Hello Again!
It's been so long. I totally slacked blogging the entire summer, so now with the kids back in school I wanted to get caught up. I thought I would go back to the end of the school year and work my way forward throughout the summer until I get caught up. So here we go!
Jason and I decided to throw Hannah an End of the School Year Party, you know, to celebrate her graduating from 6th grade and elementary school. Hannah loves to swim, she is on a competitive swim team, she is a little fish. So we decided to rent out the South Davis Recreation Center in Bountiful. It is a new facility that has an indoor activity pool. You can rent it out on Friday and Saturday evenings from 7-9 p.m., so this was perfect for the party. We had the party on Saturday, the day after school got out. We invited EVERY girl in the 6th grade at Hannah's elementary school. We were allowed up to 100 people, so we also let Emma invite all of the girls from her second grade class. We also invited family and neighbors and their entire family. Basically, if we knew the family, we invited the whole family including parents and other siblings.
There was a great turnout! I estimated that over 90% of the girls Hannah invited and at least 70% of the girls Emma invited came. The activity pool is great, there is a big slide, little slides, a playground, a lazy river, an olympic sized swimming pool. Also, what was really nice is that there was an adjacent "party room" which had a full kitchen, where we were able to serve snacks and drinks. Also, there were many lifeguards which the rec center provided, so even though there were many adults there and the water was for the most part shallow, it felt extra safe for the little kids.
It's been so long. I totally slacked blogging the entire summer, so now with the kids back in school I wanted to get caught up. I thought I would go back to the end of the school year and work my way forward throughout the summer until I get caught up. So here we go!
Jason and I decided to throw Hannah an End of the School Year Party, you know, to celebrate her graduating from 6th grade and elementary school. Hannah loves to swim, she is on a competitive swim team, she is a little fish. So we decided to rent out the South Davis Recreation Center in Bountiful. It is a new facility that has an indoor activity pool. You can rent it out on Friday and Saturday evenings from 7-9 p.m., so this was perfect for the party. We had the party on Saturday, the day after school got out. We invited EVERY girl in the 6th grade at Hannah's elementary school. We were allowed up to 100 people, so we also let Emma invite all of the girls from her second grade class. We also invited family and neighbors and their entire family. Basically, if we knew the family, we invited the whole family including parents and other siblings.
There was a great turnout! I estimated that over 90% of the girls Hannah invited and at least 70% of the girls Emma invited came. The activity pool is great, there is a big slide, little slides, a playground, a lazy river, an olympic sized swimming pool. Also, what was really nice is that there was an adjacent "party room" which had a full kitchen, where we were able to serve snacks and drinks. Also, there were many lifeguards which the rec center provided, so even though there were many adults there and the water was for the most part shallow, it felt extra safe for the little kids.
The little kids activity playground
The big pool
Hannah with some friends
Ian with our friend and neighbor Kami Graham
Jason's brother Nate and his wife Jessica and their three youngest kids
The big slide and lazy riverWhat a fun night! Jason suggested that we do this at the end of every school year. I'm thinking maybe when one of the kids reaches a milestone, like graduating from junior high or elementary, which would be every couple of years. Either way, it is definitely something we would do again. Thanks to all who came and thanks for a wonderful night of fun!
