one of our sitters, to help me. Ryan has taken the kids a lot of times since then, but I have only gone three times. Lydia is always a bawl-bag when we go so I don't tend to enjoy myself very much.

We went to Playgroup for the first time since last Halloween. It was fun to see everyone!

One morning during breakfast Ryan said, "Let's go on a hike!" So we did! It took longer than we wanted to get out the door (hello: four kids) so we ended up having to settle for Bobcat Ridge Trail instead of Horsetooth Falls because the lot at Horsetooth was full. Thankfully Bobcat Ridge is very easy (it's flat) so there was limited complaining.

We hiked/walked to the cabin. This cabin was built in 1901 (if I remember right). History is so fascinating to me - to imagine the people who lived here so long ago and what life might have been like. Needless to say, I am thankful for our modern day luxuries.

Lydia was coming to the end of needing to be held all the time to sleep, but I was still happy to snuggle her on Sunday afternoons, especially if I was napping too!

We get snuggles in the morning sometimes too. Every now and then she wakes up close to 6 AM and doesn't have a huge desire to go back to sleep, so I bring her into bed with us and let her nurse. She usually goes back to sleep, nursing, for an hour. I never did this with Dallin and I missed it!!

We only did hair a few times this month. I don't have as much time, and the complaining is real.

Dallin loves playing with his cars!

Bath time with the youngest babe. She enjoys splashing, and is getting so big!

I made a Peach Crumble Pie for Father's Day. There was some leftover pie dough and the kids had fun playing with it for an hour.

The pie was so good! Funny story: the blogger who posted this recipe said that her husband commented on how the topping looked like ground beef. As I was putting the crumble on the pie before baking it, Brianna said, "Meat?!" After it was baked and Ryan saw it he said, "That looks like ground beef." It sure didn't taste like ground beef!

Ryan's grandma brought us this clock from her collection. We love that it adds charm and character to our home. While it is a chiming clock, it is fairly quiet and not a nuisance at all.

One day Dallin wanted to take his nap in Maya's bed, so I let him. He stayed in there for two solid hours! I was impressed, but we haven't done this since.

The girls got a Barbie house! Ryan found this on a neighborhood sale page and it was a steal! The girls were so excited about it and they still play with it almost every day.

We went to the zoo. It was Dallin's first time and he seemed to really enjoy it, especially the tiger.

Brianna's hair was so long and kept getting in her face, and then her mouth while she was eating. I said, "ENOUGH!" and put it up and out of her face. It stayed like this for three days.

Maya got something much simpler but still very pretty.

This toy had been in the basement for ...I don't know, a year at least. I brought it back up and Dallin immediately started playing with it with all of his Hot Wheels cars. I am glad to see it finally get the love it deserves.

Sibling love at the breakfast table!

I bucked up and took all of the kids to a park. It was nice to get out of the house and thankfully not too stressful!

Ryan always helps with bedtime, and I am super appreciative of that when we have a nursing baby.

Lydia getting all glam.

We got a Mega Slide (thank you, Costco!). It is 25 feet long and comes with these sleds for sliding on. We have used it a couple of times, and it is always a hit! We are excited to use it for Brianna's birthday this year.

One more hairstyle for the books this month.

Halfway through the year! Christmas, here we come!