4th of July!

We had such a fun week at Bear Lake over the 4th of July.  The first part of the week it was just the mom's and alot of kids plus 3 babies.  I'm not sure how we did it but we did!  

The girls loved to bounce the tennis balls with their rackets

 Addie loved the beach and scooted all around on her bum.  She loved to dig and would usually have sand from head to foot!

 Addie was happiest in the water and loved to sit in the shallow and scoot around!

Addie and Cortney loved playing together in the sand and the water!  They are so cute together!

 Brinley loved it when Addie snuggled with her!

 We ate lots of sno-cones and shakes!

 We loved holding baby Tess!

 Sadie painted everyone's nails Red, White, and Blue

 We went on lots of fun ranger rides!

 Loved swimming with all of the cousins

 Had lots of fun beach days!

 Of course we had to do some stunting!

 and build sand castles!

 and go on lots of tube rides!

 Addie loves her Dad!

 Cousins are the best friends ever!

 Brinley tried knee boarding!

 We weathered a Bear Lake storm that felt like a tornado hit.  Luckily all of the kids were on the boat during the storm.  We had sun shades flying everywhere while the rain, Hail, and wind came down.  Were drenched at the beach and some how made it to the cars with the babies all safe.  It was a scary storm that hit fast.  I think this was one we won't forget!

 We celebrated the 4th of July with Grandma face painting all the kids!

 and waving Red, White, and Blue glow wands outside!

We always have so much fun at the cabin with our favorite people.  I don't know what we would do without the cousins!  They really are our best friends!  We didn't want to come home!  Bear Lake is the Best!

REAL Soccer!

Eric surprised Brinley and Hailey with tickets to the Real soccer game.  They were so excited they wanted their faces painted.  They loved the game and both came home with real shirts.  Brinley is a huge soccer fan and loves watching the games with her Dad!  

 More Sno-cones with Luke and Tessa.  Addie loved sharing with them and wanted to drink out of the same cup!

Sno-Cone Sale!

The girls have had a fun summer of Sno-Cone sales.  They love to set up on our corner.  They usually have quite a few people stop and get one.  They used Sadie's new sno-cone machine and made some yummy one's.  I think Addie loves them the most!  After the sale they had fun jumping on the tramp with their cousins!  It was a fun summer day!

Happy 12th Sadie!

Happy Birthday Sadie!!  We celebrated Sadie's 12th Birthday a few days before her real birthday.  She was going to be gone to Girls camp on her birthday so we decided to celebrate before she left.  She was excited to get lots of new summer clothes, a snow cone machine, and her favorite a samsung galaxy cell phone.( it's nicer than her mom's phone! lol)  I can't believe she is already 12 years old.  She is so excited to start young women's and has been loving this summer hanging out with friends and going to two different girls camps (one at grandma's ward) so she can get to know the girls before school starts.   She had fun celebrating her birthday at girls camp.  They were so nice to her and had her stand in front of the whole stake( who she didn't know anyone!) and they sang Happy Birthday to her.  They had cupcakes and put a candle in it for her to blow out!  I am so grateful for the gospel and no matter where you are if you know people or not you always have a friend.  Grandma's ward has been so welcoming to her and we feel really blessed she had such a great time with them.

 Sadie is so busy this summer we have hardly seen her. She is beginning a new phase of life and is loving it.  It is fun to watch her grow up!   She loves to babysit all of the neighbor kids and cousins.  She is such a great big sister and a great example to everyone.  We love you Sadie!