The Ranch

We made it to the ranch.

This trip to the ranch all the kids planned and fixed a meal.

The first night was Jeremy's dinner he made delicious hamburgers.

 They looked for wildlife...

We walked to the gate..

 Had to have a fire and make smores!

The next morning -  first item on the agenda.

Katie wants to learn to ride a motorcycle.

Mike is giving her the rundown of the bike.

 A little more instruction...

 and she is off!

One happy girl!  

Spike Ball is the new fun game

 of course we walk to the gate and try to get the trucks to honk

We were all lined up!

Finished the day by playing Five Crowns.

Life is good!
I love having all my kiddies together!
Families are the best...

Neighborhood Fun...

We have only lived here a year, but the little neighbor kids love to come over.

They see Sam and Riley more often and think they are the greatest, 

Katie and Jeremy come to town and add to the fun. 

The kids were trying to think of an afternoon activity and 

decided a neighborhood water balloon fight was just the thing on a hot day.

First they filled hundreds of balloons.

They divided up the teams and decided to be them against all the little kids.

They set up their sides... each got one bucket and one bucket of  balloons in the middle.

Strapped the Go Pro on Riley.

They were ready for big action.

Let the fun begin...

We had to have treats!

 It turned out to be fun!  Might need to be an annual event.

Katie made us delicious gluten free pizza for dinner and

Mike & the kids all headed to the local drive in for a double feature!

Field trip to the Ogden Temple

 Nothing much better than being at the Temple with all your kiddies.

Had to take pictures with all of them.

So grateful we are an eternal family.

Get to be with these darlings forever!

Life is good.

After our 8 am Temple Tour.

we went to breakfast and then the kids had a plan...

details next post!

Riley's Birthday!

Smiley Riley had a Birthday.

On the actual birthday day we headed to Provo and had dinner with the boys at

Bam Bams BBQ

It was amazingly good.

On Sunday, the boys picked up Katie and Jeremy and we had another party.

It was a party for Riley's birthday and a party cause we were all together!

It is always a party when all my kids are here!

Katie and Jeremy were in town for a whole week.

The boys were on break from school.

We all took the week off and were ready for fun!

We enjoyed  the usual Birthday Wafer Cake!