Alli's half birthday

In December Allison decided that she did not want to a birthday party but would rather have a fun day with her best friend Bri. Bri's birthday is also in December so her mom and I thought it would be perfect. Well with basketball and then soccer we never got around to planning it so we decided to do a half birthday. The girls were afraid that we were going to forget so they reminded us often.

We let the girls choose that they wanted to do. It was their day and they got to decided what we do. First they decided that they wanted to see a movie. The decided to see Turbo. We had some time before it started so we went to Yumberri a frozen yogurt shop to pass the time.

After the movie they wanted to get pedicures. Allison had told Bri all about it when Grammy took her earlier this summer. Allison liked the pampering and Bri thought it sounded fun.

After the pedicures they wanted to go to the mall and then we had dinner. It was a fun day.

A Spa Day

The girls ask if Kinnlie and Bri could come over today. All my girls love it when they come over. Madison had a great idea that she would do a spa day with them. She looked on pinterest and found a few things and then improvised the rest.

They all had a lot of fun. They were even superstars and cleaned up any mess they made. I am glad that my girls have found such good friends in the Bartlett girls.

Lunch in the park

All summer we have been going to lunch in the park. We have a group of friends that we have been meeting their. My girls look forward to this each day. I like it because I don't have to think about lunch each day. It has been a play date for the girls all summer. Today we were the only ones that showed up and the girls seemed so lost without their friends. We have made some great memories this summer at the park.

Summer has been fun.

Playdate

Allison and Ashley had Bri and Kinnlie over to play today. I was able to get a lot of school work done while they were over. They played together without any problems for the longest time. I needed a break so I went to check on them since it had been so quiet and this is what I found.

I am so glad that my girls have become friends with the Bartlett girls. Their friendship has been a great blessing to my girls and also to our family.

A week of girls camp

Madison and Kevin came home from girls camp today. Kevin was ask to be a priesthood member at camp last year but couldn't do it because he had school. This year he was ask again and there was no reason that he couldn't so he said yes. Madison was excited to have Kevin there since she hasn't had the best of luck at girls camp in the past.
This was Madison's third year. She has had fun in the past so she was looking forward to going again. Because of different circumstances Madison has never gone on the hike that they do each year. This year nothing stood in Madison's way and she was able to go on the hike.

Madison is not a big outdoors person so she wanted to be done with the hike in a hurry. Everyone kept on telling her to slow down but she only had one thing on her mind and it was getting back to camp. As long as they could see her she was fine so kept on moving.
This year was about being a princess so they had a day of pampering or at least the most pampering that you can do while you are camping.

They camped right by a lake so they were able to go canoeing. Madison had a lot of fun. She had never done anything like that before so it was a fun experience.

Kevin was the one behind the camera so I don't have any pictures of him but he had a great time too. I am glad that they were able to share this week together. Maybe he can go next year too. Allison will be going next year.

More swimming

Allison just finished a week of swim lessons. She finished level 5 and will be advancing onto her last year level 6. Learning to swim has been a process for Allison. She hasn't liked to put her face in water so swimming has been difficult. She worked hard and has overcome her problem. I am so proud of her.

Allison has worked hard to learn how to dive. I think that the thought of going into the water head first is what freaks her out. She is doing a great job trying to improve her dive. She is doing great.

Allison did a great job and her strokes are getting so pretty. I am proud of her hard work.

Our cute little fish

Ashley finished with two weeks of swim lessons today. It has been fun to watch her progress with her swimming over the last two weeks. She was frustrated at first because she felt like she couldn't do anything right. She felt like the instructors were picking on her but soon realized that they just wanted her to succeed. She worked hard at listening to what they were teaching her and by the second week she was getting praises from the instructors. She is our little fish out of water. She loves swimming and is so comfortable in the water. I am glad that she learned so much and was open to listening so she can get better.

Ashley has been dieing to dive. This is the first year that she has been able to dive standing up. She is a natural at diving.

Ashley also got a try at going to the bottom for the brick. She has been getting rings since she started but the brick is harder. I wasn't sure that she got it at first but then her hand popped out of the water with it.

I am so proud of Ashley and how hard she worked in swim lessons. She did an amazing job.