What a pretty Girl!

So, for the longest time my sister in law Holly and I have been talking about getting our girls' ears pierced. I was always the one that was putting it off and she kept on talking about it. So today, we all went down to the Homecoming parade in Pocatello and came back for lunch and of course, Holly suggested it again. I really had no other obligation or great reason to say no. So off we went. Of course there was a huge wait at Claires so I had to distract Karlie from all the other little girls that were crying after the fact.

All of a sudden it was getting so hot in the mall and I was getting sick to my stomach. Okay, I really don't think today is a good day to do this. But no, it was to late to turn back. Karlie was just fine it was just her mother that couldn't handle it.

Finally, once Karlie got into the chair and picked her earings...1....2....3. She did it. The poor little look on her face. She had no idea what was coming. She only cried a few times until Holly came in with a sucker. Well, in the long run...we made it! Karlie was so good! I just don't know if I can handle it again to get Hailie's done!!!

Just a few random pictures. Braden went to his first day of preschool which was awesome!! Because my mom works for the school district, we were able to get Braden in a preschool that follows the same schedule as the afternoon kindergarten. He eats lunch at school and even is picked up at our doorstop by the bus! He loves it and so do I!! It gives me a nice little break everyday!! Now if I can just get Karlie into the same program next year....

Hailie had her first haircut, nothing drastic but she did so good. Karlie of course had hers cut too and she thinks she is just so cute! I just had to post the picture of her sleeping on the floor. This particular night she just did not want to go to sleep. So when I went up to check on them, this is how I found her.

Lagoon!

This past week we had to fit one last little trip into this summer. We headed down to Utah for some shopping and a day at Lagoon. We went with Holly and Larkin and their kids. It was an awesome getaway. The girls went to Park City for some outlet shopping and the men went to Cabella's. We thought we would meet up for dinner together but the men decided to spend a mere 5 hours at Cabella's. So we went to Red Robin without them!

Lagoon was great. They had so many rides for the kids which they loved. Lagoon A Beach was slightly disappointing. The water was litterally ice cold so the kids wouldn't really get in. Our vote definately goes to Silverwood for their water park.

We are so sad to see summer come to an end. We have had so much fun traveling and spending time with our family! Braden starts preschool soon so we will be on to new adventures!

I just love these kids!

We had so much fun on our trip to Coeur d 'alene last year that we decided to go again this year. It was even better than the last! We swam on the beach, went to Silverwood Theme Park for two days, and went for a beautiful hike on the lake. This year we rented a five bedroom house and Mike's family was all there. It was such a fun trip.

Silverwood is so much fun. The theme park is a little bigger than Lagoon but the water park inside is much bigger. This year the kids were able to ride a few more rides and they loved it. Braden and Hailie thought the log ride was the best. Karlie was not so fond of getting wet on rides. Anyway, we are definately going to go back again!

Some of these pictures are from a birthday party we celebrated for Mike. When he was six years old, their family moved from New York to Arizona. Mike has always used this against his family and claims that he never got a sixth birthday party (his mom claims otherwise.) Anyway, so while we were up there, Mike's family put on an entire sixth birthday party for Mike with games, presents, and decorations. It was pretty funny. The best part about it was that it entertained the kids so much! They thought it was totally normal for us to have pin the S on Superman for Mike's birthday.

We had an all day, non-stop fourth of July!! We woke up early to get seats for the parade and the kids loved it!! For lunch, we had a big pizza party at our house with the whole fam dam and had a swimming party. The kids had a blast on the blow up slide, pool, and trampoline! They were well entertained!

Then that evening we had yet another family BBQ in Pocatello with all of Mike's family. We had some wonderful home made ice cream and lots of good food!! Is it me or does all the summer activities revolve around Barbeque's and treats!! We then came back to IF and had some fireworks at Holly's house. All I can say is the kids were exhausted! Just the way I like 'em!!

Family Campout!

It's been a while since I've posted any pictures! A few weeks ago our family went up to Sawmill Canyon for a few days in the wilderness! We had a ton of fun and ate way too much really yummy food! Here is a few pictures of a lake that we hiked to that was so gorgeous. We thought Braden would do a pretty good job on the hike so we brought him along...I was regretting that while hauling him on my back up the mountain! Mike's arm is still healing so it was pretty rough!! I guess it helped make up for all that food I ate!!