Now that Megan, Tyler, and Emily are old enough to enjoy going places, we spent the summer running. We swam a lot at the Aquatic Center near our house and the Club pool near Mammy's house. Emily and Tyler have found a new love in the slides.
We enjoyed a Raptor's game. Nothing like baseball in the summer---even with the threatening storm.
We watched a movie outside at the amphitheater and park. The movie was dumb, but the tradition is great.
We rode the FrontRunner to Salt Lake to meet my friends from college.
The train is definitely the way to go to Salt Lake. It was nice and air conditioned and the kids could walk around. We didn't hear one, "Are we there yet?"
While in Salt Lake the kids ventured out into the fountains at Gateway. Emily was a little timid. It was quite the crowd on a hot summer day.
Megan and Tyler went for the water without any reservations. They were soaked. It was a fun afternoon with good friends. It was so good to see Angie, Meg, Alee and Heather as well as their kids.
We went to Lagoon on our Stake Day and enjoyed all the free stuff. We definitely could have skipped the show this year, but it is still fun to walk around. I like that Tyler got suckered in to pushing Spencer around for the night.
The Musical Express is always a hit with Tyler on the free night.
The train at Lagoon was a little disappointing for the kids. Most of the animals were MIA or just plain gone.
Emily got to ride in the Roy Days parade. Can you ever see enough parades in a summer? I guess it depends who you ask. The Roy parade is basically the Ogden parade without the horses. Many of the same floats and businesses do both. Emily loved it!
We at least had a shady spot to watch Emily and there was tons of candy to make Tyler and Megan happy.
We actually went to Lagoon again with Grandpa Tom and even got ride passes. It is a lot more fun when we can ride more than the 3 rides with tickets. It was quite a challenge keeping track of 9 kids. 
Emily just loved riding with Grace. Luckily their bravery levels are about the same when it comes to Lagoon.
Tyler found he loved riding on the giant Ferris Wheel. We were just happy the line was never very long for it. Megan was brave and went on the Samurai with the "women"----a big ride for her.
A fun night a Lagoon and another fun tradition.
Our annual ward picnic included lots of fun games this year. Emily loved the donut eating contest.
Tyler is a pro at "bobbing" for donuts. He really enjoyed running the fishing pond---he takes it very serious.
Everyone liked the giant parachute at the picnic.
And unfortunately for Wendell, the Young Women were in charge of face painting at the picnic. I would say they got him good.
In between running, the kids spent a lot of time watching the Brady Bunch. And I think even more time taking pictures of it. We now have almost a complete episode in still frames on our camera thanks to Megan and Tyler.
Emily and Megan also spent a lot of time tormenting Faith. Poor girl has been passed and dressed day in and day out. She is probably happy the summer is over.
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That's a great shot of Wendel as a clown!
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