Our Week (06/11 - 06/17)

The girls had a fun movie night with their old Young Women class:

Emma got to go to a birthday pool party with friends from school. Her teacher even came!

Swim meet:

This photo was taken by a professional photographer at last week's meet

These photos are from the "Around the World" camp we hosted for Owen and six friends this week. We learned about England, China, Australia, Egypt, and Mexico. (We spent 1 day learning about each country.) We played games, listened to stories, ate snacks, made crafts, etc.:

Mosquito bite. When Emma gets bit, she swells up like crazy:

Doing some quick community service for the local women's shelter:

This skunk in our neighbor's yard got aggressive as we drove past:

Our Week (06/04 - 06/10)

 Mother/daughter date for vegan cinnamon rolls:

At the Austin Temple site:

Photo credit: Grandpa Baker

Swim meet at Steiner Ranch, overlooking Texas Hill Country:

Emma helped Mom assemble a nightstand from IKEA:

Emily installed faux wood blinds in the bedrooms. You can see the curtains (before) on the right and the new blinds on the left:

Owen accompanied Mom on a walk one morning. We probably spent almost as much time rescuing snails from bikers as we did walking:

At the splash pad with friends:

More photos from the Austin Temple site:

Owen practicing his back float at swim camp:

Our Week (05/28 - 06/03)

 First swim meet of the season:

With her 7-year-old "Piranha Pal," Brooklyn

With Rose

Owen quickly found his people

Grandpa came for a visit!

Poor Liz had a pretty bad allergic reaction, and then the Benadryl conked her out

Owen at swim team, practicing his starts

Owen had the idea to do a family game night

More swim team

Owen's 10th birthday!

Our neighbor invited us over to see her new baby chicks