Abby took summer dance classes again this year. Of course she loved every minute of it and was excited for the little performance at the end of the summer. They did a performance outside and danced a jazz routine to the song "I'm a Believer" from the Shrek soundtrack, and a ballet routine to the song "April Showers" from Bambi. This is my best attempt at taking pictures outside in the sun.
Getting Ready for the Ballet performance!
Having fun dancing the Jazz routine!
We had heard about a hiking trail up Payson Canyon called the Grotto Trail so we decided to go and check it out. I would have to say it's more of a fun little walk across wood bridges and a dirt trail, but it was fun to take the kids some where different. At the end of a trail is a waterfall and a little pond that you can get in and swim. The water was freezing but the kids still enjoyed it and got wet!
Kaiden walking across one of the wood bridges.
The waterfall at the end!
The kids trying to see how close they can actually get to the waterfall.
Madi was the first to go under the waterfall!
And of course Kaiden had to follow!
It was a little bit deep by the actual waterfall but Abby wanted to get her hair wet too so she decided just to deep her head in the water! BrAiN FrEeZe!
Us being Cheezy!
Darrin jumping down the mountain trying not to fall in his flip~flops
We decided to take advantage of living so close to the mountains and take our four wheelers out for the day. It was so much fun! We drove them all the way up to the towers by our house and then back down to goof around on some trails and hills!
Gotta love the hair?
Abby posing! {of course}
So I haven't been to Cascade Springs in forever. We were bored one day and our kids have never been their so we decided to take a drive through the canyon and head on up! I have to admit the last time I went as kid I just thought it was really boring, and I was hoping maybe it had gotten better, but nope, still the same! We tried to just make the best of it and take some pictures so it looked like we were having lots of fun! 
Notice Kaiden trying to contain his excitement! He was so mad that all the trails you hike were paved. He wanted to do some real hiking!
Finally a smile!
Darrin and Abby enjoying the shade!
At the end of the school year we had noticed Kaiden squinting a lot to see the TV and other things. We knew he was gonna be just like the rest of the family and need glasses, but we wanted to wait until summer was over so he wouldn't have to worry about losing or breaking them. As soon as school started we took him in and sure enough he is blind just like the rest of us! He was excited to get glasses and it took him forever to choose just the right pair. We ended up getting him two different pairs. He said he picked out the ones that looked like Danny Gokey's from American Idol. I think the look really good on him, and you should have seen how excited he was when he put them on and could actually see!
Madi finally got her braces off the day before school pictures! She was very excited to finally have them off and I think even more excited to get top and bottom retainers! They weren't able to completely fix her under bite and straighten up the alignment of her teeth, so she is still going to need to have jaw surgery when she gets older and her jaw quits growing. We were hoping to just do it all at once but he says its to soon so that means she will have to have braces again when she is ready for surgery. So for now she has to wear top and bottom retainers to keep everything in place. Madi is gonna kill me for this picture I just snapped it really quick in the car with my cell phone so it's a bit close up but the only one she would let me take.
I have been working hard trying to get my kids rooms finished, and I'm really close! Madi and Kaiden's are pretty much done and Abby's is a work in progress. I'm really happy with how they are coming along and I will post some pictures soon!