Payton's Birthday Party

 For Payton's Birthday this year he wanted to have a water party! So Megan made him an ice cream "cake" that looked like a swimming pool.

 We set up a large piece of plastic and some PVC pipe and made our own big slip-n-slide.

 The kids had a blast on it! (Payton's facial expressions are the best!)

 And the adults were able to enjoy it too!

We had a few different water activities set up for the kids including a kid pool, squirt guns, and water balloon toss.  It was a lot of fun!

Summer Fun at the Haroldsen Home!

Here are a variety of pictures of some fun things we have done this summer just around our house...we had some indoor fun with Emma in a box and Payton making a fashion statement with his pajama pants, underwear sticking out the top, socks on his hands and a hat on his head. So dang cute!


Our kids share a room and absolutely love it!

Whenever we put them to bed at the same time, we often hear

them playing and giggling for a while before they fall asleep.

It is adorable and so much fun to listen to!




We had some backyard fun in our pool.
 Payton loved to run and jump in it, he even tried it when Emma was in it...as you can see, she was not too fond of the water being splashed in her face.


They also played with their cousins, Mason, Kim & Andrew, in the water with our water pipes that Marcus made. (We got the idea from the Family Fun magazine. If you make them we would recommend using a 1/2 inch pipe and to drill the holes at least 3 inches apart.) They were tons of fun!

We also made many trips to the park and Payton got to take Emma down the slide with him a couple of times. He thought it was pretty neat being the big brother and getting to hold her.

We dusted off our bike trailer and took the kids for a ride around the neighborhood. Emma got to wear Payton's helmet and thought it was pretty cool.

Megan has tried to keep the kids entertained while their dad is a work and has done a good job wearing them out. Emma has been a trooper and is getting much better at sleeping in her carseat.

Payton has had a blast being Daddy's Little Helper (as usual) with any project he can around the house. He would help Marcus carry the 2x4's for the fence and put them up. So cute!