Peck Farms Outing

I took the kids to Peck Farm for a couple of hours on a beautiful sunny day.  

We started at the Butterfly House.

We took pictures of these yellow flowers while we waited for our turn.

And here's Kira next to the flowers.

We reviewed the safety guidelines.  Mask, wash hands, 6 feet away, don't touch.

Then we got to go inside.  I love seeing all of the butterflies!  They are so fun and beautiful!

Then we went to the water area of Peck Farms.  Our first time doing it.  

Even Noah got in the water for a bit.  

Sofie loved it.

Isak was the only one that ran through the actually splash pad.  

We ate a picnic while we were there too.  When Noah wasn't in my arms...

He loved climbing this rope thing.  He was SO proud of himself for doing it.  

We climbed the four floors in the silo.  Sofie and Noah did great.  I didn't have to carry them this time!  Yay!  

I just thought this was pretty...

The kids loved the outing and I'm glad we did it!

August Sundays

Sunday, August 2 -

I did a little object lesson that I found in the Friend magazine.  I poured salt and pepper on a plate.  Then I rubbed a plastic spoon on a towel.  I slowly placed the spoon above the salt and paper.  The pepper stuck to the spoon!  The kids were amazed.  Salt is like the good choices, pepper is the bad choices and the static spoon is like repentance - it takes care of the bad choices we make and leaves the salt.  

Then I taught Isak and Kira their primary lesson.  It was about being a good example.  I showed them a video of two boys who leave a silver dollar in a man's boots instead of being mean and hiding the boots.  We can choose to surprise people with kindness instead of being mean.  

Sofie and I matched so we took a couple of pictures together.  

Sunday, August 9 - 

We talked about Captain Moroni and the Title of Liberty.  We made our own "Family Flag."

Kira was so cute carrying around the purse that she made with Grandma Nyborg.

Sunday, August 16 -

We went to church at church this week.  The kids did well wearing their masks.  It was only 45 minutes long.

Lucky me, everyone was nice enough to participate in a family photo after church.

Kira and I kind of matched.  :)

Noah did not want to participate in this one...

I got a good photo of Isak.

Sofie loves her unicorn.

I snuck one of Noah.  Check out that scowl!!!

That's how he feels about photos.

Sweet Kira.

Sunday, August 23 -

I bought a new shirt from Old Navy for $10.   It has zebras on it.  It made me smile.  :)

For church at home, Nels shared a great story about a one armed guy who learned Judo and won a tournament with one move!  It was about turning obstacles into opportunities.  Then I taught the family about a "sure foundation."  The kids built Lincoln log houses on a pillow and one on the wood floor.  Then the storm came...blow dryer and marshmallows.  The house on the pillow fell.  Make sure to build on the rock - our Redeemer.

Then I taught Isak and Kira Helaman 5.  We talked about remembering and the pride cycle.

Sunday, August 30 -

I taught Sofie and Noah the chorus to "Follow the Prophet" as we followed magnets around the house that led to a picture of Jesus.  We did it four times at least.  They loved it.  Then we did a foundation activity from the Friend.  They glued paper rocks for the foundation.  They were so good and loved it!  

And that's all of the Sunday's in August.  It takes so much work to get everyone ready.  That's why I try to take pictures on Sunday...to document all of our hard work!  :)

August Outdoors Part 2

August Outings Continued - 

Our friends invited us to use their pool.  It was so fun.  Everyone had a great time.

Even Noah enjoyed sitting on the tube for a while.

Sofie is so brave and is happy to try new things.  She even jumped off the diving board twice!  

The two guys are our friends.  

They took turns throwing Isak.  Isak loved it.  It kind of made me nervous!

Noah tried some goggles on.

Bike ride to the big rock.  Noah didn't want to be in the picture.

But I snuck a photo of him on his bike.

We biked to the fairy garden.  It's a 3 mile round trip.

Break on the bench.

Popsicles everyday.  Always a favorite time.

Isak caught this huge fly!!

Pretty sunflowers.

Another park...the one by the gym.

We biked to it as a family.  It's always fun when dad comes with us!

Photo of my Isak boy.

I asked Sofie if I could take a photo of her...

Then she changed her mind.  Smile.

Selfie of me and Nels.

Noah was running fast and did not want his picture taken.

I tried to sneak one...

We practiced camping!!  We're planning on a camping trip over Labor Day weekend.  Since I'm not a camper and none of the kids have camped, we thought we should practice.  So Isak and Nels set up our 8 person tent.  Nels bought everyone an air mattress and sleeping bag.  

Here's the set up:

We ate the best burgers that night... BBQ pineapple, bacon burgers and made s'mores too.  Poor Nels had the roughest night.  He tried to kill all the bugs in the tent before going to sleep...that took a while.  Then at 1 a.m. he had to go to the bathroom.  And that woke me and Sofie up.  Then around 5 or 6 a.m. he went in the house to sleep because he was cold.  Poor Nels.  But the rest of us did pretty well.  I actually enjoyed it a little.  :) 

 Here's Sofie and Noah sleeping in the morning.

Another bike ride to the big rock.  This one was with just Sofie and Noah while Isak and Kira were at school...

These two can be so funny together.

Then they played with the water toys.

Another day...A new park...Dryden Park.

The kids loved this turtle.

So sweet....

Isak ran an obstacle course that we timed.  He did it over and over to try and cut seconds off his time.  He's a determined little boy.

Then we took them for ice cream at Dairy Queen.

Isak likes to do a funny picture and a...

"normal" picture.  :)

Another day...I took Sofie and Noah to Randall Square Park.

Another day...I took Isak and Kira on a bike ride while Sofie and Noah were in school.  Sometimes their school days match and sometimes they don't.  

We stopped at the park nearby before riding our bikes home.  I got this picture of Isak.  :)

And those are our outings for August.  Lots of parks and bike rides.