First:
My DADDY~O turned the BIG 69!! We had a fun party for him to celebrate this last year of his 60's. I gave him 2 pairs of shorts to wear...(the first pair of his LIFE) and he loves them. We will make him young yet..that awesome young whipper snapper!
Love these boys!
This is his favorite place to hang these days...on his lounge (as he calls it!) I just had to capture it for good times sake!
Second:
Our friends the Maughn's invited us and another family to a cabin in BEAR LAKE!! SWEET WATER that is! We LOVE going to the LAKE!!!! It was SUCH a great and wonderful BLAST of a time!! Loved it all!
The view from the cabin.
The first night we ate some BEAR Lake pizza and put the kids to bed. We hung outside under the BRIGHT and beautiful stars. Of course chatted and goofed off til late.
SILLY!
The next morning we woke and packed up to hit the good ol LAKE of the BEAR! It was PACKED with people. We were lucky enough to have some friends of our friends offer their families beach for us to play on. It was PERFECT! They were a hoot to get to know and hang with.
Great sand beaches!
Great friends and company!
The people even had a boat they offered to take us out on. They hooked the water weenie (my personal fav) and the water biscuit up at the same time. While the boat was flying along, we would hop back and forth from one to the other. It was a TOTAL BLAST and beat us up like crazzzyyyy..but was SOO worth it!! I have lots of battle wounds to show for it! ;)
Here is the biscuit with all the kids chillin' on it! (one of my new fav's!)
We rowed around a bit in this little number. (sorta sinking) I was the one steering...and we pretty much went in circles. HA HA! Good times still!
We played on the AWESOME wave runners most of the day. It was SUPER busy out with tons of boats and such...but we were careful!
Tate ready to hit the waters with daddy!
Davin's turn to hit it!
The man of the hour with the boys! STUDLY!
We were showing off our stuff too! ;)
We swam out through sea weed and all. Janell was trying to dunk my face the whole way out. Didn't succeed! HA!
The boys chilled on the beach with the beach toys! LOVE it when they play so good! I love them so!!
Now back at the cabin all cleaned up, the boys had a great play area to PLAY! It was soo nice!
Mom and Dad Loved playing on the four wheelers and motorcycle more with them though.
We enjoyed goofing off on the Teeny TINY Motor bike!
Third:
We then headed home just in time to hit my sisters 40th BLACK BIRTHDAY party! My brothers came down from WA and OR to join in on the fun along with my other family members. It was SOOOOOO fun to be all together!
She looks pretty darn good for 40 I think! She was the princess of the hour!
There was 5 missing in the gang..but not too shabby for our scattered out family! Goofy off is our middle name!
All the sibs (youngest to oldest) and the parents! AWW..love em~
Being silly still!
Then the Limbo times!
What a riot!
Then the boys all were trying to show off THEIR stuff! This is super hard. Not too shabby babe!
Fourth:
The 24th of July celebrations!
We always hit the parade on center street. Our old stomping grounds!! Fun times with lots of fun people!
The kids getting lots of good ol treats and LOOT!
Chillin' with the hubs!
AWWWW...so cute!
Aaron's work mate! SPOTS~
We then hit the WILLOW park for all of the festivities. The candy cannon was fun for the boys to run around and collect all of treats that they just don't need. ;)
That evening...a storm was brewing and we just were not sure if the firworks would get cancelled or not. Sooo instead....we sat out front of the house and watched all of our neighbors do their personal firworks. Man, people are RICH!! We bought some cheap ones and then watched the Willow ones from the driveway. It worked out perfectly!! Family and friends joined in on the fun!
Sparklers!
Being dorks!
Good times and people!
Then:
After the kids were all settled in bed...Aaron and I snuck up onto the roof to watch the late night show of fireworks around the valley. It was sooo relaxing up there with the cool breeze in our hair....and the beauty all around. We tried to take a picture with our eyes open. This was as good as we could get. Ha ha! Then we called it a night!
We LOVE summer time and all of it's wonderful times and enjoyment..but we also are so grateful for our freedom and also the pioneers that made their way here for us!
What a wonderful thing to celebrate!!
4 comments:
Your summer is awesome! You guys are super busy enjoying every minute! That's totally how summer should be! I love that the aerial fireworks are now legal, and I can enjoy them while everyone else pays for them... haha.
you are the funnest people ever! everytime i read your posts, it makes me want to hang out with you! is your friends name (that you went to bear lake with) Morgan? If so, she was on of my sister's good friends in high school, and one of Russ' sisters friends. Keep up the fun! You guys are awesome!
so fun! love the aggie shirts too! miss bear lake, wish we were closer! dang! have i ever told you you are gorgeous?? ;D
You are having one fun filled summer darling!!! Happy b-day to your dad, and sis. It looks like you had a great time at Bear Lake
It was so fun seeing you at the parade- except i had no idea I was in that pic, what a dork I am :)
How romantical that you got to snuggle on the roof for the fireworks!!!
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