splash paddin' it up

When I still had hopes that it wouldn't be hot forever, Kolton got to play at the splash pad a couple times one week. Brittney and I took our kids to the one by her house (more convenient then driving to Norman but its much smaller--but Kolton doesn't seem to care).

The boys are crazy while they are there. As he would say, they are "dick-lee-ous" aka ridiculous. Kolton makes such funny faces while playing in the water.

We also had a couple of the Dean boys over (friends from our ward) while their mom was out of town and their dad was at work. We played Kinect, slipped on the slip and slide, jumped on the trampoline, went to the free lunch at the elementary school down the street, and painted pictures.

For FHE on Monday night we played with "air balloons" (water balloons) and the hose in the backyard. It was a blast! Kolton loved that we were out playing with him and we loved having a fun, silly time as a family and seeing how much he was enjoying it. (You like what Kolton is playing with in this picture?:) He does it all the time.)

Kolton tried to get daddy. Brady quickly convinced him it was much more fun to get mommy instead.

We got SOAKED! Which was nice since it was so hot. We actually were pretty comfortable temperature wise. We took turns doing tricks on the trampoline while we daddy sprayed us with water with the hose. Daddy also rolled on the trampoline for Kolton to jump over.

We went over to the Foys last week to make bread. While it was rising we took the kids outside since they were begging to do so. Their excitement didn't last long however. :) They got a couple swings in at the tee...

...rested some in the chairs (but could hardly open their eyes because it was so hot and bright)...

...shot a couple shots with their basketballs...

...hit the tennis ball maybe two times each...

...rode the bike for about 2 minutes each...

...and then it began to hit them....they were HOT and didn't want to play ANYMORE!

This video is from Kade's 3rd birthday party. It started at the splash pad by his house and then we all went back to his house for lunch and cupcakes. Anyway, while we were at the splash pad Brady showed them how you could put the ball in the water and the pressure from the water would keep the ball up in the air. They thought it was pretty cool!!

Now for some cool things that have happened in the last couple weeks...
Brady started a new job! He has gone back to BancFirst! So glad to be out of OfficeMax. He was doing really well with his new business but existing business was horrible. When he quit his boss told him he didn't blame him. His book of business was horrible. Well awesome. Good to know you knew he had a crappy book of business and nothing was done about it. Gotta love it! :) Anyway, he is super excited to be back in the banking world. He is a universal banker and will be working at a brand new branch a mile away from us on 19th street. Right now he is going through training and whatnot until it is done being built. They are shooting for a September 15th opening.
I also found out last Wednesday that my company won the contract up at Tinker and we can finally go back to work! After over 2 months of furlough! Things are still being worked out as far as who is going to be doing what up there but I'm excited to have my job back!
Both Brady and I got new callings in the ward. I was called as a relief society teacher 2 weeks ago and last week Brady was called as the Young Men's 2nd Counselor. He's really excited. I'm excited too. I'm nervous but excited to be doing something in church again (I hadn't had a calling for almost a year). I teach every 2nd Sunday.
We also got a membership to the Y just last week. Brady's work pays for half of it so we thought we might as well try it out. I love it love it love it! We also signed Kolton up for soccer through the Y. We were wanting to do that anyway, but it ended up being free since we are members now! Kolton is super excited! It starts the beginning of September. Hopefully it will cool down some before then!!
Oh and Brady got a motorcycle a couple of weeks ago. Its great! Insurance was $98 for an entire year and gas is pretty much non existent! Its been wonderful to have!