Summer Fun

We have been having a lot of fun this summer.  Here are just a few of the hundreds of photos I have taken.  Enjoy!

 Brigham taking Macy and Shaylee for a ride.  Luckily the batteries wear out eventually or they could do this all day.

 Swimming, sliding, and more swimming enjoyed all summer!

 Taking a break from the water.

 Rock wall at neighborhood party.

 Ready for the 4th of July Parade

 Somehow they managed to line up youngest to oldest.  How convenient for me.

 West Yellowstone with the McGarry fam was a lot of fun.

 
 All the grandkids we had to try to keep track of while we were there.

Good thing there were plenty of adults to help keep the kids together.

Grandpa and the grandkids (some of them anyway)

 My cute parents!

 Old Faithful

 We finished the day in Jackson Hole.  (My parents with the grandkids--missing Wacy, Branson and Shaylee)

We went back to West Yellowstone the next day to go to the Playmill.  We stopped and ate pizza first.  Here I am with two of my sisters Kliss and Kelli.

 Of course you have to fit Rigby Lake in a few times each summer.

 Shaylee and Macy with their hippo chairs.  We had to go buy one for Macy because she fell in love with Shaylee's.  Aren't they the cutes girls!?!

 (Noah, Brigham, Shaylee, Ben Ashtyn, Brock, Haylee, Macy and Zack)

We take a picture of the grandkids each year when we camp.  It is fun to see how much they grow from year to year.  This year we were missing Wacy Branson, and Krew. :(

The McGarry Girls.  (Whitney, Me, Mom, Michelle, Kelli and Kliss-we are missing Ashlee and Brittni) I was not very strategic in where I stood.  How did I end up by skinny mini Whitney?

 Grandpa taking the grandkids for a ride.  Macy loves it!  The grandkids may or may not have gotten lost that night while on a ride.  ha ha

Campfire time

Summer is always too much fun.  It was great to have the Francis family come up from Vegas so we could spend the week doing fun activities with them.  I can't believe there is only a few more weeks before school starts!

Disneyland

We have been wanting to go back to Disneyland since our last trip in 2008 so we finally bit the bullet and went again the first week in June.  This time we drove and also used it as an excuse to hang in Vegas for a few days with the Francis Fam.  It was a great vacation!

Hours and Hours in the car.  Overall the kids did really well.

The first night in Cali we went to Midieval Times.  It was so much fun as usual.  Our Knight's horse got a little out of control and broke the protective glass in front of us which was pretty crazy.

First Day at Disneyland

I started to get nervous that Macy was going to ruin the trip because she was super grouchy at first.  We took her on "It's a Small World" and she learned that the lines and crowds were worth the wait for the rides.  (suckers also helped)

One of our favorites, the Jungle Boat Ride.

Train ride

 Another ride

 Getting ready for the firework show. (end of the day...can you tell?)

 If you look really close you can see Tinkerbell flying through the sky.  The fireworks were awesome!

 The only character we took the time to take a picture with.  The kids really didn't care too much about the characters which really surprised me.

 On the new Little Mermaid ride.  Macy was in such awe she had her hand over her mouth the whole time.  It was pretty cute.

 Macy played and played with her princess dolls.  They came in handy while we were waiting for the kids to get off big rides and long line waits.

 Waiting to watch the parade.  She loved the parade.

 Heading to Vegas.  The temp got up to 105 but by the time I got my camera it was down to 99.  This was taken while driving through Death Valley, how appropriate!

 Downtown Vegas.  It was crazy busy but we had to show the kids all the lights at night.

 The Francis' took us to the Coke factory where we did Coke around the world.  You taste different flavors of Coke that are actually drunk in different areas of the world.  Some of those flavors are nasty!  Macy was in a great mood and had a lot of fun tasting the drinks and making funny faces afterward.

 Of course we had to go to the M&M factory.

 Getting all the cousins to hold still for a picture is nearly impossible.  They are such good buddies that I was happy to have them together for a few days.  I don't think we saw Zack or Haylee the whole time, they buddied together and did their own thing.

Aunt Kliss taught Macy how to get some sun.  She loved sitting there with her magazine.  Kliss and I also got to get away and go to the Cirque du Soleel show Ka while Scott and Matt went to the Cake concert.  It
was way too much fun to get away and see such an amazing show!
The trip was way too much fun.  It went too fast and we can't wait for the Francis family to be in Rexburg next week. 

Branding Cows

Every year our family gets together to help brand the cows before we bring them up to the forest.  The kids and I aren't much help but we like to come along to hang out and watch.  Some day we may be useful. 

My Dad taking a break to say hi to Macy (can also see Aunt Gail, Tannis, Brandon and Uncle Kent)

Little brother Logan and Scott had the job of getting the calves pushed up to the shoot.  Not easy but somebody has to do it.  :0)

My little brother Brandon marking ears and helping run the shoot. (Also my Dad and Uncle Kent)

The kids looking at the calves.

Macy loved hanging out with the cows.  She basically sat there and giggled and mooed and played.  She has cowgirl in her blood.  I am glad she loved it so much.

Mothers Day

Mother's Day this year was really great.  The older my kids are the easier things are and the more I appreciate them.  The kids were so thoughtful this year it was a lot of fun.  Brigham brought this adorable flower home for me from preschool.  It is made from tissue paper and I love it!  He also stopped me a few days before Mother's Day and made me sit down and rest for a few minutes so he could rub my feet for his gift to me.  I was so tickled that he thought of this on his own and actually got it done.  Ashtyn and Haylee made homemade gifts for me and wrapped them up all cute and Scott brought home chocolate covered strawberries from Florences and a box of chocolates.  Yum Yum.  I felt very loved and I am super grateful to be a mother.

Gymnastics

Haylee is our little monkey from a young age she has always tried to do tricks on the monkey bars or swing set and is always rolling around the living room. In August 2010 we enrolled her in gymnastics. She loves it! They recently held their Olympics and it was fun to see all of the things she has learned.

Her floor routine

The vault

Balance Beam

Our little champ

They all got a medal and thought that was pretty great.  We are proud of you Haylee!