Wow! What a crazy few months it's been. Fun. Busy. Memorable. But crazy. Kids and I have been on the run all summer. Accomplishing Summer Bucket List tasks (why I created such a long one I'm not sure, but I'll make sure to decrease this list next summer!),
birthday parties, family fun, trips to the lake, go, go go. Until we crashed. Last weekend. All three of us.
Colds.
Runny noses.
Exhaustion. Yep, that's us and we are tired!! (too tired in fact to edit pictures!)
We are resting up and getting ready to attempt the last part of the summer with more fun, more running, more family time, and more memories:) We love summer. Winter in Eastern Idaho is just plain depressing. Even now, early in the morning, you feel the fall cold creeping in. It's still dropping in the 50's at night. This morning, 48 degrees! Brrrr. But at least we get warmth during the days!
We find things to do. We just can't sit still apparently:)
First up was the 4th of July! We actually drug the kids to the parade again. The lame, Idaho Falls parade. It's nothing like a parade should be. No floats. I can't imagine the excitement of seeing an actual float parade. The kids would love it. This was the first year Reagan actually even watched an entire parade. Thanks to the two strangers who befriended her and made her forget all her fears!
I just LOVE this picture :)
After the heat of the parade and the early morning we all napped and then headed out to a tiny little farm town called Menan. We ate way too much and had a little fun prior to staying up way to late for fireworks.
Totally proud of his "bolts"
Would we expect anything not pretty
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Kade's very first pony ride!
But she's a pro
Killed some time playing Go Fish
We make these sunglasses look cool
And then we went to SLC for some parties and fun
How awesome is her sun-kissed skin
Kade had his first Slurpee which he thought was totally yummy
And was exhausted on the drive home
And then we met Ella, Emmett, and Jessica at Ross Park in Pocatello for some swimming fun.....
and then some S'more fun....
and some Lake fun....
and fun practicing snorkeling in the pool
And Kade just loved all the attention Ella gave him. Here is his "kitty face" she drew for him.
Then it was a Chukars baseball game. Kids totally dug it. They did awesome, although Reagan continued her absolute fear of Mascots and cried hysterically for the first 20 mins...
Girls Rock
So cool
How cute is this??!! Standing and being reverent for the National Anthem
And we had our first neglected pick of the summer....a HUGE zucchini
And painting rocks wasn't as fun as they anticipated....
Mini-golfing...Kade lasted about 3 holes before he smacked himself in the face and that was all she wrote....they both were done by about oh, hole 7.
And last their was fishing.....of which mostly the kids were totally disappointed that every time they (or dad) casted out there wasn't a fish instantly attached to their pole :)
And next up is round two....Island Park, a family trip to Montana, concerts, rodeos, camping, trip to see family, and finally....school starts!!
