In order to keep busy while Pat was at school, Xander wanted to show us an experiment
that he had done at school. You have a 2 liter bottle, put some vinegar in the bottom of it, then
he put baking soda inside of a balloon, placed the balloon on the top of the bottle, then tipped it
up to let the baking soda out to mix with the vinegar in the bottle. The reaction makes a gas
that then fills up the balloon. He did this a few times and even helped Jaina do it.
Afterwards the kids just wanted to play with balloons, so
they went outside and blew them up as big as they could.
Mara's friend Ashley was over playing and they decided to tie all the balloons together to try
to make a kite with them. It didn't really work, but they had fun anyway.
That evening had been a rainy one. When it was time for the kids to get ready for bed, I spotted a
rainbow through the kitchen window. Since it was so bright I grabbed the kids and ran outside with them.
Mara and Jaina were in heaven because it was a Double Rainbow and we could see the whole thing!!!
I had to use the panorama feature on my phone to get the whole thing in one picture.
Mara and I stayed outside for quite awhile just enjoying this beautiful rainbow.
July 10th
Melody found my shoes that I had left on the landing and put them on.
She loves shoes and wearing everyone elses.
That night was the annual Hallmark Ornament Midnight Premier!! I go with mom, Karri & Chris
every year! It's usually entertaining, they have food and then at midnight we get to buy our yearly
ornaments. They had a carnival theme this time and we played some fun tossing games and got
coupons. The only picture we took is of us 'falling asleep' while waiting in line to buy our stuff.
July 11th
I can't believe that I didn't take any pictures! Our nephew Maddox was baptized this day. We had a great time being with family. Amber, Aubrey & Brody were even in town! It was a great baptism, we had an amazing lunch at Lana's house afterwards. On the spur of the moment, Tammy decided that she wanted to take the grandkids to go see the new movie Minions, so Xander and Mara went with her and their cousins, while Pat & I took Jaina and Melody home for some much needed nap time. When we got home we put a movie on for Jaina, put an already asleep Melody in her bed, and the two of us took a nap too. It was amazing!!
Once we woke up we headed back to Orem to be with family some more, we just
ended up hanging out at Lana's and at a nearby park. Mara had a sleepover with
Addi and Aubrey, and Xander had a late night with the boys.
July 12th
The very next day was Jacob's 'homecoming' talk in sacrament meeting, so we
were able to be with family again. This time I made sure to get a picture with Jacob,
since we forgot to get one with Maddox the day before.
This was a fun sight to see. Grandpa on a swing with some of the grandkids.
Later that day, we went to Mana's for Sunday dinner. While we were there
JD showed us his dance moves for his upcoming play 'Tarzan'. He plays a
gorilla and gets to dance with a younger girl, so he showed us with our girls help.
Mara has a tendency to laugh easily, so it took a good 5 or more
tries for her to be calm enough to finish the dance move.
When Jaina tried it, she was perfect and wanted to do it over and over again.
Because the other girls did it, Melody wanted to do it too.
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