Week with the Family

 

I am kicking myself that I didn't get more pics over the 4th of July. What was I thinking? Anyway, we had such a great week spending time with family. We got to go to my nephew Aaron's play and he was amazing. We were so proud of him! We got to see fireworks on the 3rd and the 4th with both families. Thanks for having us...we love spending time with all of you!! Thanks to the Wood Hotel. You are always so good to us and we loved our stay (of course)!!

4th of July

 

We were up north for the 4th and got to spend the week with the family. We had a great time. We have a new past-time. We love to surf behind the boat. It is so much fun and not near as tiring as skiing or wakeboarding. The coolest part is even the kids could go. It was the cutest thing ever!! I'm glad Mark has the arm-strength to pull them up, because I sure don't. But they loved surfing with their Dad. These pictures are priceless!

Bear Lake Trip

 

We went to Bear Lake with my family and had such a great time. I honestly can't remember the last time our whole family went boating together. We are all so spread out, that it is so hard to find a middle meeting ground where we can go. We camped on the old Idaho Hot Springs. I thought they would have fixed it up by now....I was wrong!! It was such a piece of crap, but hey it served its purpose. There was a big place for us to pitch our tents. It looks the same as it did when we used to go their as kids...just 20 years older. It was so fun to see all the cousins play together and having a great time. We love our family so much!!

Our Little Golfer

 

Well, we found something else that Maycee is good at ;). She has been practicing at the driving range and I even got to take her golfing for the first time a few weeks ago!! It was so much fun. She is so dang cute, and can hit the ball pretty far. She entered her first golf tournament. I got to be her caddie (She completely took advantage of me!! I think she would have asked for a foot rub if she thought I would do it. It was hilarious.) Before we left the house she told me that if she was Tiger Woods that I would have the best job in the world!! lol Anyway, the lucky little dog got 3rd Place in her age group. So, needless to say she has been bragging it up to everybody that she got 3rd place in her VERY FIRST golf tournament. Great job Maycee..we are proud of you!!

Father's Day

What a great Dad we have!! I can't even begin to put into words how great Mark is. I seriously can't think of anything that he doesn't do for us. Back when we got married, I knew I caught the husband of a lifetime, but I didn't realize what a great Daddy he would be. He even ran through the sprinklers with the kids the other night. Seriously, it doesn't get cuter than that!! Here are a few things that the kids love about their Dad.
They love when he makes a "kid sandwich" out of them. They love when he wrestles with them on the bed. They love helping him with the yard, going camping, playing tag, or just cuddling on the couch watching an episode of Survivor Man or some of our other favorite shows. We LOVE OUR DAD!!
We got to go to Grandpa's house after church and of course Grandma made an amazing dinner and we got to just hang out and enjoy each others company. Grandpa was a good sport and played school with the kids. He must have been a good student judging from the stickers on his head lol :)
To top off the day the kids ran through the sprinklers on the golf course and then changed into pj's and had ice cream as we all sat on the balcony watching the sunset!! What a great day!!

Braxton's First Tooth

Braxton discovered he had a loose tooth on a Sunday and wiggled it the whole time in church. The next day he did the same thing and after we went to the Dinosaur Museum he let his Dad see if he could wiggle it out. Out it came!! He was so cute he had this surprised look on his face and then just started to giggle. He had blood running down his lip, with this huge smile, and giggling. He gave Mark a huge hug and then said, "I wanna go to bed!" It was so adorable!! He wrote a note to the tooth fairy asking her if he could keep his first tooth so he could save it forever!! He is such a sweet kid!! Way to be brave Braxton..we love you!!

Dinosaur Museum

 

Braxton LOVES dinosaurs. So the other night for family night we went to the Dinosaur Museum. Our kids loved it!! It was pretty cool to see dinosaur tracks and skulls, etc.. It is amazing to me how stuff like that even gets discovered. The kids thought it was pretty cool that dinosaurs used to live here!! McKynlee slept through the whole thing but for all she knew she didn't miss a thing!!

Dance..Dance...Dance

 

Well, we just had Maycee and Haylee's dance recital on June 13th. They have had so much fun this year dancing and singing. Maycee is in a musical theater class where they learn songs and put a few actions to them. She got to sing a solo at the performance and sounded amazing. I wish I had her confidence to be able to get up there and do that!! They sang "Honey Bun" and "Give my Regards to Broadway". We have been loving it because as she has practiced over the last few months the two little girls have learned the songs and actions too. It's pretty funny to see them perform it too. Haylee was so cute they did a dance to "I Won't Grow Up" from Peter Pan. She was adorable and loved to be in the spotlight. I have a feeling we will be spending a lot of time at dance performances for that little girl. We are so proud of them..they are both so talented!!