Living a Decade and Seven Years

Annie, Abby and Carter turned ten in July.  A whole decade old.  Where did the time go?  Where did all those sleepless nights, countless spit ups, endless dirty diapers, and crazy questions about having triplet babies go?

The kids opened their presents right after breakfast.  They received a lot of gift cards and they LOVE to go shopping like an adult!  They enjoy figuring out how much money they have and what else they can get.

We headed to Target right after breakfast.....those gift cards were burning a hole in our pocket!  Tim and I found the perfect waiting spot in the store while the kids did their shopping!

The girls wanted to have a craft birthday party.  I had to dig into my well of craftiness and scrounge up some stuff for the party girls to do.  Everyone had a great time and all the crafts were a hit!

That night we had to the Lego store to purchase some long awaited Legos!

We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and the kids were thrilled they got to eat at a fancy restaurant. 

Then this little Peach decided to turn 7.  I wasn't too happy about that little fact!  Georgia also decided to have a craft birthday party.  

In lieu of a birthday cake, she had a frozen yogurt bar.  Each girl got to choose all their own toppings!

After the crafts and frozen yogurt, the girls headed outside for some trampoline games!

Can you tell just how excited this girl is to be 7?

Beginning of Summer

I think I finally figured out a way to keep my kids semi-busy this summer.  The kids had to do pages in their math books, write in their journal, read for 30 minutes and they were able to earn points.  They could also earn points by doing a meaningful service, write letters to missionaries, do a craft, and go to running camp and swim lessons happy.  The kids could "cash" in their points for lots of different things....a box of sugar cereal, a late night, and a big or small lego set.  The kids really liked earning points for stuff they wanted.

Annie cashed in some points for her favorite cereal...then she added a warning note!

Annie and Abby earned lots of points doing crafts!

We headed to Logan, Utah for our annual 4th of July weekend at Grandpa's Hideaway.  We started the weekend with the 4th of July parade.  Everyone received way too much candy and saw lots of tractors!

There were lots of 4 wheeling, riding Segways, sliding down the slip and slide, and playing in the pond.  The paddle boats were a favorite!  Abby has really been into making movies on the ipad.  She made a movie of the weekend for our family.  It was darling and captured all the important parts of the weekend.

At the beginning of July, Carter went to a Civil War history camp at a state park.  He was a Union solider and learned how march, the details of the war, shoot a cap gun, set up camp and a tent, and they even had a mock battle.  He had the time of his life and is already asking when he can go back.

Eating Lunch Alone

The summer has finally come to an end.  Usually, I ready for school to start in June, but this year we had a super busy summer.  Hence, the three months flew by and suddenly it was time for school to start.

We had our traditional "celebration breakfast" of ice cream (after a healthy breakfast, of course).  We take going back to school very seriously and "I" love to celebrate the day!!

 We are ready for two different 5th grade classes and a 1st grade class!

It was raining outside, so the first graders had to line up inside.  Thankfully, Georgia knew some kids from her kindergarten class and was excited to see her buddies!



All my beautifuls are at school learning today and I am eating lunch all alone.  My house is so quiet!

Sweeping the Podium!

This summer our kids participated in running camp.  We did it through the AF Rec Center and I was able to be one of the coaches.  I LOVED working with the kids twice a week and watching them progress.  We started each running session with stretching, drills, and a few strength training exercises.  Then we would go for a run followed by running games.

Today was our last day at camp and we celebrated by having a 1 mile and 2 mile race.  All the Barlow kids swept the podium!

Abby was the first girl in the 1 mile race with a 7:57:

Annie was the first girl in the 2 mile race with a 15:24 (a 4 min PR):

Annie is in in the pink shorts

Carter came in 2nd in the 2 mile race with a 15:52:

Georgia came in 2nd girl in the 2 mile race with a 17:52:

I'm so proud of my kids for working so hard all summer!  They had great sportsmanship and made their mom proud!!