Dogs, Bugs and Sumo.

Much has gone on this week. Parker went to a science camp and they talked about animals. He saw lizards,snakes,turtles and dogs.

















After the camp, we went as a family to a ward campout. We had a good time besides being attacked by mosquitos.The mosquitos liked Parker .































We also celebrated Parker's birthday. We went to a place called Bounce Arena. The kids played on large inflateables that they could bounce on. The kids also played on a velcro wall and did Sumo wrestling!

Our Family Trip pt 2

Here are pictures from the rest of the trip.

We were amazed by Mount Rushmore. I could not believe that it was real. What a beautiful sight.





Here is Samantha inside a passageway of Wind Cave. Wind Cave is the fourth longest cave and it is not formed by underground water, neat huh?














Zachary just had to have a ride on this jackalope. This animal was inside a gas station on our way to Grand Tetons. Parker and Samantha took a ride also.


Here we are at the highest elevation we have ever driven through.

Here are the girls and I by The Grand Tetons.

Another great trip over and another floating pen to add to my collection.

Our Family Trip, pt 1

We just got back from our family road trip! We drove to Mount Rushmore and on the way we saw Glacier National Park (Montana), Devil's Tower (Wyoming), Wind Cave and Jewel Cave (South Dakota) and The Grand Tetons (Wyoming). We had a great time! Our car was good to us but we have had enough of eating out. We are glad to be home.

This is our family tree at St. Mary Lake at Glacier Park.















Here I am by St. Mary Falls

















The kids loved playing in the snow at Logans Pass.

















The whole family at Logans Pass.
The kids saw Close Encounters and now recognize Devil's Tower.

Jessica's Birthday!

I did not put up a post for Jessica's birthday. Jessica turned 13 on June 23rd. We have a teenager in our house! Jessica invited over 5 friends, we had cake and then we went boating . After the water, we came home and they played Guitar Hero. I think everyone had a good time.

Jessica is starting to pose at an early age.

Jessica's favorite cake from Baskin Robbins!

What will Jessica get?

Wonderful 4th!

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th! We had lots of fun. We went to Mom and Dad Bagley's for a BBQ and it was delicious ! When it got dark everyone came over to our house and we did some fireworks! We had the safe kind ;) Our neighbors were doing aerial fireworks which is not that legal, but we watched.


Here are some of the Fireworks we set off.

Zachary looks like he is having a good time with his sparkler!
The girls are enjoying the sparklers!

















Here is my attempt at capturing the beauty of the fireworks. Some of the fireworks had colors but it does not show up here.

This was the crazy High Voltage firework, we loved it.