Camping at Lava Hot Springs July 6-9th

We were able to have a little family reunion with the Hufford's the first weekend in July. It was not easy to narrow down the 800+ pictures Andrew took with his GoPro!

Grandma & Grandpa made a delicious breakfast each morning-

Nothing better than breakfast cooked on a griddle :)

 Aerial shot of the kiddie table- Alex, Janessa, Josie, Tyson, and Connor. The kids had so much fun with their cousins.

 Nathan gutting a fish-

 Janessa with her first catch-

 Trying to get a group shot-

 Aunt Nancy made cupcake cones and brought frosting for the kids to decorate them. We celebrated Connor & Josie's birthdays while we were there.

 One night we went into town for ice cream and to play at the park. Crazy boys-

 On Sunday we went into Soda Springs. Here's the tough boys waiting for the geyser to start.

 Sweet Josie-

 Grant was scared to get so close. They were actually getting sprayed right there :)

 We stopped at a park for lunch-

 Here's stopping to taste the carbonated water springs- Nancy with Grant.

 Group pic from above. I love Andrew in charge of the camera lol...

 We drove past the house they lived in when Andrew was young, I think kindergarten to second grade-

 More fishing....Hallie's catch-

 One of my favorite pics from the trip-

 Andrew's catch...you'll notice there won't be a picture of me holding a fish :)

 Nathan the avid fisherman who woke Andrew up at 6:00 each morning to hit it early.

 Tyson LOVES fishing (and eating it)...

 Grandma and grandpa brought each kid a bucket of fun toys- glow sticks, hats, and water guns! The boys had too much fun with these-

 Saturday we went to the pool and slides during the day and the hot pools that night. Monday we floated the river that runs through the town. Nathan & Lindsay took Hallie and Janessa first while we watched the little kids-

 Then Andrew & I took them- way fun...

 Parting shot- sad to go home. We wish we could see everyone more often! Lots of fun memories though!

July

A few misc. picture from July:

Sadly, I didn't get very many from the 4th...

Gramsy with Grant showing the tennis ball he caught from the parade-

 The group of kids..Our friends were here from Boise. From left to right it's Mack, Tyson, Carson, Janessa, Maele, Hallie, and Mya with Gramsy & Grampsy in the background.

 One of many school clothes shopping trips. Tyson wasn't with us this time so we sent him a picture to check out the shirts we found for him. He is loving anything action hero these days.

 Another parade one (out of order). Grant was in heaven with 2 suckers :)

 Kittens for sale...sorry babe!

 Chick-fil-A day. We went and watched a helicoptor drop little cows that were good for free meals. We love that place!

 A trip to Ross Park with friends- Macoy, Ty, Grant

 Lots of fun in the backyard...

 Janessa accidently hit Tyson in the lip practicing soft ball. It just matches his many, many mosquito bites from going camping with the scouts. Poor guy.

 Grant came out one night wearing my slip. We were laughing so hard we were crying. He has never even tried to put clothes on yet I guess this looked comfy.

 Splash park with friends.. Grant, Cohen, and Ty-

 Hallie & Riley-

 One of the many ice blocking events. We probably went 4 times within 2 weeks. Fun.

Now to catch up on July vacations.....

June 2012

June....let's see...went by too fast that's for sure. Here's a few random pictures from the month:

We found 'Tyson Ave.' near Janessa's voilin lessons and had to get a pic of Ty pointing to it :) He was pretty excited. 

We got to ride friend's horses. After this picture was taken Grant wouldn't go near them again and kept saying 'scary'... 

Went to Rexburg Rapids with cousins and friends...

Got new 'cousin' pictures for grandpa for Father's Day...the piece of paper is an ultrasound of their new cousin due in Jan.!! We are so excited for Steven & Micaela.

Took the Activity Day girls to the temple grounds and took their pictures. Man, I'm going to miss this calling. I'm Relief Society secretary now which will be just as great I'm sure :)

Grant had Hallie listen to the sound of this truck that goes by itself and it wound her hair around the tires in no time flat!

We got to visit a few days with friends from Boise..

We went camping up to Heise for a night and enjoyed the hot pool.

We had the kids try basketball, volleyball, tennis and soccer camps through BHS. Ty loved the soccer and tennis, Hallie & Janessa the volleyball and tennis. Atleast we know now what sports to keep them in instead of trying to do everything :)

 June was also full-time softball for Janessa and t-ball for Tyson. We really enjoyed watching all their games. This was the only time Ness played catcher, she was usually at 1st.

This went with the camping pics but somehow got out of order... :)