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last few days of August through Labor Day

Brynn is a good somersaulter (is that a word?)!  She especially likes to somersault down the hill in front of our house.
We're thinking with her size and her agility, she'll be a great gymnast.  It will up to her to decide, of course.

We went to Lagoon for America First's summer social.  It was only $5/person for entry and dinner but the cool thing was that they closed the park for everyone except employees and their immediate families.  So that meant that there was pretty much no line for the majority of the rides.  The more popular rides, like Wicked, had lines but we mostly stayed in the little kid area.

Molly liked all the rides but there was no way she was going to go on any rides that made her go upside down.  She loved the old white roller coaster and her absolute favorite was Bombora.  I took her on The Bat and she hated that but she liked The Tidal Wave and the big swings when Justin took her.
front row on Bombora
  I wasn't sure how Stockton would do since he is nervous of most things at first, but he surprised us.  Of course there were rides that he wouldn't try, just from the look of them, but he tried a lot and loved the ones he rode.  His favorite was the tidal wave boat in the kid section.  He went on that one at least 5 times.
 
 Brynn also surprised us, just because she didn't want to do anything.  I took her on the tea cups and the little tidal wave boat and she cried the whole time.  She liked the little cars and the train but wouldn't even try anything else.  Even on the merry-go-round she made me sit on a stationary bench with her.  Silly girl.
 
We had a fun night and wouldn't mind if AFCU did this again!
Back at home, Stockton and Brynn think it's hilarious to put stickers on their faces.
Justin went to Yellowstone with his dad and brothers over Labor Day weekend.  He was gone for 4 nights and 5 days and that was a long time for my kids to wrap their heads around.  They were sad when he left (especially Molly) and I was mean and took pictures of them when they were sad.  This is the nice one even though Molly's eyes are pretty puffy.
Eric was the official photographer.  He sent us about 250 pictures from the trip.  Here are a few:
 
Matt, Brett, Justin, Gene
 We decided to get away for the weekend while Justin was gone so we went to Plain City for a few days. We met up with my mom and dad in Salt Lake and walked around City Creek and Temple Square.
We let the kids walk through the Disney Store and Brynn found a Sofia dress-up that she loved.  I tried to get my mom to wait and give it to her for Christmas but she is a sucker and just gave it to her then.  So she wore it the rest of the night around Temple Square.  She kept stopping to smell the flowers and had all the sister missionaries gushing about her cuteness.
The flowers were amazing, as they always are.
with Grandpa Moyes
Temple Square is one of my kids favorite places.  They are always so happy when they are there.  And so am I.
 
Stockton picked out a chocolate sucker from the chocolate factory and smeared it all over his face.  I took this picture and showed him his face and he couldn't stop laughing!
Some things we did while in Plain City:
-rolled out dough with Grandma
-played on the swings
 
-and rode Chloe's horse, Woody.
Molly on Woody, with Christopher leading
On our way home we met Heidi, Camille, and April at a splash pad in Alpine and let the kids run around for a while.  A fun few hours and one last chance to play in the water.
 
Tiana and Molly

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