Fish Lake 2019

We were in Fish Lake for Braden's actual birthday. We had a great time. We spent time out on the boat, fished, went for walks, and enjoyed being out in nature. 

Braden Turns 6

Braden had a birthday! He was so excited. He talks about his birthday all year long. We went on a birthday date to Menchies and got frozen yogurt with all the toppings. We had our little birthday interview and had fun hanging out together. Grandma West always sends birthday money so he was excited to go spend that. He bought a blue light saber. 

Braden wanted a volcano cake. Luckily for me, volcanoes are meant to look messy. 

We had a few of friends over for water balloons and pizza and cake. 

He got some legos from Mom and Dad and a dinosaur fingerling from Grandma Susie.  

Braden and Susie have had a lot of fun playing together this summer. Clark gets left out sometimes. Braden loves to ride his wiggle car and jump on the trampoline. He is a good reader and wants a snack 12 times a day. His favorite things are doing art projects, eating rice, and going on dates. He gets stressed out easily and struggles to listen sometimes. He is very loving and is still great at snuggling with his mom even at 6. 

Fun in Idaho

One of the best parts about summer is visiting family. We went up to Idaho to see some of my extended family that we haven't seen in awhile. We stopped at a few cemeteries to visit graves of grandparents my children haven't known. We visited with Aunt Florence, who turned 88 just the day before our visit. We visited with Uncle Jr at Artic Circle, and stopped by to see Aunt Ludene and Uncle Alan and Uncle Claude and Aunt Jane. We brought everyone homemade raisin filled cookies and they were a big hit. 

We stayed at Grandma Hildreth's house and went camping in Diamond Creek the next day. The kids loved the 4 wheelers and the horses and seeing Uncle Lynn and Aunt Glenna. The kids climbed the big hill next to the horse shed over and over again. They had so much fun. Grandma and Grandpa made us a big pancake and eggs and sausage breakfast before we packed up and headed out. 

This bat crawled up our screen canopy! 

The boys went home while Susie and I went and stayed at Aunt Livy's new house. We went to her pinning ceremony on Monday and her commencement on Tuesday. We had a fun family dinner one night and went out for lunch the next day. It was a lot of fun. We are so proud of Olivia! She's worked really hard to get her degree in nursing.