Happy Birthday Gramps!!!

Saturday was my Grandpa's birthday and we had a fun party at Aunt Linda's house!!

Happy Birthday Gramps!!!!

Here are some of the pics from the party.

Brenden with his feet in the pool.

TJ with his feet in the pool.

Alyssa with her feet in the pool...okay, so I didn't let them go swimming because Justin was home sick and I wanted to get back to check on him. None of the other cousins swam anyway, so it turned out okay.

This is a surprise pic I found on my camera the next day...haha. Since he took it I thought I'd let the world see it! This is my cute brother Logan, not looking so cute at the moment, but hahahaha gotcha back! I'll show you not to steal my camera!! Love ya Logan!

Cabin Fun

Last weekend we went to my parents' cabin with everyone and had a really fun time!

The kids loved wandering around on the newly planted grass, which is a great addition!

They had a good time swinging, of course!

These are my two cute nieces.

Alyssa and Maycie are inseparable when they are together. It's really cute! They have a lot of fun.

And then, of course, TJ finally got to shoot the bbguns again. He has been asking all summer when he could do it again. He also, with Justin, caught 3 fish on the river. Wow! He was in heaven! This time, though, everyone took a turn shooting. Even Alyssa got into it!!

Thanks Mom and Dad for a fun weekend at the cabin!!!!

Last Camping Trip of the Year

Last weekend we went on our final camping trip of the year...so sad! I hate that fall is coming. I wish summer would last for a lot longer. Oh well, we had a great time!! It was so much fun! And we actually made it through a camping trip with NO rain!!! =)

On Sat. Justin's family came up and we went tubing and rafting down the river. It was really cold and I have a big purple bruise on my butt from hitting rocks on the way down, but it was a lot of fun. The kids loved every second of it and kept asking to do it again.

TJ even said he couldn't decide between Fishing and Tubing.....what??? There is something that rivals fishing?? That is quite amazing. That kids loves fishing, so he must have enjoyed himself!

Saturday was Justin's birthday (Happy Birthday Sweetie!!!!) so we took up a yummy Costco chocolate cake and gained lots of weight just looking at it.

Daddy and his girls =)

We took up the kids' bikes and they had so much fun riding around. Brenden practically lived on his. He'd only get off for tubing, eating, and playing in the river.

Happy Campers =)

They were just floating in a pooled area. It was so cute--they took turns pulling each other around.

We had a great time and were sad to leave. We stayed longer than we thought we would on Sunday, but we had the whole loop to ourselves. It was so quiet and peaceful. We'll for sure be back next year!!!

First Day of School!!!

Here are my two cute boys on their first day of school. TJ started 2nd grade (AAaaaahhhhhh) and Brenden started 1st grade! (The scream above is because I can't believe I have a second-grader!!!)

Here is my 2nd grader.....too handsome! =)

And my 1st grader.....also too handsome!! =)

They both had a good first day and that will hopefully continue all year long!!!

The Fair

We went to our local fair last week and had so much fun! Here are some of my favorite pics.

The petting zoo was amazing!!! There were so many different kids of animals and the kids had a blast! Kate even got into it. Don't worry......we used lots of sanitizer!

This ride was TJ and Brenden's favorite. They went on it many times!!! Unfortunately, the first time we put Alyssa on it with them. BAD decision. She did not like it and freaked out. Luckily, the operator was really nice and stopped it so she could get off.

They also had pony rides, and all the kids (well, 3 out of 4) loved it!

We even got Alyssa to try it!

We had a really good time! We'll be back next year, I'm sure!!!

Kids' Pics

Here are my kids' new pictures for the year. I think they turned out really cute!!!

And.....I have been nominated.......

for the "One Lovely Blog Award" by my friend April. Thanks April!!!

Colter Bay!!!

Yay!! We love Colter Bay!!! I have been there almost every year my whole life, and I love passing that tradition to our kids. And they love it too!! Even though we had some (okay lots) of rain and mechanical problems with the boat, we had a great time!!!!

Of course we had to go fishing, and look at all those trout! There were professional (at least they looked pro to us) fly fishermen on both sides of us and they weren't catching anything. TJ caught a fish on his first cast. We had our six trout in about 1 1/2 hours. It was really fun!

The mighty fisherman himself.

We celebrated both Kate and Brenden's birthdays around the campfire. Pretty fun!

The kids caught hundreds of minnows, poor things (the minnows, I mean).

These two were inseperable. So fun!

The girls at the beach.

We all took our bikes, but only the boys really used them. They biked everywhere and had a really fun time.

I think the kids are already counting down to next year's trip!!!