Camping in Yellowstone

We went on a fun trip to Yellowstone with Paul's sister and her family and Grandma and Grandpa West. We packed up lots of yummy food and all our camping supplies and drove up. My kids have been so excited for camping! They love sleeping in the tent and being outdoors and roasting s'mores and playing in the dirt. 

There were lots of beautiful sights to see. We hiked to a waterfall that was just majestic. We also really loved the Dragon's Lair! Yellowstone is amazing! We saw some wild life too. My kids loved hanging out with cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. Rebecca's kids were so good with to play with Clark and Braden and Susie. 

The weather was a little chilly, especially our last night. It started to rain right as we were eating dinner around the fire. So we washed and changed the kids in our car and got into our jammies and all 

snuggled in our tent. It was neat listening to the rain. It took us all awhile to fall asleep but all in all the kids did pretty well. 

They were zonked out on the ride home. We made some great memories and I'm grateful we were able to share it with family! 

Summer Fun

We have had a lot of fun so far this summer, I love it! It is so nice to have no school and spend so much time outside. This summer we are trying out a fun summer schedule:

Make it Monday

Time to read Tuesday

Where to go Wednesday

Thoughtful Thursday

Fun Friday 

It's been great! Our July gets a little busy so we are just having some laid back fun this month. 

We went on a little hike the other day. We were hoping to make it to the waterfall, but it was just too far. We did find a little stream we threw rocks in and the kids thought that was fun. 

We went to a fun splash pad. The kids had a great time, even Clark. 

My kids love crafts so they look forward to Mondays. We made these cute dragons this week. 

We had a great time with our friends at the zoo today. The weather was great and the kids loved seeing all the animals. I was surprised how much they enjoyed it! I thought they would get bored after a little while but they would just stand in front of the exhibits forever! We had to keep them moving. It was a great day. Hurray for summer! 

Softball, School's Out, Birthday Visitors

Susie has had so much fun playing softball this month! She is a great little softball player. She has even a few home runs. We practice at home and when I tell her "good job" she says, "thanks, my coach taught me." 

Susie finished up kindergarten. One of their expeditions in kindergarten is learning all about bees. They had a Celebration of Learning program and Susie had a speaking part and played the part of a flower, too. We have loved having Mrs. LeFevre this year as her teacher! Susie was selected out of all the kindergartens for the "Best of the Best" award. We are so proud of her for working hard and learning so much this year. 

Olivia and JP came down to stay with us over Memorial Day weekend and we were able to celebrate Olivia's 21st birthday. We had so much fun having them here! We watched movies, played games, went shopping, visited the aquarium, and we even got to go on a double date (not pictured). On her birthday we had family over for fresh salsa and games. It was a hoot! I always love spending time with my sister. She is so fun to be around.