{July 2015: Beach Fun, Visit Family & Friends, 4th, Park, Apple Harvest}

We had a blast at the beach; visiting with my friend Megan, her husband Jeremy, and their 5 kids.  Water Fun.  Sand castle Building.  Lovely day, spending time with friends.

 Such a beautiful day visiting at the beach.

 Such a wonderful time playing at the beach.

We loved visiting with my friend Megan, and her family.  We stayed overnight & spent the day.

4th of July Celebration at my parents house.  Delicious Barbeque.  Independence day Festivities: Singing Patriotic Songs, U.S.A. History Trivia, Popsicles, Watching Fireworks & Treats.  We went to the Baptism, of our nephew H. Such a wonderful day! 

 Visiting with Family {my side}, in Washington. Our kids with their Grandparents {my parents}.

Yummy Popsicles.  Our kids having fun with their cousins and Uncle Joe.

 So much Fun at the park, visiting with loved ones.

Visiting with my friend Adrienne and her family & my sister Celestia & her family.

 Such a lovely day, playing at the park.

We had a great time, swimming and visiting at the stream by the Children's museum, with family {sister Angela, sister-in-law Mandy & 3 cousins}.  While my older 3, went with Daddy, 2 Uncles and 10 cousins on an overnight hike by Mt. Rainier.  Afterwards, we went out to eat Fun & Delicious Sushi.

Beautiful Sunset.  Summer Family Fun.

Family Movie Night.  Snuggling Baby D.

Sweet Sibling Moments.

Family Yard Picnic.  Playing at the Park.

Our family had a blast playing, at the park together.

 Harvesting Delicious Apples, from our Yard.

 

{July 2014: Hospital, 4th of July, Reception, Cousins, Friends}

Our Poor Baby Girls!  {In Idaho} Our Daughter R, was admitted to the Hospital with a severe case of Pink Eye {I didn't even know that was possible!}, and then while we were there, Baby H, fell and hit her sweet little head on a chair and cracked it open, requiring 4 stitches!  It was convenient that we were at the hospital when that happened though, so her Daddy just took her right down to the Emergency Room to get it done.  They gave her a cute little doll, for doing a good job.   

We went to Oregon for the Week of Fourth of July, and enjoyed spending time with Family and Friends.  The Kids had fun Spending time with Cousins and Friends.

 We went to a Fourth of July Parade, with Family and Friends, and went to a Delicious Barbeque at Mark's Parent's House.

We lit Fireworks as a Family {the Kids Loved the Sparklers!}, watched the University's Firework Display, and Rode on Mark's family's over a Hundred Year old Steam Engine.

Then we went up to Washington to Visit more Family and Friends. 

The Kids had fun spending time with their Cousins and Friends.

 I had fun going to the Wedding Reception of my Childhood Best Friend Adrienne, with my sister Celestia.  To view pictures {on my blog} of her Adorable Reception, click here.

We had a Wonderful time up in Washington {and Oregon}, visiting Family.  The Kids had Sleepovers with their Cousins, and we had a Barbeque and Roasted Hotdogs and Marshmallows over the fire.

{4th of July, Sleepovers, Soccer, Shopping, New foods: July 2013}

With our move, I have gotten pretty behind in my blogging, but I wanted to continue where I left off, with celebrating the Fourth of July, at Mark's parent's house. Two of our girls with Grandpa and Grandma and their little cousin  {Mark's oldest brother's baby daughter}.

Our kids had fun watching Daddy light off fireworks and also lighting sparklers.

We had a fun time celebrating Fourth of July with Mark's side of the family.  It was lovely.

Little Man E had a blast having his first friend sleepover with his friends J and J.  Our little man C asleep.

Little Man E and Little Miss R had a lot of fun playing on the same soccer team this summer.  They did well learning new skills improving in dribbling, shooting, passing, being aggressive and trying new things.

I very rarely get to take all of my children with me shopping, because it can be quite a struggle.  But we chose to make a short trip to the store, and took this fun picture of all 5 of them in the "car cart" at the grocery store.  They have always loved riding in these types of carts, and it helps keep them entertained. :)

 Our sweet little Baby H trying her first solid foods.  I love how she does the "love" sign language when she sucks on her fingers.  That is uniquely her.

Baby H was very excited to try her first solid foods.  She is such a happy baby.

Baby H "loves" trying new food.  We adore our sweet little baby girl. :)

Family Fun, 4th of July, Snow Cones, Swim, Cook, Hike, Visitors

In July, we had some fun spending time relaxing and playing together.  We also made snow cones, that were really yummy.  The kiddos loved it.  We also enjoy having BBQ's together in our backyard and eating delicious fruit off of our fruit trees and berry bushes {and produce from our garden}.

It was exciting to have some of my Best Friends, {Angi and Megan} and their families, visit us for a little while, on their family road trips.  It was So awesome to have these lovely ladies, and their wonderful families, here in our home.  We loved it.  Little Man E and Little Miss R took swimming lessons, this summer and had SO much fun learning and swimming in their classes.  I gave the kiddos some Cooking classes this summer {that they loved}.  I love having them help me in the kitchen, but I was having them do simpler things, that they could learn and do by themselves.  Here they are making Pudding.  Mark loves to go on Hikes with friends and family.  Here he is Hiking Mt. Adams, with Bro-in-law Grant.  

