The rest of July....

July 3rd-
We took the kids to a drive in.  I don't think we had done that for over 10 years

July 10th
Lilly and Afton had a pretty awesome day as we
got to go ice skating with Lilly's 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Bradshaw

July 12th-

Lizzie's playgroup with her friends was in full force this summer. 

Here are some pictures from the ever popular carnival day.

July 12th-

The girls took tennis lessons for 8 days in July.

  This picture was taken on their second to last day

July 23rd-

Sunday evening pictures of the teens in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard

July 24th-

Ethan headed off to a week long volleyball camp at BYU

July 25th- 

We got a new kitchen sink :)

July 26th-

Ethan and Lizzie's (and now Afton's) orthodontist have a free Cowabunga night each summer.  The girls and I went for the last little bit and had lots of fun!

July 27th

Fun day at the park with Afton and Lilly's friend Emily

July 28th- 

Clark Planetarium was one of our wish list items for the summer. 

We finally found a day to go.

July 29th

The four of us ran/ walked from the Draper Temple to home.  Perfect morning to train for Trek and mine and Ethan's upcoming Half Marathon.

July 31st- 

We ended the month by crossing off one more thing off our summer bucket list. 

Trying out Waffle Love for the first time.  So delicious. 

Yellowstone

We had the fun opportunity of getting to hang out in Yellowstone for a few days with our good friends the Sierers! Parents get along, kids get along and it was an awesome trip!!! 

July 14th-18th 2017

Cute girls!

Waiting for Lone Star Geyser

Our group

Awesome kids

Lizzie's tribute to Bear World :)

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July 18th, 2017

19 years........

Echo Lake

Last Saturday our friends (The Roberts) invited us and a few other families (Sierers, Duncans, Hadfields) to join them for a day of boating.  A day of boating always equals a good day- especially if you can hang out with good friends.

Lilly and Greta (with Taylor)

This girl finally got to use her birthday present (yellow kayak).  She is a natural out there.

Ethan on the paddle board

A view of all our kayaks and paddle boards :)

A kayak could even be used for surfing :)

Tube ride with Ted, Colin and Ethan

4th of July- Oakley style

We had a really fun day on the 4th of July.  We woke up early and then met my parents up in Oakley for the parade.  It was fun to experience a small town parade.

Afton all ready for the parade to start

The teen parade goers :)

 We showed our property to our parents and then we all hung out in the shade of our someday driveway and had lunch.

View from our property and one day front porch 7.4.17

Family picture on the driveway of our one day cabin :)

Grandparents with the grandkids

After lunch we started heading to the Polar King for shakes. 

Jim and Lizzie were distracted by this fine looking lady advertising a yard sale.

Lizzie's treasure she found at the yard sale. 

A monkey puppet that she let experience wind blowing in it's face on a car ride.

  She has named it Judge Primate or Bananas (depending on the day)

 Our evening was a BBQ with good friends and then watching some fireworks.

  Busy but definitely fun day!