Bear Lake and 4th Fun

We had our annual trip to Bear Lake over the 4th. I LOVE Bear Lake- I have such great memories from my childhood and I am so grateful that my gals are able to get some of those same memories!! The gals and I were able to spend a full week up there- Sean came and went due to work. The kids spent a great deal of their time outside playing in the water. We had great food, company, and fun!! We spent a couple days at the lake- my cousin Kami and her husband Kyle brought up his families WaveRunners and we had a blast! Thank you for treating us so well Bear Lake!!

On of our daily "Dog Runs" we like to go to the Chevron and get a Diet Coke, the BEST raspberry shake around, and some will get a hot dog. Garrett thought that a dog run was going to get a puppy and take it for a run!

The kids looked so cute in their 4th outfits but had no desire to be good for a picture!

Since fireworks were banned, we did the next best thing and let the kiddos dance around with glowsticks while listening to "Firework" by Katy Perry

Brooklyn had gotten this fun whale for her birthday- the lake was the perfect spot for the massive thing. The kids had so much fun playing on it.

Nap #1 for Gracie at the lake

Nap #2

We tried out this Paddle Board and had a blast! Brooklyn and I were naturals- Sean eventually got the hang of it.

Farewell Joe and Gisele

Sean's dad got a job in South Carolina- we have been sad thinking of them leaving. We tried to cram in as much with them as we could before they left, Gisele had the kids over for a pool party. Sean's brother Brent, Pam, and their baby Xander came up- we were glad to finally get to meet cute little Xander. Brooklyn and Gracie got to have a sleepover with grandma and had a blast. I spent about a week straight helping Gisele pack, pack, and pack. Brent, Pam, and Xander got sealed in the Logan Temple when they were here and it was so nice to be in the Temple with family. Then we got the trailer loaded and said our good-byes. Our little family is going to be moving to Smithfield to live in Joe and Gisele's house- we have been working like crazy trying to get it ready. We are going to miss you Joe and Gisele!

Xander and Luke meeting for the first time

Greg took Brooklyn one day and introduced her to the art of roping- she was thrilled Jonah had a cowboy hat and would let her rope him.

Moab

Several weeks ago, we headed down to Moab to see our good friends- Nick and Monica and their little family. I always tease Sean about being anti-social because he doesn't care about meeting new people or making new friends. But, him and Nick have been BFF's since High School- they talk about once a week. We don't get to see him and Monica enough. We have planned several different trips down to see them and their beautiful house they built, but it always fell through. We had so much fun with them- they have 2 little girls Addi and Izzie and a cute little boy named Griffin. Brooklyn, Gracie, and Addi had so much fun playing- they couldn't get enough of each other- plus they got along so good so that was an added bonus. Little Izzie would go out and play and come crying saying, "they are mean." She cracked me up!! Every time I got my camera out to take a picture, she turned her head to the side and yelled, "CHEESE!" Ella loved Griffin and would have eaten him up had she be able to. One day Monica had Ella hold him and she rocked him and loved him- so cute!! Nick got us a Jeep to cruise around in while we were there and the gals loved it!! We went up to a lake and fished and had a fire. It was so much fun!! The rest of the time we hung around their house while the kids had so much fun playing!