As a family, we've been trying to set aside a little bit of money each month so we can go do fun things in the area together. It's been a lot of fun, and it's really helped to teach our kids some important things about money. They get to be involved in choosing what activities we do, and then we look up the cost and decide how long we'll have to save to be able to make it happen. Last school year Addison went on a field trip to the Living Planet Aquarium, and raved about it. Then people from the aquarium visited Bryn's class and brought some cool animals for them to see and touch. They both liked it so much that they decided our family should visit. So we saved for a few months and got to go. It was really cool! Lots of underwater animals, as well as bugs and reptiles and birds. There were even ladybugs crawling all over the place that you could pick up. Included in the cost of admission was unlimited access to their educational 20 minute movies, so we watched two...

We had some mammoth crookneck squash plants in our garden. We ate a lot of squash. Squash carving Nate and Addison ran the 5K at Clinton Heritage Days So proud of my little guy running with all the grownups! The girls ran the mile The kids had fun with my button collection Aunt Bri helped us can cherry jam. The Primary did balloon animals at our ward picnic. Asa asked them to make him a pickle. I think Rosie's walk is our family's favorite children's book. Especially when Daddy reads it with fun background music composed on the spot. We went to the Riverdale trail with Kim, Isabel, and Ben to catch minnows. They actually got a few! . Love this lady. We got to watch a really cool bike race go right by our neighborhood! Trash day is always a highlight for Asa. We loved getting visits from cousins and grandparents. We buried our bird, Plow. We went wit...