Sunday, August 12, 2012

...Cousins...

This summer has been the summer of cousins!
We have done so much with all the cousins and have loved every minute of it! 

We were one cousin short of all 14 grandkids, but we thought 13 was picture worthy! .
Mallori was at girls camp, which is still weird to think that she is old enough to be going to girls camp! 

All of these kids are great friends, and love getting together to play with each other. We don't see Shani or Dustin's kids very much, but when we do its like we see them everyday! Ben and Sam like it when the out of town cousins come cause then they have boys to play with... the girls kind of out number in this family! 

I LOVE these pictures! 



These two are almost exactly one year apart! 
1 year and 5 days apart. 

The 4 boys

Watermelon on grandmas back porch




Walking to Johnnys
A fun tradition when the kids are at grandmas



Rachy is such a good babysitter! 
She loves the kids!

These two have been the best of friends since they were little!

Our sad attempt at a pyramid





...The 5 of Us!...

This summer all 5 of us were in one place at the same time! 
Its been a while since we have gotten a picture of all the kids, and I think its safe to say we are pretty good looking... our parents are lucky!
I have a great family, and Im thankful for all of them! 



Mom wanted to be in one too! 


...Bear Lake Hike...

Our last day at Bear Lake we did a fun little hike with everyone. It was so pretty, and Rylee had a great time hiking! At the very end there was a rope swing that the brave ones went on. I didn't have enough guts to do it. Rylee wanted to, but seeing how she is only 3 I told her no. 




Ry's cute little hand with her flowers. 





Chase was the first to go. 


Then this fearless girl went 4 times!  

Kenna is way out there, you can barely see her! 


Then Abs went! 
There were alot more that went... these are just 3 from our family. 

Grandma Karen with Say and Ry. 
Say was so sick... poor thing. 



It was a great hike to end our great trip!! 

Monday, August 6, 2012

*Bear Lake*

This post is a whole lot of pictures! 
Thats what happens when you get to be with your family and cousins for 4 days straight!

Our weekend went like this... We woke up and went to the pool, took a break at the beach, went back to the pool, went on the boats, and then back to the pool. Somewhere in there we all ate, and took a few trips with Papa Craig to get ice-cream!

It was a great trip, and we are thankful that Dad and Karen make it a fun and possible trip for us every year!

The first night we went to eat with Dad and Karen at one of our favorite Bear Lake hamburger joints!

I love this picture!
Rylee was so excited to carry her purse and spend her own money. She had been doing chores for two months to earn some extra cash. She made off with $47! 
She is telling Papa that she will pay for dinner.

We were there before everyone else, so we went swimming to kill some time!




She loved the slide.

We went on the jet skis.
Rylee was scared to death!
Her exact words, " Okay I'm done, get me off this thing. I'm serious.
That was before we even pulled out of the marina.
By the end though she liked it. She had to... we forced her to!

Sayla finally showed up and these two were in HEAVEN!
It was 4 days of doing everythign to together!

Bath time!

Story time!

Bed time!

One of my favorite things at Bear Lake is Bear Lake in the mornings.
No one is awake, and everything is just so calm.

Dad on his new boat.

Tubing.
I convinced Rylee to go tubing with all the kids. I promised her she wouldn't fall in, and she would be safe.
Lesson learned that day: Never promise something you have no control over.
My dads new boat is a pontoon boat, and goes fairly slow... perfect for pulling the little kids on the tube!
Perfect until it stops and their is no real resistance on the rope and the rube goes dipping in to the water with kids sliding in! Good thing Aunt Summer was there to grab Rylee! By the way Rylee was screaming, you would have thought it was the Titanic sinking!  Then that made her scared of the boat, and anything by the water. Oh well, we forced her to do all the water stuff anyways, and in a day or so she was fine again!

Kenna showing us her dancing skills on the tube!

More boating and more swimming!


The Colorado cousins came!!


Best picture of the trip!
I love me some scratch and wins!

More swimming...

More tubing...

More boating
All the girls.
I have the best sis-in-laws!




"I just met you and this is crazy but here's my number so call me baby...."
Bear Lake 2012 theme song!

Mats model picture

My model picture.
Its hard to not be beautiful






The best pizza at Bear  Lake


Cass fell off the slide and hurt her arm the second day she was there. The Dr up there said it was okay, no broken bones or fractures,but just this past week ( a month later) they took her to a Dr in Colorado and he
  told them it was fractured.



Ice Cream with Papa Craig




Mermaid Rylee


Karen spoiled the kids with sno cones!












All tired from 4 days in the sun.
Taking a break to watch Turtleman... a new family favorite... the whole family!
YAYAYAYAYA Live Action!!


What a great trip! 
All the kids played so good together, the weather was perfect, and it was so nice to be with family!