Part 2 of our summer adventures (Be warned - it's long!)

In July we went 4-wheelin' up at Mt. Timpanogos with Blake's family and had a great time playing in the water, hiking and of course riding on the 4-wheelers. A few weeks later we went up there again to go camping with our kids. I forgot the camera had ran out of batteries though and didn't get one single picture!! I was so mad at myself! We had a really fun trip and on our way out of the park we stopped and hiked up to the Mt. Timpanogos caves. The boys did awesome! It is a 3 and a half mile roundtrip hike. It is straight up getting there, so I was really proud of the boys. Eliza on the other hand was carried by Blake for about 3/4 of the way. She is nothing but his little princess!





Then Gage had an egg launch activity for scouts. They make these rockets out of two liter bottles which you pad the egg inside the best you can so it doesn't break and then they launch them into the air. We made ours wrong and they almost didn't let us launch them but after a friend had a few words with them about not letting our scouts participate, they changed their minds! It turns out Gage did some good padding because his egg didn't break and he was so happy about it as you can see!



Also in July, the place where Gage takes Taekwondo held their annual summer BBQ. Here is a picture of Max and Blake freezing their feet so the "princess" didn't have to:


Here is another picture of Eliza with a dandelion. She loves these things!! Can you see the size of it?? It was HUGE!! Man, was she in heaven! We were trying to go on a hike but couldn't get very far without her having to stop and pick another one!



100% BOYS! Can't go to the mountains without finding sticks and acting like they are some kind of weapon!



In mid July Blake's mom did a family reunion over a weekend. First, we went to Lagoon for a fun filled day! We rode rides all day long and played for hours at their water park - Lagoon A Beach. We brought the kids home around 7 pm and fed them dinner and then Blake's mom so kindly stayed behind and watched the kids while all of the adults (Blake's brothers and sisters and their spouses) went back and stayed till 11 pm when it closed! We had a blast! Wicked (the ride) rocks!! Thanks Jan!







The next day was Eliza's birthday party. It was a Hannah Montana party. She loves Hannah Montana! We watch her show and have her cd's, (which she rocks out to in the car) dolls, play make-up, lotion, shampoo, jewelry, a backpack, and even a wig! We had the party at Kangaroo Zoo. It is a bounce house place. She went to a friend's party there and it was all she could talk about! We were planning on renting a pony and having a pony party for her but once she got her mind set on Kangaroo Zoo there was no changing it! It turned out to be a lot of fun even for the adults despite all of the friction burns we got. It was kind of our fault though because we were racing on the obstacle courses and not behaving as we probably should have been. We laughed our heads off though! The clean up was the best part, I had none! They did it all! It was the easiest way to throw a party, show up, have fun and go home.

So that morning Eliza said she wanted to look "fancy" for the party so she picked out a dress to wear and had me "curly" her hair and finish it off with a big bow! She did look pretty cute I must say. We ended up changing her into long sleeves and capris not too long after though to prevent any friction burning. Letting her wear a dress there wasn't one of my smarter ideas but at least she felt "fancy" for a little while!







Later that night Jan took all of the adults out to Desert Star to see Indiana Bones. It is a comedy theater. They usually do spoofs on popular movies. It is a good time. We've been several times before, Jan loves to go there! We usually get pizza and other snacks and just have a good time. Thanks again Jan!

At the end of the month we went to Mesquite for Blake's dad's family reunion and spent a couple of days there. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera and didn't get any pictures. While there, we mostly went swimming and ate at the buffet! What else do you do in Mesquite?? Luckily for Blake our kids are pretty tan and didn't get sunburned out in the blazing sun! I asked him to get sunscreen on them when he got out to the pool because it was in the car and I would meet them down at the pool after I changed. By the time I got there they were already in the pool but without sunscreen on!!! Luckily for him they are little brown bathing beauties because they didn't even get pink and everyone else was slathering on the sunscreen and some of them still got sunburns! It was smokin' hot down there! On the way home we stopped off for a treat - In N Out Burger!! Yes, that's right there is one in St. George now! We love that place and were so excited to see it there. I hope one makes it this way!


Whew, that was long! I am definitely going to try and keep up from now on! : )