The Allen Crimson Club: July In Review

Well, looking at the pictures I took in July, we had a busy month! It started with a trip to the movie theater to see Toy Story 3! It is a rare treat for us to go to the theater. We usually just wait and watch movies when they come out on DVD. Parker had a chart that he had to fill up with stickers he earned for good behavior. When the chart was full, his reward was to go see Toy Story 3. He only had a couple days where he didn't get a sticker. It was a great motivator for him! He did great at the theater and only had to go potty once during the movie! We spent the 4th of July at home this year. Everyone in Bryan's family went out of town and Bryan was heading to California that Monday for work, so we decided to just stay home. We went to the driving range, the library, bought our own fireworks (which we never do) grilled and ate outside, played the Wii and then lit our fireworks. We had a lot of fun and it was nice to spend time together just the three of us before Bryan left for almost a week! It was so hard having him gone and we were so happy when he came home!

Parker throwing pop its

Dessert was ice cream and brownies, YUM!

Watching our fireworks

Parker started swimming lessons in July as well. I was worried how he would do, and if he would freak out on me, but he did GREAT! He still doesn't like getting his face wet, but he is making progress. His teacher advanced him to the next level and he is still doing great! We also went to the dinosaur park in Ogden with Bryan's sister Melanie, her kids, Bryan's mom and Matson. It was a lot of fun! We saw the dinosaurs, ate lunch, played on the playground and in the education center.

His first swimming lesson

My brother Dustin, his wife Lindsey and their daughter Rylee came down to go to Lagoon and the zoo and invited my sister Heather, me and Parker to go with them! We had SOOOOO much fun!!!!! Parker and Rylee were really good at Lagoon. I was worried how Parker would handle the heat, lines and no nap, but he did GREAT! They got to ride all the kiddie rides they wanted and then were so patient while we went on some that they couldn't go on. Parker wasn't sure at first, but once we convinced him to go on a ride with Rylee, there was no stopping him! He loved riding all but a few of the rides (the log ride and rattle snake rapids weren't his favorites!) He also loved playing a couple games and of course the yummy treats! The next day we went to the zoo and once again the kids did great! I thought they might be so tired from the day before that it wasn't the best idea to take them, but they were troopers! Other than being a little crowded and extremely HOT it was a fun day at the zoo! I bought a pass this year and hope to go back several times!

Rylee and Parker on the Dragon Fly

Bulgy the Whale

Waiting for the bird show at the zoo

Riding the carousel

For the 24th we went on a hike with Bryan's family. We started out trying to hike to Donut Falls, but it was closed, so we decided to walk around Silver Lake instead. Parker was a little whiny and didn't want to walk at first, but he made it around the whole trail! I let him take some pictures along the way to distract him from the fact that he was still walking.

Waiting to see what the plan was since Donut Falls was closed,
he didn't want me to take a picture of him

He took this picture of his shadow

He also took this picture of this critter that everyone was feeding

Every year we make apricot nectar and sometimes jam from Bryan's parent's tree. This year Parker helped pick up the apricots off the ground and squish them into nectar. He was covered in apricots, but he had so much fun with his cousins!