Arizona or Bust

Well my brother and his family just recently moved from St. Louis to the Phoenix area. We are so excited to have them 1/2 the distance closer to us! My mom mentioned going to help them move and I thought we should go too! I have never been to Phoenix and it was summer so why not! We stopped half way in Vegas. We stayed at Sam's town off of the strip. They had fun animals that looked very realistic and a cool waterfall. Katelyn was terrified of the baby deer! The girls

The beaver

The (apparently scary) baby deer


Bryce swimming in the pool

The best find in Chandler. The yummiest ice cream in the world!

My good friend Becca from Rick's also lives in San Tan Valley. So I stopped by for a quick visit!

Us and our kids

We went to a yummy resturaunt called San Tan Flat. It had hay on the ceiling.

Bobby, Brooklynn, and Kierra

Dylan and Bryce

After we ate we went outside to the fire pits and roasting marshmallows! Even though it was probably still 90 degrees outside. There was was some Serious roasting going on here!

Dylan and his monster marshmallow hands

Hey Batter Batter Batter....Swing

On our way home we made a little detour and stayed at my sister Kristen & Adam's house in Escalante. Kristen made Hayley this yummy cheesecake! Happy 10th birthday Hayley! We had lots of fun helping Bobby and Kierra unpack. We can't wait to see them again. This time it's their turn to come to us. That is still a REALLY long drive with three kids!!

4th of July

We had lots of fun at my parents for the 4th of July. We had a pool party with lots of yummy homemade mexican food! Here is baby in a bucket. This shows how little she is. Here she is 16 months old and only 19 pounds.

Here is Steven the beanbag champion in action. We always have fun playing this game!

Katelyn and Daddy


I didn't take any pictures of fireworks this year. It was fun watching all the legal airials that we could do ourselves this year. They were everywhere! Happy Independence Day America!

3rd Annual Cousin Camp

We had a lot of fun again at the Annual Cousin Camp! We had even more cousins come this year. All of my grandparents great grandkids were there except for one! A couple others came late and weren't here for this picture. We did lots of swimming, eating and hanging out!
Katelyn learned how to walk only a few days before. So she had lots of fun exploring the camp! (and getting very dirty!)

Dylan had fun sweeping out my moms tent. (The never ending Lake Powell sand)

My cousins Becky and Cassey came for the first time. Here they are in the Lazy River.

Dylan, Kaden, Kyle and Emma getting in the Lazy River

The best picture of all. My fun grandma! This is her gangsta granny pose. I am so glad she can come every year. She makes cousin camp complete!

Surprise in Rexburg

With about 6 months of planning and a lot of help from Melanie. We were able to really surprise Jenise for her 30th birthday!! It was so much fun to see old friends!

The yummy chocolate chocolate cake!!

Blowing out the candles

Some of the decor. I forgot to take pictures because I was so excited for the surprise.

Playing with our kids at the park

We also went up to visit in Ashton one day. Katelyn and Ashlyn had fun playing together.

Katelyn and Grandma Georgia

We also went by to visit Aunt Sue and Aunt Gwen for a little bit. It's fun that they live in Rexburg now! We had lots of fun hanging out with family and can't wait to go back. Hopefully with Chris next time!

1.2.3.strikes your NOT out!

Dylan played T ball for the first time this year. He had lots of fun. We were entertained by it too! No rules no score. Boys running past other boys to get to the next base. Throwing it to the wrong person. Many other funny things happened in T ball.

He was pretty good at the hitting part. Most of the season they ended up not using the T because it just gets in the way. He hit lots of good hits all season.

His problem is the catching. He is a little scared. So we have lots of practising to do before next year!

I thought this picture was funny even though my camera settings were messed up.