Star Valley visit

We went up to visit my mom in Star Valley this summer. My brother Kyle and his family were visiting from Texas. The kids love playing with their cousins. The older kids made great babysitters for their 2 year old.

Kayla and Kelsee

My kids loved playing with Kayla and were quite entertained by her cute personality.

Sisters hanging out...

look mom...a butterfly!!!

Madison, Bailey, Hayden and Garret showing off their t-shirts they made at Grandma's house.

Abby, Kelsee and Casidy showing off their tees.

Abby, Kelsee and Casidy thinking they are a little too cool!

Hayden and Kayla...Hayden wasn't too sure about all the hugs Kayla was trying to give him while he was eating. I kept trying to take pictures of his funny expressions but I never quite captured it.

Zions

On our way back from the cabin, we drove through Zions and took the kids on a hike to the mouth of the narrows. They had fun playing in the water.

We stopped by the visitors center for our friends out of town guest to buy a couple of souvenirs. Bailey wanted to buy the store out and got pretty upset when I told her no. She got really quiet and looked up and asked "well, will you at least take a picture of it so I remember what it looks like?" This is her posing with one of a number of items she spotted. The bird happened to be her favorite find.

Sunmer Fun

Our friends invited us to go up to their family cabin and hang out for a couple of days. The kids had a blast playing in the pond, going down the zip line, roasting marshmallows, singing camp fire songs, swinging, playing games, doing crafts, hanging out and having fun.

Abby P, Madison, Sarah, Abby S., Grant, Emma, Jack, James and Bailey making silly faces. Trying to get the group to all sit up, smile and look at the camera was asking too much that day. What a rowdy looking bunch!!

4th of July BBQ

When we take the kids to visit Grandma and Grandpa Speakman, they always know they will be roasting hot dogs and smores over a fire. Grandpa was teaching the girls how to chop kindling with an axe and how to start a good fire. Jared and I got a little nervous watching the girls using an axe...even if it was dull.

Homemade ice cream...Jared's favorite

4th of July Parade

Grandma Speakman, Bailey and Kelsee waiting for the 4th of July parade to begin in Mt. Pleasant.

Madison and Bailey anxiously waiting for the candy

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

The HAST swim meet

We took Kelsee up to American Fork to the annual HAST swim meet. It was a 3 day meet with morning and afternoon sessions. Luckily for us, the weather was cooler than normal so we didn't get too hot. One evening, we all had to go into the facility because a large thunderstorm rolled through. It rained extremely hard and the wind blew like crazy. After it finished, we went out to find everything we had not carried in with us soaked including our camera. The case protected it thank goodness.

Kelsee

The backstroke...her not so favorite event.

Breast stroke...her favorite event. She was able to shave 4 seconds off of her best time. She did a great job!

Kelsee and Coach Dani

Seven Peaks

We came up to Provo for the HAST swim meet for Kelsee. We took the kids last year to Seven Peaks and they begged us to take them again. We invited our friends to come with us and the kids had a blast. Their favorite thing to do...the boomerang and the vortex. Jared, Bailey, myself and my friend Jeanine enjoyed the lazy river and the wave pool.

Megan and Abby

Abby, Madison, Bailey and Porter refueling before more water slides.

Porter, Kelsee and Amelia posing after going down the slides.