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My boy loves gymnastics! This summer Kaelah had her dance class I already posted about & Danny loved his "Tumblebee Twos." His favorite is doing the bear crawl & I was shocked he could do it on the first try! Challenges are good, especially when you can rise to the occasion. The teacher was great... Danny didn't act the same the 1st day we had a substitute. It was fun to watch her demonstrate what they were to do next, then watch the girls in the class try to mimick her, & then see Danny & the other little boy make it look completely different. lol. I think the best part of this was having some one-on-one time with my middle child. I have to say I was the favorite parent this summer... until class ended 2 weeks ago. We're both already looking forward to next year.

We discovered a magical place this summer! As part of the library's summer reading program Kaelah & Michelle earned 2 ride bracelets at Lakeside Amusement Park. (Danny's requirements were the same as Kaelah's & she barely got them done on time. Luckily they didn't charge for Michelle, so he could just use hers.) This night may have been the funnest night of the entire summer for our family! There are 15 rides in the kiddie area, many of which Michelle could ride too, which really surprised me. It was magnificent. Even the ice cream cones at the end of the night were a decent price! Of course the history lover in me enjoyed walking around a place that has been running since 1908 (making it one of the oldest amusement parks in America). I'm already looking forward to the reading program next summer! I think this might be a great place to go for Danny & Kaelah's birthdays in June & July next year too. I'll have to see what ideas they ...

It's hard to believe Dan & I met an entire 10 years ago! We celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary in July but celebrated the 1st weekend of August. I planned our trip -- to Denver. I know that might sound strange but it was great! On Saturday morning we drove an hour & a half to the temple, then drove to the Museum to see the Whydah exhibit before it traveled away. Great to learn about real pirates! Example: I had no idea so many of them were runaway Africans or those of mixed decent avoiding slavery. (To the right is a picture of Danny wearing one of the free pirate hats we brought home.) After the museum we ate at the Cheesecake Factory -- so delicious -- then changed into our Rockies gear at the hotel and WALKED to the stadium. Yup, we could see Coors from the sidewalk entrance. Our seats were fantastic & cheaper than you would suppose. One of my favorite parts was the 7 NYC men in the row behind us making everyone laugh. Yes, we CO folk have no idea wh...