4th of July!

We had a fun 4th of July holiday. It started with Jeremy being in the kids parade for the North Ogden Cherry Days. He felt a great accomplishment in being able to ride it on his two wheeler. Dad biked it with him this year. Then we watched the Cherry Days parade with our neighbors and later that night, we had a picnic with them. We finished off the night doing fireworks in front of our houses with neighbors and watching the fireworks from a neighbors backyard rather than fighting the crowds at the local high school stadium!

Washing the car with dad!

Here are some pictures of the boys washing the car with Dad. It was Alex's first time and he had
a great time!

Our dad!

I just wanted to pay tribute to Ben a few days late. But better late than never huh! He really is a good dad to the boys and I have really appreciated all his help with them.

I'm learning to ride my two wheeler bike Mom!

A few of Jeremy's older friends have been learning to ride their new bikes without training wheels and Jeremy wanted in on that. So a couple of days ago, I took off his training wheels and attempted to help him learn. I (Jen) was taught how to ride my bike by my dad before he died, so I thought it should be Ben to teach Jeremy. But Ben was busy working in Salt Lake the day I took his training whells off, so I attempted to teach Jeremy. I think Jeremy did pretty well for his first time. We practiced again the next morning but then yesterday night, Ben was finally able to help Jeremy and alas, away Jeremy went. Ben is a born bike rider and Jeremy has his genes. Jeremy is still having problems getting the bike started but once he's on, away he goes. Here's some pictures of last night and also some of Alex getting a ride from a little neighbor girl. After two days of practicing riding his bike, Jeremy is now going up & down the sidewalk about 5 house lengths, turning around in a driveway & coming back the other way. He has a hang of riding a bike really well so far.

Swimming!!!

Jeremy just completed his first Red Cross swimming course. He passed with flying colors. He is quite the daredevil too! Here's a few pictures from his first day at swimming, the last day of his class and then we also went swimming with his best friend Jack. Alex isn't too keen on the water but he will get there!