Family Update

We have had a pretty quiet last few weeks. Just trying to keep up on things around the house and patiently wait for baby to make her arrival. Kaya came about 5 days early and Logan was a few days late. I did MAJOR grocery shopping this week in order to be stocked up and avoid having to shop until after the baby is born. (I usually only grocery shop about once every other week except for fill-ins like milk & bread). So we're just waiting! To keep busy we've taken swimming lessons, made visits to the county swimming pool, played at the local sprinkler park, played at friend's houses, and have enjoyed working in the garden and eating the vegetables we've been able to harvest.

Kaya passed her swimming lessons course.

Logan enjoying the water at the Sprinkler Park/Splash Pad

Aaron & the kids at the City 4th of July Parade. (Held on the evening the of the 3rd)Kaya and her good friend Whitney. Whitney moved to another town about 2 1/2 months ago. We were finally able to go visit her at her new house. Kaya & Whitney have been playing together since they were about 18 months old.

Last weekend we took the kids to the Living Planet Aquarium Preview Exhibit. It's actually temporarily located in a converted grocery store as they build the full scale aquarium in Salt Lake City. It wasn't very big and didn't take very long to tour but the kids had a good time seeing the exhibits. We all enjoyed just getting out the house.
Kaya smiling for the camera. Logan checking out the fish.

This Tuesday we took the kids to the Sandy Expo Center to see the "Days of '47" parade floats. Utah celebrates the arrival of the first pioneer settlers to the Salt Lake Valley every year on July 24th. It's a big State holiday here. Almost like the 4th of July. Each year they have a huge parade in downtown SLC with lots of floats. They put the floats on display at the Expo center for the public to come and view for free. This was the first time we've done this and it was fun to see the floats up close. We even got to vote for our favorite one. Kaya was looking forward to seeing the "pretty girls in dresses on the floats". (For our local 4th of July parade, several of the local cities had their royalty riding on the floats and Kaya enjoyed seeing all the "princesses" ) Kaya wasn't disappointed when we were able to see the Days of '47 royalty with their float. They weren't dressed up but they were wearing their crowns. It was all in all a fun (and free) time!

Days of '47 Royalty FloatPrimary Children's Hospital FloatThis was my favorite float. It was a flock of seagulls having a BBQ of insects, also known as Mormon Crickets.

Last night, Kaya had her first experience with the stomach flu, or at least getting sick to her stomach from something she ate. She woke up around 11:30 complaining that she was too hot. Shortly after helping her get all situated and back in bed, we heard her screaming at the top of her lungs. She'd gotten sick in her bed and it had freaked her out pretty good. Aaron and I tag teamed the clean up and got her back in bed. Logan slept right through all the drama, only to wake up 3 other times during the night for various reasons. Ugh. Needless to say, Aaron & I are quite tired this morning. I just remember laying in bed at some point early this morning praying that my water DOESN'T break and I DON'T go into labor. I'm TOO TIRED!!! Hopefully this was an isolated incident and we can keep the rest of our family from getting sick. Kaya's back to normal and quite hungry this morning so we're keeping our fingers crossed! Kaya posing in a dress she got from Grandma Luna for her birthday.

And last but not least.....Where was I when this picture was taken? Aaron shouldn't leave strange pictures on the camera unless he wants me to share them with everyone! According to Aaron, he had both kids in stitches with these "googly eyes"!