Nephew's birthday party bash!

This cute little guy with my boys is my nephew Gabe. He had a birthday at the end of July and ALL of my family happened to be here so he was lucky enough to be able to celebrate it with about 40 people! There is a community pool where they live so we all went swimming and then had cake and ice cream! So blogging World.... Meet MY FAMILY!

Gabe, Cohen, Jordan

Rich and Brin

Brother Steve and Sister Jonna

Step Mom Shana and my Dad

Sister Kimberly and her hubby Hector (Gabe's mom and dad)

Bro in Law Todd, his son Teagen and niece Alexandria

Cohen and Rebecca

Brooklyn, Megan, and Hannah

Caitlin and Micailey

Brother Kevin and 2 of his boys, Parker and Alex

Brooklyn

Little Phoebe

Brother Rick and his wife Jenn

Macie

Sister Kim and her baby Landon

Alex

Birthday boy Gabe

Cohen and Jordan

Thanks to my sister Terri for taking pic's that day! I just realized that I have no pic of her because she was behind the camera. There are a few others missing too, but that is a good portion of us! I hope you had a fabulous birthday Gabe!

Rich's birthday at the Grotto

For birthday's around here, we celebrate as a family! We try to do something that everyone can do. This year, the kids and I tried to think of something that Rich would want to do. Our thoughts were hiking the Y, hiking the falls, a place called Spring lake... ( I think that was it's name), and a friend told us about the Grotto up Payson Canyon. We decided with as many little kids as we have this year, that we would do something a little easier and stay close, so we chose the Grotto. The kids thought it would be a so fun! We have a trailer and had been camping a few times and they decided to make a cake with a camping theme and then go hike in the "woods" to the Grotto. We invited all of his brothers and sister and his parents to come play with us. The kids had a blast but the water was freezing!

Rich's cake with our trailer, a tent, a picnic lunch, campfire, and a lake full of fish to fish in.

Dallas did an awesome job of shaping all of the picnic pieces and fishing pole and fish!

Our campfire complete with roasting marshmallows!

The Grotto

If you haven't been there, it is a cute little waterfall that drops into this circular bed of rocks and forms a pool and is surrounded by tall rocks that almost form a cave. It was very pretty and on a less busy day, it would be very relaxing!

Rich and Rylan at the Grotto

all my kiddo's in the freezing water :o)

7 Peaks

My sister, Terri, planned a "10 and up" day at 7 Peaks for everyone this year. It was SOOO fun! Rich decided to stay home with the younger kids and let me go with Micailey and Dallas. It's been a long time since I went any where with out little kids attached to my hip! The kids ran off with their cousins and we went on a couple slides. When Micailey got back, I was soaked and she looked at me and said "Whoa! You went on a slide!" .... Well Yes, I do still like to have fun! The kids never get to see Mom actually participating! So it was really fun! I hope we do it every year!

Cousin Teagen up top and Todd and Steve finishing

Dallas and his Cousin Jessica

Micailey after her ride

My brother Steve and his daughter Emily

Getting into the Wave Pool

Everyone in the Wave Pool

The Boys racing

Steve and Colton

Caitlin getting ready to jump

Micailey jumping

Micailey and her Cousin Caitlin

What a fun Day!!! It wasn't too busy, the lines weren't bad, the weather was great!

Fun, Fun, FUN!

Pioneer Day 2011

Every year we start the day off with the Spanish Fork Parade.

LOVE this pic of my girls! It could quite possibly be my new favorite!

Chillin by the big Bro. watching the parade

Cousin Cooper and Cohen

Eating Breakfast on the Go! :o)

Little cousin Hayden

Silly Cousin Cort

Little Macie stealing someones chair :o)

Cute little Rylan

Brinley with her latest buddy, Uncle Bret.

We were supposed to end the day with the city fireworks from Kellie's back yard - but with the crazy thunderstorms that roll through, they were delayed for over an hour so we missed them this year.

We did however, get to spend the day with cousins from San Diego that we don't get to see very often. The kids hit it off right away and had a great time! Brinley and Mackenzie attached themselves to their 13 year old cousin Calvin's hip and climbed all over him for the rest of their visit. Micailey and Caitlin hit it off doing gymnastic tricks and had 2 sleep overs at grandpa's together and were basically inseparable! They were sad when the trip came to an end! It's sad to have to say good bye! We thoroughly enjoyed having them here and hope we can see them more often!