4th of July Weekend

Well once again we spent our holiday weekend in Bear Lake with the fam. What is it about that place that just makes me hate to leave. Every time we drive away from that glorious body of turquoise water the kids are in the back seat waving and saying, "Bye bye Bear Lake... until next time. We'll miss you." Nic and I smile at each other and then begin plotting how we are going to sell our house and retire at the ripe old age of 30 to this wonderous place. The kids could live the sheltered life of a small town, and Nic and I could wake board our little hearts out. Now that would be the life... but then the responsible part of me pipes up and... ruins all the fun!!

There was fun at the pool...
Yes that is my Kade squirting that poor kid in the eye... what a bully!
Papa and Parker...

The boys working hard on assembling the shish-kabobs... let me tell ya, they were delicious!

Our festive dessert... boy was it yummy!

Papa Ben and Papa Bob chatting it up...

Parker getting his walk on...

Koda just relaxing and being a good boy...

The decorating of the t-shirts...

The finished products...

All 6 grand kids sporting their 4th of July T's...

We spent one of the days on the beach. The kids were in heaven.

Halli & Parker playing in the sand...

Oh, Parker... how we love you.

Uncle Erik helping the girls with some sand creations...

Parker ate his fair share of sand and seashells...

Cassie and her cute family...

Gracie and Rylie

The kids on the tube...

Who needs a boat when we've got Nic around...

Candace and her cute family...

Koda giving Nic some smooches... he sure loves his dad.

Kaden, Rylie, and their dad playing in the gooey sand...

Parker admiring the fire...

and doing some serious bonding with his Papa...

And to top it all off... fireworks in the driveway. What could be better? Except for looking out over that beautiful lake and seeing fireworks bursting from all around. Doesn't get better than that.

Happy 4th of July!!

Happiness is...

Endless hours of playing in the sandbox (or volleyball court) which ever you prefer.

Really, truly... endless.

Father's Day

Since our daddy is the best daddy in the whole world, we decided we better make him feel pretty darn special. So to start the day out right, a little homemade 'breakfast in bed' was in order. We all gathered round him in bed to watch him indulge in his bacon & eggs, and read his hand picked card which read of thoughts of love and promises of a 'shiny new bicycle' {can't wait to go pick it out!} It was a glorious morning... until he threw away the rest of my eggs {man they were tasting so good too}. But I forgave him because after all, it was father's day.

We spent the afternoon with my family and stud-muffin of a dad, which was wonderful. Later, we headed out to spend the remainder of the day with my totally-rad father-in-law Benjamima!

Parker enjoying his very first ice cream cone... de-ricious!!

Nic and Matt... if you look closely you can see the drool creeping from the corner's of Nic's mouth. He wants one of those things SO bad. One day honey... one day.

Nothin' beats a nice ride on the 'hog' to celebrate your day, right? And they ride off into the sunset...

Nic and his daddy
I hope you daddy's in my life all had a wonderful day, because well, you are wonderful- and you deserve it!! Know how much we love and appreciate everything you do for us. What a blessing it is to be surrounded by such great father's. We love you!!

Kaden's 6th Birthday!

Kaden woke up to find his gifts wrapped and waiting for him on the kitchen table. More Lego's(of course), and a sweet new bike! At that point, all of his birthday wishes had come true and the day could be deemed a success. But there was more... Mimi and Papa met us for lunch at Kaden's favorite- Cafe Rio. We had a great time eating and gabbing.

Of course there were cupcakes involved...
And we sang happy birthday. Since Rylie had to share her day, we figured we would throw another birthday song in there for her too.

Parker thouroughly enjoyed his cupcake...

The afternoon was spent riding his new bike...

And he was paid a visit from his Gramy & Papa...

Which meant more cupcakes, and more singing... Yay!!

And then it was off to the bowling alley for a fun-filled evening.

We bowled, and jammed out to Michael Jackson's music video's...

These kids love to bowl!!

Kaden and his best buddy... his daddy! (he is always telling Nic that he is his best buddy.)

And that's a wrap!!

Happy Birthday Kade-man. You are the greatest boy, and we love you more than you'll ever know!!