Lots of fun summer days

We did lots of fun things this summer. We always say we are going to do something and we always end up cleaning, working on the house, yardwork, etc., so Mike and I decided that we are going to try and do something at least one day a month as a family. So with that said, I want to recapture the things we did this summer:

Trip to San Diego, Legoland
My parents got us tickets to go so we left Ella at my parents' house while we took Abbie to Legoland. She had so much fun and got lots of attention from us. It was neat to see all the different caracters made out of Lego.








Swimming lessons
We enrolled Abbie in swimming lessons again this year. We felt it's important for childs to learn to swim and Abbie really enjoys swimming. She used to want to swim like a fish but this year she pretended she was a mermaid, "Ariel" to be exact.
She passed level 1 her first two week lesson so for another session she went straight into level 2 for the second- two week lesson. We are so proud of her:)





Camping
This was our first camping trip as a family. Our friends, Papavero family, invited to go with them. It was so fun! Although Abbie dislocated her knee the night before so she couldn't really walk or do anything very much but she still had lots of fun.








Calico Ghost Town
This is literally in middle of no where-in the desert. It was so hot that day too, but despite the heat we still were able to have a good time.







Fireworks at Ft Irwin
At Ft. Irwin, which where Mike works, they had a celebration of the completion of the towncenter which Mike helped build. It was so much fun to see what Mike does and what he had done. Abbie had a great time playing at the park which Mike was incharge of it. Even though it was hot, it was worth the trip to be a part of it. At night, they ended with fireworks, which was amazing!





Took Family photos
We finally got our family pictures done! Thanks to my talented friend, Jenolyn. I've been wanting to get our pictures done for a long time. She also took Ella's pictures when she was still less than two weeks old. I love how it turned out. There are not much pretty place up where we live, so we were happy when we found this cool place.









Stake Pioneer day activity
Even though not a lot of people showed up from our ward, it was still a lot of fun. Mike was asked to be in the waterdunk so he was in there for about half an hour. Abbie was actually the first one to dunk him. That was Abbie's favorite part of the activity.





Abbie's birthday party/birthday at home
I have already posted earlier about Abbie's birthday party so here are some pictures of celebrating together as family on her actual birthday. She got a bicycle.
I didn't want to bake a cake twice so we made cupcakes together. She chose blue and purple color. She helped decorate it.

Abbie wanted to have Minnie Mouse Pizza for dinner. We made two small Minnie Mouse Pizza for her.

She is opening presents from Grandma and Grandpa Keeley

Abbie blowin candles

Her brand new bike


Circus
Wow! It was amazing! This was my first time going to the circus as well as Abbie and Ella's. It's amazing what people can do. We enjoyed it so much!