Lagoon

My sisters and my mom convinced me to go to Lagoon with them this July.  I am so glad I did!  Boy did we have fun.  Lagoon really is where fun is!  We stayed all day and the boys did not want to leave even though they were exhausted by the end.

  We got soaked on Rattlesnake Rapids, so my mom gave Timmy her sweatshirt to wear for awhile. That's him looking down this barrel of a cannon in Pioneer Village.  His cousin Will looks ready to light the thing.

 The kids loved pretending to be locked up in the old county jail.

The train ride is always a favorite.  These three boys below were inseparable all day.

So inseparable that they would all three cram onto any ride together that they could.

What a fun fun day!

Heritage Park with Cousins

We spent an entire day at This Is The Place Heritage Park with the Evans cousins.  Brian and Timmy loved it!  There is so much to do there and we didn't even get to everything before we were too tired to do more.  It is definitely one of our favorite places to spend time.

July at the Ranch

This July was so fun at the ranch!  I got to take the boys up there several times and sleep over one night.  The best part was having the Texas cousins in town!  Brian and Timmy love being with cousins at the ranch.

The fun started with a giant boat race.  Brigham was so nice to give Brian and Timmy each a boat so they could race too.

I got to go for a few small horse rides this July.  It was pure Heaven!

The kids floated down the ditch.

One day we went with Emily up the the rec center where Brian finally got brave enough to jump off the high dive.  He loved it.

Then we had dinner at the Drug Store.  My favorite!

Evenings at the ranch are the best!

This year the older cousins constructed a really cool fort above the ditch.  Brian and Timmy thought it was so neat and Brian spent hours trying to make his own fort.

One day I loaded the goats and took them to the ranch.

They didn't love the ride there, but they loved running around and eating at the ranch.

This is Brian out riding horses in the field with Grandma.

I love seeing my mom riding one of her horses.

Independence Day

This was our first Independence Day in our new house.  Our new neighborhood has their huge neighborhood party on the morning of July 4th.  We thought we would check in out this year instead of the parade in Oakley.  They had an awesome bike parade, then breakfast, games and face painting in the park that is connected to our house.

 The kids decorated their bikes and we brought the goats (which were a huge hit) for the bike parade.

It was fun to take part in celebrating with our neighbors.  Then I took the boys straight up to the ranch where we followed Dave and Jordan and Caitlin over to the kids rodeo.  We were a little late so the kids had no idea what was going on and Timmy missed his age group.  However, we did make it for Brian to try to catch a chicken with his cousins.  Apparently Jordan had been begging and begging to go try to catch a chicken and he was so determined to get one.  Here they are ready to run!

And guess who caught a chicken?  Jordan!  We still can't believe it happened.  There were so many kids and only four chickens!  He went so fast and dove so far to get his beloved Fluffy.  I think she has a brand new home in their backyard.

Back at the ranch we ate and talked with my extended family at the Cannon Family BBQ.  Brian stayed with Jordan and his chicken all day keeping the dog away from her and making sure she had everything she needed.  Timmy played  and hung out with me.

I got to help babysit my favorite two-year-old girl!  We all helped watch Ellie because Mandy surprised us all and had her baby that morning!

I still can't believe baby Connor came on the 4th of July!  He is the most perfect baby and we are all excited that we get to celebrate his birthday every 4th of July now!

The boys were exhausted by evening time and so we came home and they went right to sleep.  Timmy was actually getting sick and they needed their sleep.  Mark went to a Real Soccer game with a friend and a sat outside and enjoyed spectacular fireworks all evening long from my backyard.  Our barn roof has a great view of several huge firework displays.  It was beautiful and the kids were so tired they slept through it all.