   We had a Fabulous Fourth of July this year.  We went to a Parade together, that was awesome, and the kiddos enjoyed collecting candy (that was thrown from the floats).  We also went to a Breakfast at our church in the morning, that was delicious.  Later in the Evening, we had a BBQ with Mark's side of our Family, and enjoyed playing and visiting.  We set off Fireworks with them also, the kiddos did sparklers, and we watched the Universities' Fireworks together.  It was a fantastic day!
 

Busy Summer Fun {2010}!

We have had a lot going on this summer.  Here are some of the highlights.

Celebrating our Daddy (and Grandpas) on Father's Day.  We love you honey.  You are wonderful.

Little Miss R's 1st Talk in church on "The Holy Ghost".  She LOVED being up there and did Fabulous!!

Little Man E, friend M and Little Miss R (Little Man E, has a big bump on his forehead from falling)

friend L and Little Miss R, playing in our new pool

Baby K, and friend N playing the piano

Little Man E, at soccer practice.  He is really enjoying playing again this year.

Little Man E after practice, on the slide, he is wearing my first soccer jersey from when I was 5.

Little Miss K, swinging on the swing, with Daddy helping

Little Miss R, sliding down the slide.

Little Miss K, LOVES to get into Mommy's makeup.  This is Lipstick all over!

Daddy (Mark), Little Man E, Little Miss R and Baby K playing together.  

Little Man E, Little Miss R and Baby K

Hike, Fishing and Picnic at Fish Lake

Fishing at Fish Lake

Hiking at Fish Lake

Our Fourth of July consisted of several different activities.  We went to a parade with our friends, the Arbons.  We had so much fun!

C, Little Miss K, E, Little Miss R, Little Man E

Me (Liz) and friend Lindsay at the Parade

Mark and Liz at the Parade

 We had the Arbons over after the parade for a delicious barbeque dinner at our place

Mark's parents and Baby K watching our fireworks that we did at our house

We had our friends, the Smiths over to do fireworks with us and watch the University's firework display (across the field).  We had so much fun!   Liz and Nette

Baby K and Daddy with Baby K's 1st Sparkler experience

friend M and Little Man E enjoying the fireworks

Little Miss R loves sparklers

Our family, at one of our favorite views in the mountains, Rock Springs

Me at a stream in the mountains at 28 weeks pregnant (I am currently 30 weeks)

 Views from up in the mountains

Cool geological formation in the mountains

Little Man E, at his first soccer game of the season, he got a free kick during the game

Mark's side of the family, niece T's 2nd birthday party

Little Miss R and cousin G

cousin J, Little Man E, Mark and cousin J

cousin T and Little Miss K

Cousin T opening our present, and Cousin G and Little Miss R

Cousin J and Little Miss K picking flowers

Blowing large bubbles with Auntie Kristy

Little Man E, Daddy, Little Misses R and K

Playing down by the river

My parents and 2 of my little brothers (Tom and Joe) came to visit.  It was a lot of fun having them here.  Little Man E and Grandpa

Little Man E and Little Miss R playing with Grandpa

Little Miss K and Little Miss R playing with Grandma

Uncle Joe playing with Baby K.

We Love to have barbeques!  This one is with my side of the family.

We went to the annual Monson Reunion for my mom's side of the family.  It was fun.  

Little Man E, with cousins S and L, Baby K and Little Miss R

my brothers Joe, Tom and niece K

Baby K, Little Man E and Little Miss R on the way to the reunion

Cousin L, with Little Miss R and Baby K

My cousin Monica and I (Elizabeth)

Our Girls: Sweetly holding hands

Cousin S and Little Man E playing a water balloon slingshot game

We went to a Splash Pad park during the reunion that had lots of sprinklers, going up and down, they were fun to run through and keep cool on the 90+ degree weather day.  It was a blast!

My brother Chris, and part of his family, came to stay with us after the reunion for a night, went to church with us and had a barbeque.  It was a lot of fun having them here.  Little Man E and Cousin S

Little Miss R, cousin K, Baby K and cousin L

Me (Elizabeth) and my oldest brother, Chris

Little Man E and Little Miss R, have been really enjoying swimming lessons this year.  They were in the same class.

Little Man E, with his teacher in swimming lessons

Little Miss R, with her teacher in swimming lessons

Little Man E's soccer team at a game.  He's having fun.

Little Man E, at his soccer game

Little Man E, about to score his first goal of the season 

Little Man E, chose McDonalds to celebrate his first goal.  It is a tradition in our family to go out to ice cream, after scoring.  My parents did that with me as a child also.

Mommy, Little Miss K and Little Miss R, at McDonalds for scoring

Little Miss R and Little Man E, at Swim Lessons, they both passed their class!

Little Man E and Little Miss R at Swim Lessons

Little Man E and Little Miss R learning how to use life jackets in swim lessons

After swim lessons every day, we'd go play at the park outside for a couple hours

Baby K, sliding down the slide

Little Man E, has learned to cross the monkey bars

Little Miss K and Little Miss R playing on the slide

Little Man E, LOVES dinosaurs!

Little Miss R, sliding down the slide

We love going on hikes together as a family, this one we are hiking to LG Reservoir

Daddy (Mark) hiking with kiddos, lotsa fun!

Mama (Liz), with Baby K, Little Man E and Little Miss R

Little Miss R and Little Man E played in the water, Mark fished and we had a picnic too

Little Man E, Little Miss R and Baby K sitting on our front porch, enjoying Summer