Another month down

And I'm just getting around to updating the blog. Oh, well. Here's what we've been up to:

Dad and I started a fire in my bedroom.

Just kidding! It was dry ice. Did you know that this is what happens when you add water to dry ice?? So awesome!

We watched the Renton River Days parade.

Syd thought everything was a little too loud and spent half the parade with her ears covered.

This pic is a little blurry, but I made a car for Syd out of an old popcorn box and I made her a cardboard cell phone (that she's talking on) and then pushed her around the house.  She loved it!

We also made a fort in her bedroom that Mom wasn't allowed to come in.

I finished up my last session of swim lessons for the summer. I LOVE swimming. When it wasn't my turn to practice my swim skills with the teacher, I was doing back flips in the water and practicing swimming on my own.

One day we had to practice survival swimming in our clothes. It sure is hard to swim with wet clothes on.

Sydney got to do swim lessons with Mom. Too bad for them that the pool they swam in was colder than mine. But Sydney still loved the water--especially on the sunny days.

I went to a week long soccer camp and actually got into the little scrimmages we had--which was a big improvement over last year. See? I'm actually trying to kick the ball when other people are around instead of waiting for the ball to come to me.

One of the really cool things we did was visit the temple as a family for the first time. I actually got to touch the temple wall!

Syd was asleep for the first half of our time there.

But then she woke up and got to enjoy how pretty everything was.

After the temple, we went and played at the park and then got ice cream at Dairy Queen. What a perfect day!

I got to go to work with Dad one day, and then Mom and Sydney came and met us for lunch. We at McDonald's on Alki Beach. It was awesome!

Sydney got her first haircut and did so great sitting in the chair. We all love her new 'do and Syd can't wait to get her hair cut again.

We also played at the children's museum.

And finally, we went camping. But that will have to wait until the next post because Mom hasn't downloaded the pics yet.

My new baby sister is due in one week and Syd and I can't wait! I promise I will update the blog with camping, beach, and fishing pictures before she gets here. That actually shouldn't be too hard because Mom is positive she'll be a week late. So I probably have two weeks to update the blog with the last pics of our summer fun. Make sure to check back!