Waterskiing with friends!

Last week we went with our friends the Thompsons down to the falls to waterski. We had a great time, the boys and Tanner wakeboarded, hung on the boom trying to barefoot ski, and road the tube. Abbey rode the tube and tried the boom and Hallie did both of those and even tried skiing. And of course Tedi showed us her wonderful skills of skiing..she is great! Thanks Thompsons for a fun night! Abbey, Tedi and Hallie riding the tube
Hunter, Tanner and Braeden getting sprayed by the boom!
I guess you would call these two the captain and cocaptain of our little ship.hee-hee
Smile everyone...

Hunter ready to get wakeboarding....
And he is off....look at the air!
Braeden's turn...taking off from the dock
Holy cow...big air!
Our cute little chicks...totally ready to play in the water!

Welcome the newest member of our family!

We have a new member of our family..her name is Bella! I know usually it's Brandon who comes home with the new pets but I have to admit this time it was me. She is a fun little dog and so smart. We are in the process of training her...seems like a new baby-but it is all worth it in the end right? If anyone has any good tips..let me know..

Lisa and kids come to bear lake...

Near the end of our Bear Lake trip my other sis Lisa came to hang out with us..we were excited to see her and to be able to hang out with her and her kids. We pretty much stayed at the beach and relaxed. It doesn't happen real often for all the cousins to be together...Utah, Idaho and Indiana makes it a tough task to pull us all together but it is always great when we do. Me, Lisa and Lyndee...My favorite sisters and my only ones!
Lisa, my mom and stina blowing up Tucks raft...we missed you Tuck!
Chase and Hunter...messing around as always.
Group picture of grandkids in front of cabin...including the three dogs.

Kendra, Grandpa and Abbey
Braeden and his twin Amy..notice the cute Hapari swimsuit- Love it!
The twins...what a hug
Playing on the tramp with cousin Stina and her friends.

Warming up in the sand..Kyler, Hunter, Kendra, Abbey, Amy and Braeden

Fourwheeling in Bear Lake...

So, our story continues in Bear Lake. Later in the week we decided to go on a 4wheeling ride. It was so beautiful- the mountains, trees and flowers were breathtaking. I think we sometimes take for granted the nature that surrounds us or maybe we just forget about it. It was nice to take a ride and enjoy the scenery. We stopped for pictures in a great little field of flowers and took tons of pictures. Brandon and I..remember it was really dusty and dirty so we don't look real great!
Hunter with the helmet on..gotta be safe.
We made it to Old Ephraims Grave.. a big bear that they hunted for quite a while and finally captured it and killed it. It is a memorial for the big bear.

My sis Lyndee and her hubby Doug.
Brandon and Abbey.
My mom and dad..funny kids!
Braeden trying to 4wheel through the flowers..thats a no-no..just kiddin!

Happy 4th of July!

We went to Bear lake for the 4th, well actually for a couple of weeks... my sister Lyndee and her family travelled from Indiana to Bear Lake to spend some time with the family, so we packed up and headed to Utah for a little family time. For the 4th we spent some good beach time and then after a barbecue back at the cabin we went back to the beach for fireworks..love the beach even at Bear Lake! Abbey and Kyler getting ready for the fireworks...

Hunt and Braeden making sand castles..never get tired of that!
Abbey and Brooklyn warming up.
Brooklyn cute as ever..
Kyler and Abbey in there homemade hole of water..isn't sand great?

Brynley..she loves the beach.

Natsoopaw here we come!

Braeden wanted to take some friends to Natsoopaw for his birthday so we piled on into the car and headed down. I have to say that it is a fun little place to have a party- a water slide, diving board, innertubes and warm water..what more could you ask for?? They had a lot of fun! Happy Birthday Braed!
Braeden and Brandon...say cheese!
What a dive...
Abbey and her little friend Brekyn..
Hunter and Marshall..they had a blast on the water slide..too much, they finally got kicked off-oops!

Happy birthday Braeden!

On June 17th my little guy turned the big 11..can you believe it? I also can't believe its taken me this long to blog it. It's been very busy lately, to say the least. So, to celebrate we went down to Bass Lake to hang out for the day with some friends and then in the evening we had a barbecue. His birthday continued into the next week which I will blog later ... we had to wait for some friends to come back into town for the friend party. Braeden is such a good little guy we love him so much.