June 24th, 2012

• Summer is in full swing at the Bassett house and we are loving every second of it!
• Addy and her friend Emma went to a tennis camp this week. They went one hour a day for five days. The first day Addy was a little frustrated because she had never played tennis before but each day after that she liked it more and more. By the end, her hand-eye coordination had gotten much better. Cute girls!

• Monday night Todd and I were invited to go boating with our friends Shawn and Katie. Since it was adults only we really enjoyed ourselves. It was a beautiful night on the lake and we had a lot of good laughs.
• This week our cousins Cambree and Chrislyn were up from St. George. Addy and Brynn love these girls and we had a great day at Neptune Park playing and eating pizza. On Wednesday they spent the afternoon with them having lunch and going swimming at the Legacy Center with Grandma Bassett. I'm so glad my girls' best friends are their cousins.
• On Thursday some friends of our invited us to Manila Creek Park in Pleasant Grove to spend a few hours at the beach. We love going to the city swimming pools but it was really fun, and new to swim in the pond, play in the sand, and have a picnic. The girls loved floating around with their friends Clara and Madison. Bodee just waded in the water and walked up and down the beach looking for new discoveries. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to take my kids there again. 

• Thursday night was our very favorite Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days Rodeo! We love going to the rodeo in the summertime. We ended up taking Bodee and we were a little nervous he would be really difficult but all the kids did super great! We sat in the front row so there would be some room for them to walk around but they all loved being so close to the arena. Bodee loved the horses, bulls, tractors, and especially loved the motorcycle show they put on half-way through. When the guys on the motorcycles did flips he just shouted "WOW"! It truly was a great family night. 
• The only sad part was because Todd and I have been eating really healthy...no rodeo burgers for us:( We did splurge on a strawberries and cream though!
• I forgot my camera so Todd took some pictures of Bodee with his phone but we never did get a good family photo. SAD! 

• On Thursday a fire started in the mountains between Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain. It wasn't too bad the first day but by Friday the wind kicked up and the sky was black! Luckily for us the wind was blowing the other way and so we weren't evacuated but it was definitely scary hear that the fire was out of control for a bit. I was grateful we had our 72 hour kit packed and ready to go if necessary.