A Slice of Summer!

 Jace

We went to Uncle's house for a fourth of July fish fry, jalapeno poppers and french fries. We swam in their pool and played in the sand. We also put so many rubber bands around a watermelon to make it break that we lost count! We spent several days down at the creek catching bugs and I even caught a crawdad. We went to Bampa and Lala's for a visit. Daddy, Bampa and I went to the same dunes on the Columbia River for an adventure and arrowhead hunt. I found one arrowhead all by myself and Bampa found 2. It was a great adventure. The next day, Lala, mama, Bella and I drove up to Mt Hood and met Grace and Auntie Leanne to go to a fun sports park. We rode tube slides, did rock climbing, trampoline tricks and the Alpine Slides. The Alpine slides were my favorite and I loved going super fast without using my brakes at all. We headed home the next day. We swam at the Tocher's one day and I rode my motorcycle too.

Bella

I started a habit of pulling my eyelashes when I go to bed and I'm not tired. Daddy and mama noticed that all of my eyelashes were gone. I tried to stop, but I couldn't, so we decided to put socks on my hands at bedtime. We watched daddy and mama drill the holes for our driveway gate and also helped them cement the post in place. I had a great time swimming and playing with my cousins on the 4th of July. I jumped on the trampoline and played in the sand too. I was excited for our trip to The Dalles. While the guys went on an adventure, Lala, mama and I walked up to the park and played all morning. I had a lot of fun at Mt Hood too. I even climbed higher on the rock climbing wall than Jace. I rode with mama on the Alpine slides and she let me control the brakes. I didn't use them one time and she was screaming and laughing so hard. I didn't want the day to end! I'm getting so brave in the Tocher's pool jumping off the slide and off of the side.