Timp Cave

We hiked Timp cave with the Jones'.  It was a lot of fun.  The hike is only 1 1/2 miles,but it is a steep incline.  Jake did great the whole way up.  Brooks did OK.  I only carried him a little ways up.  Aubrey did great on Ryan's back.  The cave was so cool.  I haven't been since I was a kid.  I hit my head really hard twice on stalactite's.  The way down was really hard on the kids knees.  I carried Brooks the whole way and Jake had to stop a couple of times.  Overall they did really well.  

Dress up

The kids all decided to dress up the other day and go show all the big girls on the street.  How cute are they!  These boys have so much fun together.  We are so lucky to have so many fun kids on our street.
Aubrey got in the action with my old track shorts.  I don't know what she is, but she is sure cute.
Kreed is Yoda, Jake is a Ninja Turtle, Aubrey is in shorts, Gage is Batman, Brooks is Red Power Ranger, and Dillon is Karate Kid.

Strawberry

We had so much fun in Strawberry.  We went in the middle of June.  It was so much fun.  The Tranes, Dunn's, and Zamboni's all came with us and we had a great time.  It is always fun when we go with these guys.  I have never been to Strawberry.  It was so beautiful up there and it is only an hour and 15 minutes away.  We can't wait to go again.  There are a ton of mosquitos though.  Jake had 25 and Brooks had 14 when we came home.  I was spraying them with off every 2 seconds.  I think it was attracting the bugs to them.  

Aubrey fake sleeping

I love that she pretends she is sleeping.  She has really fooled me in this one.
The other day I came into my living room and Aubrey had taken every blanket out of my entertainment center and put them in a pile.  She grabbed a pillow and a book and was chillin' like a villain.  So besides the fact that she is extremely cute.  I thought this was so funny.  I love to see her start using her creativity to keep her entertained.  The kicker for me is that she had grabbed a Book of Mormon and she was "really reading" it.  I hope she is still reading when she is 15.  What a kick in the pants!  She keeps me on my toes and I love her for it.  She has brought so much joy into our lives.  She is such a smart girl.  She knows what a Cow, Dog, Chicken, Horse, the letter a, letter b, and the letter R all say.  She is learning so many knew things.  I can't believe how fast it has gone.  She will be 2 in 2 months.  

The Gardner's

We loved having Brigham, Lincoln, and Tatum stay with us for a few days while Tim & Jodi took clay to Cooperstown, NY.  They are such good kids.
Tatum was such a doll.  I loved doing her hair.  She looked so cute at church everyone was just oohing and awing over her.  
This is my little princess.  I wish her hair would look like this all the time.
This is what it looks like before and 30 minutes after we style it.

Nice bum where ya from?

P.S.  She dressed herself.

My mom turned 50 this year. We had a little party for her at my house.  All of Don's kids were able to come and all of my brother's were there and so were her siblings.   She still looks great.  I feel really bad that I didn't get more pictures of her that night.  I was so busy.  Next time I will assign somebody that job.  Trust me though.  She looks great I will post a picture later. 
This is my Aunt Jamie (she is married to my mom's brother, John).  Her and Aubrey were BFF by the time they left.  
These are Don's cute kids (minus Brook's husband Jason).   My mom told them they had to wear red and white so they could take there picture.  She didn't tell us that.  I guess we know who her favorites are.  It was actually pretty funny.  They looked so cute though.

More Sand Dunes Pictures

Sand Mountain.
This is Ryan heading up sand mountain in his green razor.
The Allen's and the Dunn's came out to the Dunes with us.  It was a blast!
The kids played on the dirt hill forever.  They had sand in every crevice of there bodies.