4th of July

Pete, Candace, Hazel, and Teddy all came to visit us for the 4th of July. 

We did some sparklers.

Had some sister loves.

Threw some poppers at mom.

What a cute family.

Hazel loved the sparklers.

Teddy really loved the sparklers.

June..... did not.

Nice belly!

The girls especially loved the pooping dog firework.

Still not happy about those dang sparklers.

One of the days they were here the boys went off to play frisbee golf so Candace and I took the kids to a fountain... that we were totally allowed to play at. I think.

It was pretty slippery so they spent a lot of time pretending to be animals.

I think Hazel might have a future career on that show Bay Watch.

Teddy loooooved the water. He was squealing so much!

We ended the day with a little cousin sun bathing.

Happy Birthday Madelyn!!

My oldest baby turned 7 in June! She's clever and helpful and beautiful and I am so glad she's my daughter. She got to open her presents first thing in the morning because we went on a camping trip to celebrate our 7 amazing years together.

We gave her roller blades. Hopefully we don't end up regretting that.

We camped up by Idaho City. Grandma Jo, Pops, Toots, and Ian came with us. Our campsite was right next to a creek. The girls were so antsy to get in that they didn't even care that it wasn't warm enough to swim. They had a blast.

Lily forgot her swimsuit so she got to wear mine. We had to modify it a bit.

June had fun playing on the edges of the stream.

We also went on a little hike.

Ian got his hair did for the hike.

Happy Pops.

I said to Ian "I bet you can't just jump onto that stump". But he could. 

He could also get off it all fancy like.

There were even bubbles! We had a good time, there was no blood, and everyone slept pretty well. I'd call it a successful family camp trip!

Hello Idaho

We love being back in the West!! Rory bikes to work now.

We've hiked a lot.

Sometimes more successfully then other times.

We've been to the zoo.

And taken swimming lessons.

And hiked even more! The weather has been beautiful. No humidity! Hardly any bugs! We can sit in the grass! We love Idaho!

Goodbye Kansas

Well, we moved. A while ago. But here are a few pictures.

Here we are taking down the bunkbed.

Getting all ready to leave. Lily rode in the truck with Rory. Madelyn and June hung out in the car with me.

On our way to Idaho we stopped at a little park for some lunch. The girls were all very happy to get out of the car.

It was exhausting work traveling so far. Poor June got sick during the trip and puked a few times in the car. She handled it very well though and Madelyn survived. Madelyn was pretty freaked out by the puking. Thank goodness hotels have washing machines.