4th of July Part 1

We went to the lake for the 4th of July to cool off and to celebrate a day off.  I love to swim, but the kids really enjoy playing in the sand.  

 Alan decided to show the kids what a true sand castle looks like.  

 Not too bad for a guy who works a desk job. 

He's so proud!  

It was a lovely day at the lake.  It is nice to have a place so close where we can go and cool off.   

My little water baby.  

The kids are starting to play with each other more.  I am really enjoying that.   

I told Alan his castle needed a flag.  I mean a castle is not complete without a flag!  

The kids found Alan's castle and enjoyed its destruction.  Alan was a good sport.

It was a lovely day, even though I got a killer sunburn.  

Zoo times 2

I went to the zoo 2 times in 2 days.  Good thing I like the zoo. 

On Wednesday I went on a field trip with Karina's class.  I had 4 kids in my group.  They were a very well behaved group of kids.   

There was a zoo worker out with a baby python.  The kids all went to touch it and I stayed far away but close enough to grab a few pictures.  Snakes are NOT my thing.  

It was a lovely day.   

The next day we had a playgroup field trip to the zoo.   

We had a doctor's appointment that morning and we went straight to the zoo after that.  We were an hour earlier than the rest of the group so I had some time just with my kids.  It was really nice.  

 As soon as the rest of the group came, Bruce ran over to his friend Lily, gave her a hug, and took her hand.  They walk around the zoo hand in hand.  They are pretty cute.  

Bruce was very excited to see the giraffes.  Anything that resembled the characters in Madagascar, he was very excited about.   

Here is the group (minus Lucy).  

They have a petting zoo.   Bruce was nervous to feed the animals, but not Lucy.  She loves animals.  

I had two very good days at the zoo.  

Family Time

After our trip to Utah, Alan went home and the kids and I went to Rigby.  Alan came over with Karina later that week and Scott and his family came on Saturday.  It was like a mini family reunion.  We had a lot of fun and it was nice to spend some time with Scott and his family.  We hadn't seen them in almost two years. 

Lucy loves her GranDebbie. 

Easter Sunday the kids wore their new Easter outfits and some of the cousins (Millie and Eli) joined in for a few pictures.  

 Karina is her new Easter dress.  

 Eli and Millie posing for pics. 

 Lucy in her Easter outfit.  I am pretty proud of these dresses.  They are my first dresses 100% by myself. 

 Able snuck in to Grandpa's car.  He thought it was pretty funny. 

 Able eating breakfast. 

 Lucy eating breakfast.  She looks pretty crazy here. 

 Uncle Dan tolerating all of us. 

 Millie was helping her momma clean the car. 

 Able.  He is pretty cute. 

 I took the kids around the yard in the quad.  We found an Easter egg we had missed on Sunday.  After that the kids had eagle eyes, but no more eggs were found. 

 Me and my girls. 

Mom and Dad took us to Leo's place for lunch on our last full day.  They kids had a great time and we all had fun in the arcade. 

 Scott looks like he is helping the kids, but you know he was playing most of the game himself...

You can also see little Wilson here.  

 Rebekah and Eli playing ski ball.  I love ski ball. 

 Bruce riding the motorcycle. 

 GranDebbie and Millie playing ski ball.  

 GranDebbie and Millie playing something else (I don't know what this one is).  

 They have this room full of climbing stuff and slides.  The kids loved it.  Here is Millie after she went down the slide.  

 Scott observing. 

 Able playing.  Scott had to basically get him up top so he would stay inside.  I think he was just trying to get out the whole time, but he seemed happy about it. 

Lucy, Wilson, Rebekah, and Mom hanging out at the table.  

We had a great time in Rigby.  

March Family Field Trip/Family Pictures

We went to my parent's house for Easter weekend.  While we were there we were able to visit my brother's family and spend some time with my parents.  We had a lot of fun.  

We also took new family pictures.  They turned out pretty good considering that Lucy wouldn't smile and Bruce wouldn't look at the camera.  Karina always does well.  

 I have to crop this a little and I would like to edit all of them, but I haven't done it yet. 

 She is so stinkin cute. 

 The camera loves this one. 

 Put the boy in a tree and he will smile. 

My cute kiddos.