New Baby Colt

On July 9th, John's horse Diamond had a handsome baby colt. The girls were so excited!Abbey
Gracie

Hilary

The girls (Carter wasn't sure he wanted to get very close. He did finally pet him)

Carter, Abbey, Brandon, colt, Hils, Gracie, John, and Diamond looking on

Fourth of July

Lewiston, Utah has a big celebration on the 4th that we have participated in for several years. We enjoy spending the day with John's family. Our day started bright and early as the sisters-in-law run a 5K and the four girls ran a 1 mile race. Grandma Kay was nice enough to house us. We all ran well. It was a great way to start our 4th of July!Robbie, Gwen, Care, Lindsay

Abbey, Kaitlyn, Rachel, and Gracie
Care and her running girls

Here is our mile runners ready to go.

Push it Abbey, you are almost there. Rachel is on your tail. Abbey finished in just over 10 minutes.

Great job Gracie! She beat her last year's time coming in at eleven minutes.

My cute red, white, and blue family in front of Grandma Kay's, getting ready for the parade.

Anxious for the parade to start. They got their bags ready to load up on candy!

Joelle, Hilary, Abbey, Lydia, Hannah, Rachel, Gracie, Quincy

Wyatt and Carter patiently waiting.

The boys

Ben, Greg, Alan, Brandon, and John (and Carter)

Lindsay with the girls. She got them sparkly flag tattoos.

Lolly and Gracie

Gracie loves carrying around her two little girl cousins, Lolly and Amy. They have brave moms :)

Me and Carter ready for the parade to start

The kids stand in the road waiting for candy to be thrown. Hilary was the only one who looked.

Cousins and Friends

Hannah, Kaitlyn, Gracie and Hilary

After the parade the boys played in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament. They did well, but we can't seem to ever take the championship. We enjoyed a picnic at Grandma's then headed back to Declo. After eating....AGAIN....we took out the boat for a quick run.

Me and Hils on the boat

Abbey, Gracie, and Joelle on the tube for a crazy ride!

Carter helping John drive

Abbey, Carter, Hilary, and Joelle on the tube for a "not so crazy ride"

The cute couple: Brandon and Lindsay

Abbey is getting good at the knee board... Awesome job!

I managed to get up on my ski and go for as long as my hands and muscles would let me. We went back to Alan and Norma's to roast marshmallows and watch the fireworks.

I love the Fourth of July!

Playing around the house!

Gramma and Poppy came up for a couple of days. Gramma brought the kids some water shooters. They played all afternoon on the driveway with the shooters. They had a "blast"!

Gracie, Abbey and Hilary filling up
Watch out

Up in the air

Having fun

While the kids were playing on the driveway, Poppy was in the garage building me shelves in the closets. Thanks Dad, your the best!!!

Week with the cousins

We had a very fun week with Kaitlyn and Hannah. Abbey was in Declo going to an art camp with Rachel and Joelle. Gracie and Hilary were so excited to have their two cousins come stay with us. We had great time going to the park, the library, Bass Lake, the fish farm, swimming, and just being playing at home.Gracie and Kaitlyn on the beach at Bass Lake
Hannah and Kaitlyn swinging

Carter found a dump truck on the beach and was in heaven. He also thought it was great fun to jump off the dock.

Gracie, Sydney, Mariah, and Leslie (dance friends) braving the canoe. I was hoping they would make it back.

Lindsay and me catching a few rays :)


The fish farm to see the alligators

We found the place, now let's go see!

Hello Mr. Alligator! We saw about 5.

The girls pointing to one.

We had a plan to meet up in Pocatello for a fun day at Ross Park to make the kid swap. For some reason Pocatello that day was covered by a black cloud that really didn't move. It poured and hailed like you couldn't believe. So for a change of plans we went to Indian Springs to swim. The water is warm and the kids had a great time.

Gracie going down the slide

There we are swimming around.

Tyler, Carter, and Trey...they loved it!

Hilary, Hannah, Lydia, Gracie, and Kaitlyn

Having a great time.

Gracie plays Coach-Pitch

Gracie had a good time playing Coach-pitch this summer. I think her favorite part was being on her best friend, Rylee's, team. Gracie is very fast. She just need a bigger head to keep her helmet on so she doesn't have to hold it.
She liked playing catcher because she got to get the ball alot.

This is her ready stance :)

Watch out outfield...Gracie's up

Hilary plays T-ball

This was Hilary's first year playing T-ball. She liked batting but said she got board sitting outfield.Batter UP
I guess this is her being board in the outfield :)

Getting ready to run home...go Hils!

Hilary had the cutest coach, Pam. She used more energy than the kids. She got all the kids thier own trophey with thier name on it. Hilary was so proud.