{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. 

{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.

{Mother/Daughter Outing with Friends}

 

I took my girls to the Mother/Daughter Outing for our church at the church's property here.  It was amazing to be able to spend time with my girls and enjoy our special time together.  Mark had a boy party, with our boys {while we were gone}.  They had a lot of fun spending time together too.

 There were many fun activities to do together: pinatas, hiking, playing in the stream, a fireside, camping, crafts, dinner and breakfast served, socializing, sports, games.  It was a lot of fun.

Instead of bringing a tent, we decided to camp in our suburban.  It was very comfortable, and a lot easier to deal with, especially with a nursing baby. 

We spent a lot of time with friends there, but especially our friends the Smiths and the Sudbrocks {Thanks Nelli for taking some pictures of my girls with me}.  

Here's some more pictures of me with Nette, and Nelli's families at the park and at the pizza place.  We love spending time with them.

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