Summer vacation 2015

Our summer trip is almost over, (we'll be home Sunday), so I thought I should post some pictures before there are so many I don't want to deal with it.  

Before we left for Flagstaff, the girls took swim lessons. They both did really well! Molly is a fairly reliable swimmer now and loves to jump off the diving board.  Maggie really impressed me this year though. Her teacher said she's passed preschool level and is ready for level one.  That means she could already be in the 6 year old class if she wasn't too young. Way to go girls!

Enjoying an ice cream after graduating to duck level.

Molly on her last day of class. So glamorous in her "high heels".

They created a club after loosing all TV/tablet privileges and some toys for a week. I wasn't invited. At least I'm still smiling!

They had slumber party in their "clubhouse"- back room off the kitchen. Maggie has a hard time with boundaries when she's sleeping.

We got to Flagstaff on Saturday and have really been enjoying the nice weather. The first few days were rainy and awesome. There's a lake about a mile from Granny's house that we walked to.

Future Gator at the lake!

Found a little bench of questionable integrity. They didn't seem to mind.

Granny has a bird! The girls love Jewel even when she gets a little nibblely. 

No pooping! No pooping!

Little fuss budget hanging out on the Praire.

Half naked and cheered up.

She kept saying "nobody better see me naked!".

We lost a day to intestinal distress. Poor thing.

Back in business, they found a new clubhouse in the aspen trees.

We all had to attend club meetings that appeared to follow the 6 year old equivalent of Parliamentary procedure. We voted several times.

We took a little hike around Laws Springs. Lots of petroglyphs. Pretty cool!

Getting the eggs from granny's chickens!

Today, Molly and Grannny went for a trail ride.  Molly's first! I kind of wish I had gone looks like she had a fun time!

Granny said she was a natural.  

Guess we need a horse!  Not! Hahaha.

Dive!

We've been going to the pool as a often as we can and the girls are definitely getting better at swimming. Molly has, for better or worse, never had any fear of the water. Here she is demonstrating her "flip" which is actually a pretty decent first attempt at a dive. I think I was at least 10 before I attempted anything like this. Crazy kid.

Maggie's been getting better too and can swim underwater about 5 or 6 feet at a time. We're hitting swim lessons hard this year, so hopefully they'll be good to go by September.

Where the hell do I fit in here?

Rock climbing at the library.

The other day the girls shut the door to our room while Jonny and I were getting ready in the morning. We didn't think much about it, they're always running around and slamming doors. Jonny tried to leave the room first and he started laughing and called me over. They had barricaded us in our room with cushions and pillows.

Here's what they were secretly up to. 

Maggie's no good with secrets, but she's really good with Nutella.

Our last (free) watermelon of the year. Why is broccoli season so long here and watermelon season so short? Not fair.

Doing more things without Gran's approval.

4th of July! They wore various 4th of Julyish clothes throughout the day.

This is what they ended with. We had watched the casino fireworks from our balcony on the 3rd, so we had our own little parking lot show on the 4th. Thankfully the box of fireworks that Jonny came home with were much tamer than the box had led me to believe. Growing up, sparklers were illegal and we were not the type who would cross the river to get them in CA. So pretty much everything looks nuclear to me. The girls thought it was great and Gran even watched too.