A quick trip to the mountains

We are so lucky to live so close to such beautiful mountains!  On Saturday, we got invited  to go to a picnic up in the canyons with  some of our kids and grandkids.  Jamie and Emily were packing to go on trek with their ward, so they didn't come, and Jamie and Jordan were too far away to join in the fun.  

We roasted hot dogs,

then had fun exploring a little cave that was there, and climbing the rocks.

The girls had fun making rock sculptures

pretty fancy

Even the babies were doing what the big girls were doing.

 they loved playing the the water

Be Careful!!!!!

Josh and Merijane

Aida dancing with her dad

Thanks for inviting us to come to your fun dinner in the mountains!!!!

Lani's Birthday and Fathers Day 2014

What a fun weekend we had!  On Friday night we got invited to go to Cafe Rio to celebrate Lani's birthday.  We had a great time there.  Mom and Dad, Jeff and Jen, Ric and Kathy, Carissa and 3 of her friends, and we brought Molly, Abbie and Kelsi who were were tending that night.  The food was delicious and the company was great!  Lani really knows how to throw a party!

On Father's Day, mom invited us all over for a BBQ in their back yard.  The weather was perfect for it!  At first, we thought only Krista and Matt's family were going to be able to come out of our kids.  Jamie and Emily were out of town at their nephews baptism and Josh and Merijane were going to be celebrating with her family.  Lucky for us, Jamie and Emily got back in time, and Merijane's family changed theirs to Saturday night.  So we ended up with quite a crew!

Uncle Bud was in town, so he joined us,

Chip and Paige

Chandler and Devin

Ric and Kathy, and Taylor and Elycia on the blanket

All our kids (except Jordan and Jamie)

All our granddaughters (can't wait till I can say all our grand-kids, July 27th can't come soon enough)

and Lani and Mom.

Somehow I missed getting a picture of  Mike and myself, but we were there!

Sophie especially liked the frosting on the cookies Krista made

and Lani's birthday cake!

The girls LOVE playing on the monkey bars that were ours when we were little kids.

They sure don't make things like they used to.

Thanks mom and dad for hosting such a fun Fathers Day Celebration!!!

Let the summer fun begin!!!

As Mike and I were driving home from Jamie's house last night, we realized that since I got out of school a week ago, we have been lucky enough to have been able to spend time with some of our granddaughters every day.  I got out Friday and we had Libbie and Hailey for a sleepover  (Molly had already arranged a sleepover with Ella, Matt and Jackie's daughter) They stayed until Sat. evening, then Hailey came back on Sunday night and slept over.  Krista and her girls came down with Matt on Monday and spent the day and we kept Aida and got Katie, Abbie and Molly for a sleepover. Tues. we had fun with those girls and then Wed. tended Josh's girls while Josh and Merijane worked.  Thurs. evening we watched Libbie and Katie while Josh and Merijane took Gabbie to the Dr. Friday we watched Jamie's girls and they were able to go with us to Lani's birthday party.  What a great way to start the summer!!!!  Here are a few pictures from our sleepover fun.

Friday night, we went out to dinner then went bowling, such fun!

They had a tied score a couple of times, then Libbie got a strike and ended up winning!

They love playing the games!

Saturday morning we talked mom and dad it to going to the zoo with us.

They have just opened a new African Safari that was great!  The male lions were out so we could see them.

Here are the girls on the lions back.

and the sea otter

and the carousal 

and measuring up against the apes!

We sure had a fun time with these two girls and were so glad mom and dad could join us.  It had been years since they had been to the zoo, and it has really changed!

Elder Banks was one of our very favorite missionaries.  His birthday is this month, and he leaves to go home in 2 weeks, so while we had the little girls, they helped make cinnamon rolls to take to him.

He was over at the church emailing home, so he met us out in the parking lot to say goodbye.

The girls really enjoyed the time we had the missionaries in our home and it was fun to see him again.

Then we were off to Fat Cats for some fun and games!

This one is like they are on a roller coaster ride.

air hockey

Motor cycle ride

and more fun.

A quick stop at McDonalds for lunch before heading to the zoo!

It was a pretty hot day, but the girls had fun seeing all the animals.  (I was glad I had matching shirts that I had bought for them a while ago  and forgotten to ever give them. It is so much easier to keep track of them)

We had a fun ride on the train, that just reopened this summer. 

Thanks you four cute cousins for making our trip to the zoo so fun!!!!