June-July-?? Where did those months go!!

June has been a fun month- school finally let out! My kids have been chomping at the bit for a little break. They only get 8 weeks so we have been going like crazy! It has taken forever for the weather to warm up this year- 4th of July the temps were still in the 70's! Kind of wierd! They did 2 weeks of swimming lessons to start the break off- perfect timing to get them ready for summertime swimming. :) They also had cousins come and hang out for a couple of days! Keri and her family stayed and played- the kids really enjoyed riding four wheelers and touring the calf ranch. The baby calves are always a hit with kids- Kaden leading the way for the tour.

Watching the guys in the milk processing barn getting ready for the afternoon feeding- I think we have 7-9000 on bottles- lots and lots of bottles to fill and feed everyday.

FUN IN VEGAS WITH THE GALS!

For Christmas my mom got all of us girls tickets to see the Beatles Love show in Vegas! It was so much fun being there with all of them. :0 And I LOVE Beatles!! It was like an acrobat show to a bunch of Beatle songs..... so good and entertaining! It was a quick 2 day trip but lots of fun! Thanks mom- you are always so thoughtful! You make everything so perfect and fun!

A quick chocolate pit stop shop! YUM!

ARIZONA! HOT HOT HOT!!!

Grandma Myrt has a house in AZ that is empty most of the summer so the kids and I along with my buddy:) grandma took a ROAD trip from Boise to AZ to stay and visit her daughters (my aunts) and cousins! Yes a road trip! 16 to 17 hours! We were 40 miles out when Brooklynn started asking if we were there yet! Lol! I can laugh now- Like I said, the temps here in Id have taken a long time to warm up- so needless to say, we went from 70-75 average to 110-116 average! 30-40 degree jump in one day! My kids were in shock! Bless grandma's heart, she was such a great sport in dealing with all their squabbles! We spent everyday at swimming pools in Mesa- they became friends with all the old folks at the clubhouse pool- and fell in love with the lifeguards at the city pools! (Sandlot Movie) Kaden started jumping from the diving board for the first time! So one day I thought- lets do something different- lets go miniture golfing- it opened at 11:00 am. We got our balls and clubs and started- temp was probably 102 degrees and climbing. After the first two holes Jordan was already getting very irritated at the hot temps- I kept saying ignore it- lets just have fun and golf. By the way we were the only ones out there for some reason! l0l! So at hole 9 there is a soda machine- I went over to buy a water and Zayne says, "I don't feel good! I am dizzy and my legs are shaking!" I look over at him and unlike the other three kids who are bright red and dripping with sweat- he is pasty pale and green! We quickly ended that game and ran inside to get water and cool off! OOps! The rest of the trip was spent in pools or dollar theatres!

One pool had this great slide the kids loved!

Zayne is such an easygoing kid- poor thing- check out his face!

Three bright red faces and one pale! Zayne normally is brown!
We stepped into the cool building and Brooklynn says, "Uhgh! I am sweating like a dang pig!" I couldn't help but laugh! They all looked so put out and miserable! :)

This video is so funny! Jordan is so dramatic! Remember her at Yellowstone last year cuz she was freezing? Here she is in AZ burning hot! Ha Ha! Funny funny!

CAMPING IN CASCADE!

We took the kids camping last week. We found a place in Cascade where you can camp, kayake, swim and fish all right there next to your campsite. The kids loved fishing for about 10 minutes or so!! Brooklynn's favorite part was fetching out worms for us! Who would have guessed? Jordan was the only lucky one to get a bite...check it out....:)

ITS A WHOPPER! LOOK THERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE WATER! LOL!

Before heading home- we tried our luck at fishing one last time! Across the lake were these beavers! They were totally catching fish- we weren't! I took a picture and look what came up.... it could just be me, but is that darn thing laughing at us??? Look close at it's face! Lol!