Day in the sun...

The first thing the kids wanted to do for summer break was play in the sprinklers. Claire was still wearing her splint so we had to get her all wrapped up in a garbage bag. 

Kamie's girls were over too. 

Poor H has no fat on his little body. He got cold and grumpy really fast. 

He ended up sitting in the sun to get warm. 

Cute Blakelee is getting so big. I can't believe it. 

Tidbits...

We are counting down the days until summer break. Until then we just enjoy the warm weather. 

The last week of school the kids had Luau day. 

Randy and I decided to take a hiatus from sports and extracurricular activities with out kids until the fall. We wanted to have some freedom to go camping and make some family memories.  We didn't want to be tied down and committed to a schedule.  We are so excited for summer break. 

Claire's last day of Kindergarten. K-garten got out a day earlier than the rest of the school. She loved Mrs. Burningham. Mrs. Kirby will be her teacher next year. She is pretty excited. 

On Brad's last day we got a call from Grandpa Moose. He was in town doing a job in Logan. Brad only had a half day at school so as soon as he got home we met Grandpa at Pizza Pie Cafe. It was a fun surprise to see him. 

That weekend Steven and Kari came to visit too. They were in town for a baby shower for Kari's niece. Steven and Claire were spinning around and lost grip. Claire fell backwards and landed on her arm. We went to instacare the next morning and found out she broke her arm.  

Who breaks their arm on the first day of summer. Bummer way to start out. 

She was pretty excited about her pink cast. And as a bonus it is waterproof. I don't think it will slow her down too much. 

On June 1st I got a phone call from my parents that my Grandma Reimann had passed away. It was hard to wrap my head around her being gone. She is the most amazing woman I know. She was an elect lady who taught me numerous life lessons and loved her family genuinely and unconditionally. 

Randy was in charge of the Father and Son's camp the first week of summer. He had to delegate that assignment to someone else so we could head to Salt Lake for Grandma's funeral. 

Hope of America- Park Elementary- Logan Kiwanis Club

Randy and Nate got to present the Hope of America award at Park Elementary this year. The presented it at the year end assembly. The kids were excited to see their dad at school.

Davis White was one of the recipients of the hope of America Award so it was fun for Randy to present it to one of our good friend's kid. 

Memorial Day Weekend 2014

We went to Oxford, Idaho for our first camping trip of the year. It is just 10 minutes north of Time and Kamie's house.  Justin and Tamara know a couple that own 500+ acres and the agreed to let us camp on their property. We were the only ones there and it was absolutely beautiful. Memorial Day weekend is usually packed with people so it was nice to be isolated.

We went with the Nortons, Shields, Tim and Kamie, and the Nelsons.

All the men worked on Friday so the kids just played around camp.  

We could see forever so the kids got to explore more than normal. 

Did I mention this place was beautiful!?! These pictures just don't do it justice. Everything was so green and the mountains behind us were breathtaking. 

The girls wasted no time at all setting up their fort. 

The weekend was so relaxing. I just sat in a camp chair and watched the kids play. 

There was a small stream that we let them put their feet in. 

The weather was perfect. It was warm during the day then chilly at night. 

The mountain view was gorgeous at night. 

The next day we shot guns and went for 4 wheeler rides, and the kids were content to play around camp. 

We took a nice long ride with the kids on the "buggy"

We drove into a grove of pine trees and it was so pretty I had to jump out to take a picture. 

We live in such a beautiful place. 

This was the Norton's first trip in their new trailer.  We made a lofty goal to go camping at least 40 nights this year. 

We finally talked Tamara into letting Gage try out a motorcylce. He loved it and I think we got him hooked. 

Silly Tiger. He cracks me up. 

I had to work on Saturday night so I left camp. Randy texted me this picture and said it was raining/hailing like crazy. 

It rained all night. Randy fed the kids early bathed them and they stayed in the trailer and watched a movie with dad. 

When i got there the next morning the roads near Oxford had been closed through the night from mud slides. It was cute to see all the farmers our on their tractors trying to help each other dig out the mud. Since it was such a muddy mess at camp we decided to go to Downata Hot Springs. The kids had a riot. We stayed all day. I didn't have my camera so Kamie let me use hers. 

(Pics to come)

The next morning it was time to pack up and go home. I really didn't want to. I could have stayed there for several more days. 

Bring on camping. Bring on summer!!!