Finn 7 months

It's hard to believe that Finn is actually going to be 7 months this week! I am so happy to finally have a baby that rolls around everywhere. Finn can get pretty much anywhere by rolling and I don't think it will be too long before he is crawling. He seems like a mover and wants to keep up with Tucker and Halle. He is a pretty happy little man, although I wish he would take longer naps. Most of the time he likes to take shorter naps. His stats at his 6 month checkup:

Weight: 16 lbs 7 oz 20%

Length: 26" 22%

Head: 44 cm 47%

Timpanogos Caving

In June we decided to take a caving tour of Timpanogos Cave. It's different than the normal walking tour through the cave, this tour you get to climb around and learn about caving. It was really interesting our guide knew a lot about caving. We didn't get to climb around the cave as much as I would have liked because they are obviously trying to preserve the cave, it was still neat to see a different part of the cave. We also saw an injured bat, that I forgot to get a picture of. I was excited to see a bat because normally there aren't any bats in Timpanogos. Unfortunately, it badly wounded and ill so they just killed it to put it out of its misery. Sheldon and I went caving in Nutty Putty years ago and we have been fans of caving ever since! I hope we get to go caving again sometime soon.

That's Hansen Lake all the way at the bottom of the cave. It was a little disappointing they wouldn't let us hike down it, so we were just able to see it from a distance.

I think my camera got dirty in the cave and I didn't realize it when I was taking picture. So it just looks like it's snowing a little bit.

May Memories

Tucker had so much fun in his preschool this year, we were so sad to see it end. They had a great field trip to farm country.

Tucker loves to make silly faces.

 It was a big thing for Halle to ride on the pony. Normally she is too scared, but after some convincing she rode it for the first time. 

One day we decided to take Frontrunner up to Salt Lake and go to the children's Discovery museum. The kids had a great time riding the train and as always they had a fun time running around the museum.

 They had a new exhibit at the museum that was basically giant tinker toys. Sheldon is great at coming up with creative games and we ended up bowling with the giant foam things. It was great fun.

After having a chocolate covered marshmallow from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, we decided to make our own and they turned out so delicious. The kids did great at dipping them, but they really wanted to eat them more than dip them.

 We found Halle asleep on the couch one morning. I think she must have gotten up around 5 and not wanting to wake anyone up just read books until she fell asleep again.

We went on a hike up American Fork Canyon. We never made it to what we were trying to find, but we had a great time hiking. Sheldon towards the end usually ends up carrying Tucker and Halle. I'm lucky I just get to carry Finn.

 We bought passes called the Salt Lake Connect Pass that have been getting us into lots of fun things in Salt Lake. One was the Red Butte Gardens, that were actually really cool and I would recommend them to anyone. I wasn't expecting much, but was so impressed. They had great kids areas, but also giant medicinal and herb gardens. It felt like we were exploring a forest instead of planned gardens.

 We made it to the annual Olsen Memorial Day Picnic for family on my Dad's side. It was perfect weather for once, normally it rains.

 After the picnic it was windy enough to do some kite flying! We love flying our power kite and I know you are probably a little skeptical, kite flying really isn't that exciting. But the power kite can actually pull you off the ground and can be dangerous if you are not careful. When we were flying this time I forgot to have the emergency brake attached to my wrist. Normally you can let go and the emergency brake will collapse the kite. Since I forgot to attach the emergency brake the kite just kept going when I let go and the handlebars knocked my sister over! Luckily she was ok, but it was a good reminder to be careful.

 Halle wanted to wear her clothes over her pajamas one night when going to bed. I think we convinced her to take them off, but she loves to pick out her clothes and get dressed.