{Last Day of School, Awards, Carnival, Fathers Day, Outings: June 2014}

In June, it was the Last Day of School for E & R and Mark's last day for his first year of teaching.  Our son E received the Reading Award and the Most Growth Award.  Our daughter R received the Reading Award and the Straight A's Award.

E & R received many certificates for academic achievements.  We went with E, as a family to Cafe Rio {Yum!} so he could use his Principal's Pride {Student of the Month} certificate {from May}.  I took R to Sizzler, to use her Principal's Pride certificate {from June}.  We are so proud of our awesome Kids!  We took R & E to many restaurants in the city, to redeem their certificates and prizes.  E had fun earning merit badges and playing games; at Cub Scout Day Camp.

 We went to the Kid's School Carnival, as a family.  They enjoyed the many fun games {face painting, fishing, cupcake walk...}, rides {mini- train, bounce house...} and Delicious treats {snow cones, popcorn, cotton candy, cupcakes...}, and snacks there.  It was a very fun night!
 

Our 3 Pretty Girls, in their matching dresses.

Our 2 Handsome Boys, with their Sisters.

We spoiled Mark on Father's Day with Breakfast in Bed {the Kiddos made}, handmade presents and cards, and a Special Lunch and Dinner.  We also called our Fathers and sent them cards.  Mark's parents came to visit us, in June.

Our Baby Boy C, and Baby Girl H, with Daddy.

We enjoy exploring the Outdoors, as a family, and hiking around Beautiful places; having picnics, and admiring God's Amazing Creations.

We had so much fun together, exploring the area around and near Red Fish Lake.

The Kids loved meeting their cousin's kitty "Timmy", while visiting family in Oregon. 

{Fabulous Fun at the Park and Planetarium! March 2014}

We went to the Park together, for a Beautiful day, as a Family.

 We packed a lunch, {Mark and the Kids made Homemade: Potato Salad, Fruit Salad, Sandwiches, Juice, and Apple Pie}.  So Delicious! :) 

 We enjoyed eating our Delicious Picnic Lunch together.  :)  Little Miss K, enjoyed climbing up on a nearby tree.  She is our little monkey. :)

It was such a Beautiful, Lovely, Peaceful, Day.  

 We had an Amazing time Together, at the Park!  Little Miss R, posing for her Mama. :)

We love spending time together, outdoors!  Little Baby H, smiling at her Mama.

The Kids enjoyed playing by the creek and climbing up into trees.  We had fun. :)

We enjoyed watching the Ducks, swimming around in the Creek.

We had a lot of fun, spending time together.  {chalk artwork by: Little Misses R and K}

"BEST. DAY. EVER!" Said our 5 year old Daughter K. We went to our Local Planetarium and Museum; and had Amazing Experiences: Watching Movies on the Dome Screen {Sea Monsters and Solar System}, Seeing HUGE Fossils of A Mammath, and Dinosaurs, Fascinating Rocks, Historical and Geological Treasures, a Live Iguanadon and Boa Constrictor, and more! It was and incredible place to visit! We had a BLAST! Afterwards, we played outside together. BEST. DAY. EVER. :)

{Family Fun: October 2013}

We enjoy taking our children to the park.  I love the Fall colors in these pictures.

Our children love to play at the park. 

We have so much fun together.

 I love Baby H's pretty long eyelashes. Such a lovely day at the park.

It's so fun to watch our children learn and grow.  Princess R and Little Man E have been becoming better at reading, and it's so fun to watch them reading to us, themselves and to their siblings.

Our apartment is smaller than our home, and as we are patiently waiting for our home to sell in Oregon (so we can build here), we have to do some unconventional things.  Such as Baby H sleeping in one of her cribs in Daddy's closet in our room (we also have a crib in one of the kid's rooms, but we like to have her close to us at night).  Our sweet little princess, snuggling with her amazing Daddy.

 Little Man E snuggling with Mama, and the kids making chocolate chip cookies together.

I had the privilege recently of meeting up with one of my awesome friends {Emily} from college, (that I haven't seen in years) at this fun place with tons of bouncy houses in our town.  We all had such a fun time together.  It was such a great day!

My husband Mark loves to map out, new places to explore together.  We went for a drive and enjoyed seeing all of the beautiful Fall colors together and seeing fun new places.

 The kids enjoyed building a rock fire pit, and we all enjoyed the beautiful views and lovely day together.

 Our 3 older Children {who are in Primary} had their first {in our new ward} Primary Program {ages 3 to 12} at Church.  A Primary Program is when all of the Children of the Ward at Church, get together and sing all of the songs that they have learned that year, and each have a speaking part in front of the whole Ward (congregation).  Our Ward that we recently moved into, has a HUGE Primary.  It was so amazing to listen to all of the Children sing together {of course I get emotional watching my Children performing so well up there}.  Each of them had speaking parts, and they were: {Little Man E}: "Prophets teach us to live the restored gospel.  The living prophet leads the Church under the direction of Jesus Christ."  {Princess R}: "From the scriptures we learn that the Lord wants us to pray to Him always and about anything.  He loves to hear from us."  {Princess K}: "Because of Christ's Atonement, I can repent and live with God again."  They all did such an amazing job on their parts and songs!  We were so proud of them.  {We had been practicing the parts with the kids, in the weeks before, and Little Man C learned Princess K's part so well, that he was able to recite it by heart. It was super cute, that when the other kids were practicing their parts, he recited "his" part too.}

{Visit from Grandpa and Grandma: Sept 2013}

We had a wonderful time when my parents came for a visit.

The kids always enjoy it when our family comes for a visit.  Here is Grandpa reading the kids a story and Grandma working on her sewing project, {dresses for the girls}.

We enjoyed taking them around and showing them the beautiful sites of this area.

Spending some quality time with Grandma, playing games and making cookies together.

Our kiddos love having fun together.  We love them.

{Beautiful views, Family Visits, Family Fun: Sept 2013}

We Loved having my parents visit us at our New Home in Idaho.  We had a Blast with them, driving around and seeing all of the sites, and doing fun things with them, while they were here visiting.  Here we are visiting the Beautiful {LDS} Temple.

We Love Being together as a Family.  Love these kiddos and my honey.

Baby H: loves standing up.  Grandma holding Baby H.  A Beautiful view of the Canyon.

Here are Princess K and Little Man C with Daddy, and Princess K and Princess R having fun.  There are some Gorgeous views, and Beautiful things to see here in Idaho.

Here I am with my honey and our youngest baby.  It's so fun to spend time together.  We love going to see all of the Beautiful Creations made by the hand of God.

Here are the girls spending time with Grandma, Daddy and Mama.  We Loved having fun on this Beautiful day in September together.

{Visit to Amazing City of Rocks: Sept 2013}

We always love exploring the areas around where we live.  So we decided that we'd take advantage of living in Southern Idaho, and explore the area, while it is still warm enough out.  So we went to a place called "City of Rocks".  Here we are eating lunch at a picnic area there.

There are some Amazing places to see at "City of Rocks" and some fun hiking and climbing areas too. 

We loved seeing all of the incredible rock sculptures.  It was really really awesome.

 It has Amazing geological features and Rocks sticking out of the ground.

 Our family had an amazing time at this Wonderful destination, "City of Rocks", despite it being a wee bit chilly outside.