Sara turns 11

This year Sara chose to have a Luau themed birthday party. The girls had so much fun. It was hard to narrow down pictures. We played some hula hoop games such as who could hula the longest and who could hula the most hoops at one time!

Then they started getting silly and started using their arms and necks!

They danced! Alot!

They did the Macarena!

They did the Cha Cha Slide!

 And they did the Conga!

Then they played limbo!

After that, we play a tacky tourist relay game where they had to hurry to the surf board and put on the snorkel gear and a coconut bra and then stand on the surf board and pose for a picture before they could run back to the next person in line.

After all that we turned them loose to run through the sprinklers, jump on the trampoline with the sprinkler on underneath, and to swing while we cooked their dinner.

We served grilled chicken, vegetables and fruit kabobs.

Then the next day was Sara's actual birthday so we had all the grandparents over to celebrate!

Happy Birthday Sara!!!

Summer Randomness

Over Memorial weekend Stephanie locked my keys in the car. Along with my spare set that was in my purse!

Stephanie went on Trek to Martin's Cove and had a great time! I sent her with a disposable camera and she never took any pictures. The only one we have is this one that was in the Vernal Express.

While Stephanie was on her trip with her dad, I decided to clean carpets. So I took all of the furniture out of the family room. I told Sara and Wyatt that they could have a camp out in the family room before I moved the furniture back in. When I woke up the next morning, this is what I found:

Running away with the pig

Rawr

Beware of the creatures

Those two get along so well and always come up with crazy things to do!

We have a bird feeder set up at the back of our property to bring in finches. One day Brian noticed a stray cat sitting on the fence patiently waiting to get some dinner!

Camping

This year Brian and I each took a week off from work and went camping with his family. It was during the 4th of July week so we went up and set up camp and then we came down for the parade on Wednesday.

 My favorite part of the parade is when the jets fly over!

All the kids making a mad dash for the Coke truck to get a free apple juice!

Happy kids!

While camping, we did a little fishing.

Wyatt was the only one to catch anything. And it was so small that we turned it back!

And we can't go camping without someone getting tied up! Let's see you get out of that one Wyatt!!!

We went for some rides on the four wheeler. The smoke was pretty thick and made the sky look hazy.

Looking for bear tracks around the pond.

And a little target practice!

Wyatt wasn't expecting it to be so loud even with ear plugs!

Then we got back from shooting just in time for it to pour on us! And we sure needed the rain!

It's always a lot of work to go camping but it sure is nice to get away for a few days!