New Family Pictures

OK, so family pictures are just not as easy to get the way you want them as they used to be! We gave it a shot a few months ago... we had some complications! When we finally got to our location the wind picked up and the rain started to fall. So here are some of the shots we got in between the rain and wind bursts that came a long! We did get a few good ones, we are going to try again in the spring but these will do for now!

Our one and only camping trip

Well as usual this summer we didn't get out camping as much as we had hoped to, BUT...

We did get to go once, up to Fish Lake and we had a BLAST!!! We went with Jed's family. It was so much fun to go with them and for the kids to have their cousins there to run around with and to get dirty with! It was very relaxing and just great to be together in the great outdoors. We learned while we were there that Halie has a LOVE for four-wheeling, that is if she can drive it! That's my girl! I enjoyed taking my boys on rides too! It must be a boy thing because neither one of them could get enough of them. Jed's brother brought a doom buggy that was a great time for us adults, we let the kids enjoy it too and of course they didn't turn us down!

This little boy wouldn't get off the "cycle" as he calls them. He had to be on one wether or not it was moving! He even talked his aunt Nat into taking him for a ride!

There is not too many things cuter than these boys faces and they were so fun to see dirty! I know that sounds weird but I know how much fun they had getting them dirty and it was so fun to watch them have that much fun in the dirt!

CRAFT TIME!!! We brought some crafts for the kids to do and they enjoyed making and decorating their visors! Of course the glue took so long to dry that they didn't get to wear them much! Oh well it kept them busy for a while anyway, and they were thrilled with their work!

Great times! We hope to be able to make more time next summer for more memory making and dirty faces!

More Summer Fun!

This summer we discovered a brand new splash park and lets just say that it was a BIG hit! We loved to just go and take a lunch, set up our pop-up shade, and enjoy the water! All three kids LOVE the water! It was so nice to just let Grady run in and out of the water and not have to worry about him going under because of how shallow the little stream was! We took some of our good friends with us one time! They all had a blast!

One of our favorite treats in the summer is ICE CREAM! You just are not a kid if you can't have an ice cream cone and get it EVERYWHERE!

We also made a trip up to Ogden to visit Natalie and Rob for an overnighter! We had a great time at the park, watching daddy and Rob play tennis, bowling, minature golf, bumper cars, and ice cream at the Farr Ice Cream Factory! It was a fun time and we love to hang out with Nat and Rob any chance that we can get!

We were able to attend the new temple as a family! It was so fun to take the kids in and to let them see the inside of the temple! They thought that they were pretty special that they got to go inside for once! So beautiful!

Halie took Gymnastics over the summer and enjoyed doing that! She is getting more and more daring and willing to try new things all the time!

Yes we made another trip to the Farm! We had our good friends move closer to us and had to take them out to show them the farm! We had a great time and the kids ran around and also ended up getting very tired! Bonus for us moms!

I LOVE this picture! These two girls have been best friends since they were born! They love to get together anytime that they can! They have been separated for the past hand full of years and so now to have them close has been a lot of fun! They truly are BEST FRIENDS!

It's what fun is!

We had the chance this past summer to go to Lagoon with Jed's family! It was a blast! The kids are at such a fun age to go places like Lagoon! They are tall enough to ride many rides and they enjoy it more and more. Don't get me wrong, they are still terrified of many rides but we are working on it and hope to have them over some of that by the time we go to Disneyland in December! We got soaked on Rattlesnake Rapids and had a great time on the Bat, this was Gavin's favorite ride! I was so excited that he liked to ride the rides as much as he did! Halie would confide in her Grandpa to take her on something that wasn't intimidating to her and of course he would NEVER tell her "no!" Devin and his now fiance Aniela were able to come with us. It was so fun to have her with the family and the best part was that she had never been on a roller-coaster! She seemed to have a great time! Jed won the boys a dragon at a game and we all had to have an ice cream break too! It was a great day and the only thing missing was that Grady wasn't there. Maybe in a year or two when he is able to enjoy and even remember it! Lagoon is definitely what fun is!

Our family after rattlesnake rapids, we are all SOAKED to the bone! I love this picture of Gav on the Bat! He was so excited that he was big enough to ride a ride that looked like it was for adults!

Here is uncle Dev and (soon to be) aunt Aniela on her first "real" roller-coaster!

The ice cream was for sure one of Halie's highlights of the day! And all the kids couldn't get enough of the swings!

The three amigos! They had such a great time together! This is them contemplating what to ride next!