Bear Lake

Bear Lake without Mark and Daniel was a bit different, but Tiffany showed up with massive pictures of their heads on sticks. The two heads accompanied us everywhere this year. They went to the beach, the play, and hung around the new house. At least that kept our missionaries in the front of our minds. This was also the year we met Brittany's newest, J.T, who stayed in Montpelier and came down to St. Charles each day.

The Daniel and Mark heads came everywhere. Even to game night.

The sunset the first night was beautiful!

Steph also made these shirts. They are so fun!

This year we stayed in a brand new house right next to our old favorite, the Rawhide Rendezvous. This house had a lot of space and a nice yard. We enjoyed meals together and s'mores around the fire ring. 

We spent two days at the beach, and the water was much lower than normal. The kids loved the sand and the kayaks on the first day. On the second day, Bob decided to rent wave runners. The boys loved this, and Dax was a key driver because Dad's back wasn't up to it. Dax took Mom out once, and gave many other rides. 

All the cousins.

Our annual Bear Lake picture.

Dax took Mom for a ride on the jetski.

Seth rode very first with Jonny. 

Mark and Daniel hanging with us at the beach.

We sure love Bear Lake.

Seth doing his Michael Jackson impression.

Grandpa came out to throw the football a few times.

We were so glad Grandma was well enough to come.

The Daniels girls and their mom and dad.

The play this year was Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which is a favorite of most of the adults. The kids laughed, but thought it was a little sketchy, what with the kidnapping and kissing and all that. 

The other highlight was our guided tour of the bird refuge. We did a 5 way call and narrated what birds we were seeing to all the family. Everyone seemed to like this, and we saw some really cool birds, including at least a dozen night herons. 

We made s'mores one night.

We saw a ton of black crowned night herons on our bird drive.

We also drove over to see the Monticello Temple.

The whole gang

Steph planned a bunch of minute to win it games.

It was a fun time!

We always enjoy the Pickleville shows.

Ha ha ha!!!

Time to go home! It is always sad to say goodbye after a fun week at Bear Lake.

Seth Birthday

Seth turned 14. Seth is such a joy in our family. He is happy and smiling and making jokes all the time. Seth is a great helper. He is super smart and getting so good at the piano. We just love having him grow up and are so lucky that he is in our family.

Seth didn't want to have a friend party, so we kept his day to a simple family day. First, we talked to Mark for p-day. We were so glad that it fell on Seth's birthday. We also went to see Toy Story 5 (Seth loves watching movies). He wanted to go to Olive Garden, and the server was so nice and package up breadsticks for him to take home. Then we ended the evening with strawberry shortcake. 

Seth got a very large RC car.

So fun to talk with Mark for his birthday.

Toy Story 5 was okay!

Seth always loves Olive Garden.

Seth loves Liverpool soccer team.

Happy Birthday Seth!

June Activities

June was full of fun! We went to Veyo, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Seth went to Young Men's Camp, and Dax went to Florida. But we also filled the rest of the month with tons of other activities, too. Here are a few memories from June.

We went to Imaginaria at Thanksgiving Point

We loved all the monument replicas. 

The Statue of Liberty was cool. 

We had a ton of fun at Imaginaria.

Mom made lots of bracelets. 

We got to try all of the new McDonalds drinks.

Seth going to camp.

While both boys were gone, Mom and Dad did lots of things like cuddle cows.

They loved Randy.

Mom loved the babies of course!

We went to see the Michael Jackson movie. So good!

We went on a hike.

Went to the temple.

And ate out using gift cards every meal. 

Did some work.

We love Cubby's!

We went to a Bees Game and took a friend.

The chicks are getting bigger.

Josh stayed with us one night so he came to get a Free Frazil. 

We went to see the Nate Bargatze movie. 

Father's Day

These boys came to help Mom with her YW activity.

The chicks love Mom.

Mom and Dad made this amazing rug!