Happy 4th of July!

The 4th: It was such a fun 4th of July! We started the day off nice and early with a train ride on the Heeber Creeper for Military Families. I played war with Blain, watched a parachuter wave the American Flag, and ate yummy snacks. It was great spending the morning with Grammy, the Kroupas and Mellars!

 Getting ready to get on the train

 The Group!

Grammy sitting with cute Zeyta

Choo Choo

 We met up afterwards for a BBQ and yard games. The kids had a blast on the zip line, trampoline, and pools.

 Splits!

 Blain getting sprayed by Grandma Janice

 We went to Memorial Hill in Midway for fireworks. We watched from a park which was nice since the kiddos could play for the hour or so that we waited until the Fireworks started (at 10pm yikes!)

 Me and My love

We had set up tents for some backyard camping. The kiddos were out super fast and so were the adults!

Donut Falls: A week or so ago Darcey and her family were in town so we planned a nice short hike to Donut Falls! After a year of waiting it was great to see the nice waterfall and enjoy the beautuful hike along the way.

 All the kiddos on the log!

 Melissa calls these "treat pics" since the kiddos get a treat if they come in the picture!

 My babies at the falls

Family Pic - just missing Daddy

 Avenlea and her Buddy Bud

Geocache: We went on a geocache run up by Strawberry to complete our Wasatch county patch requirement! While we were there we also found a little side road that had some nice litle camping spots which we are planning on going to before the summer is over!

 What a cool Bear!

 I finally got to attend an Avenlea gymnastics practice!

 Leap!!

Hot Air Balloon Festival: Another early early morning and another day of fun! It was amazing watching those giant balloons inflate! It was so fun to go with Em's family and Grandma Janice and Pop Pop!

 Zeyta and Pop Pop

 I secretly love this picture

 Balloon fun with the grandparents!

 Me and my sweet Avenlea

Upstart Graduation: Avenlea is now officially done with upstart. She learned so so much this year and really enjoyed the software. Good work Avenlea!

 Diploma! We will get her test results in September :)

 Avenlea and Mommy outside the hotel where the ceremony was held

 And out to Menchies as a treat!

Cecret Lake: We took a Friday to go hike this beautiful area. It was a little different than we remembered but we found a little waterfall and also explored some of the rocks!

 Trailhead! We had to literally move a minivan who was taking up two parking spaces so we could park both cars!

 Zeyta "just resting" with her tiny little legs crossed

 4 babies on a cool rock!

 Nate found this awesome waterfall on the side of the lake!

 My beautiful baby Rose

Blain was such a trooper helping carry the water bottle backpack even though it's pink. He and Chloe were excited to be "training" for their backpacking trip coming up this week!