Vacation Time

I had to rewrite this one because it was way to long. 

The kids and I headed out to Utah for a break from the heat.  We did the annual apple tree pictures so we could see how Lincoln has grown with the tree.  This tree is the best climbing tree ever.

Anna and Brinley posed on the stairs, such cute little ladies.

We had a little birthday party for Brinley.  Thanks to Mom, Katrina and cousins for putting it together.

Notice, Lincoln isn't there because it was a pink birthday party.  He did manage to peek around the couch throughout the whole party.  They had lots of fun and ate lots of frosting.

I managed to get a few pictures of moms fun yard with all the pretty colors. 

We went to Lagoon with Moniques family and had a blast but we didn't take the camera.  We also went to Lava Hot Springs and my kids had the time of their life.  Brinley spent most of her time with cousins on the waterslides and Lincoln spent most of his time on the diving boards.  I was able to relax.  It was very nice.

This is Shenay in the front pulling all of the little cousins on the floaties.  I think Shenay won best cousin award for the day.

Then it was off to Blackfoot for the Ellis reunion.

The kids play and play in the beautiful park like yards all day.

They also spend a lot of time on the 4-wheelers.  This is Lincoln and Dallin.

This year uncle Ron added to his property.  He got alarm clocks so that we would all be awake at the crack of dawn.  These roosters were hilarious.  (Really, they didn't wake us, it was Aunt Jan's car alarm along with uncle Lonnies, they won't admit it but it's true) They didn't care that we were there, they just joined in with the festivities.  At night they climb in the trees to sleep.  Apparantly Ron started out with eight and now there are three and a lot of happy foxes.

We also had the privelidge of watching these nice looking horses pass by.  What a treat!

We had a pinewood derby with some pretty cool looking cars.  There were some great rewards handed out and we also did the annual duck race down the ditch.

This year the Aguilar family was over Thursday night dinner and for dessert we made homemade icecream.  It was quite the treat.  Below shows a few of us starting up the makers and then next to that is Denny with Ice cream running down his face. Behind him,  Monique and I serving and serving and serving until we ended up pouring it (melted) into cups. It really was good, a little rich but good.

Doug and Caleb were enjoying their ice cream and so were Shayne and Lincoln.

  Below is the old swingset that everyone grew up with.  It has many memories such as me falling off the top and breaking my arm.  Lincoln breaking his leg and so on.  Anyway, when you add water and a great big tarp at the end, it is a rip roarin good time.  My Aunts were keeping everyone entertained with their totally hip moves on the slide.  They are fun energetic and very spunky.  I love to be around them and hope that someday, I can grow up to be just like them!

This here is grandma and grandpa.  They have made life so great for all of us.  We all have wonderful memories of Blackfoot, the farm, the toys, the haystacks, the corn, the bulls,  and the houses that Grandpa built.  Everything here has a story or a good memory.  How lucky are we that we are able to share this with our children.  A big thanks to Deb for putting the reunion together this year and also, for sharing her pictures since someone wasn't in camera mode for the trip.