Monday, July 30, 2018

24th of July Utah Trip


After Idaho Falls we headed down to Utah for the week. We played with Grandma and our Perry cousins, ate snow cones, swam, ate snow cones, played, and ate more snow cones! Haha. 





Swimming at Grandma's


Aubrey found Leigh or Kate's old dance outfit. She wore it a ton. 



Leigh and Cameron and I ran the Deseret New 10k. Neither Cam or I were in the shape we would have liked to be in, but it was fun to see a bunch of friends and run the race together. Still ended up doing decent. And it was a fun way to start Pioneer Day.


Love Grandma's hot tub!



We spent one day at the Roy Aquatic Center and had a blast. Aubrey and Ada were tall enough to ride the big water slides themselves, and all the girls were able to go over and over again.


Popsicles and Pool Time!


Hanging out with Grandma Brough


We had never taken the girls to the Bountiful Temple. We decided to drive up one evening and show them where we were married. Fun memories. 


11.5 years later here we are....we never could have imagined who we would become and having these 4 sweet girls join our family!





We took way too many pictures!
 


Paige and Lou Lou


Aubrey showing off her new haircut. Right before Hazel got bitten by a horse...




Grandma Snuggles



We did sparklers on the 24th and then put the kids to bed. But the neighbors started doing huge fireworks so we got the older girls up to watch them all. Ended up being a very late night but the girls had a blast and the fireworks were pretty cool.


One evening we got together with my old roommates. It was so much fun! It has been 10+ years since we have all been together! And we have 19 kids between us now. 


All the roommate kids!



After we drove home, before going inside, we had to check on our garden. We love having a garden!

Idaho Falls Visit


We headed down to Utah for the 24th of July week. Always fun to split up the drive and stay for a few days in Idaho Falls. We arrived Friday evening and left Sunday afternoon. Perfect amount of time for the kids to run around and play together. These kids have so much fun. A lady in our ward sent her daughter off to college and told me that her daughter was rooming with her cousin. I hope some of these kids can be college roommates. How fun would that be?


We got to meet baby Oakley. So sweet. 


Paige just loves other kids. 


Swimming at Lauren's house. 


And cute Ella and Paige





Lots of Oakley loves. We basically just hung out at Lauren and Lindsey's, picked raspberries, ate, and went to the sand dune. 



Little bright eyes



Love that these three kids are so close in age. We needed Anna too! It will be fun to see them all off to kindergarten next year!









The whole crew! (minus Oakley)



This sand dune was so fun. The kids could have stayed forever!







Morning shows


Paige loves Oakley. She grabs my phone and brings it to me and says "I want to see Oakley."



That looks like a smile!


More sand dune pics. Guess they are a bit out of order!






Trying to get a sister picture. We were laughing pretty hard by the end.