Bear Lake

We spent a few fabulous and relaxing days in Bear Lake. Derek has been so busy at work and has barely taken any time off this summer so when he finally decided he could get away we left for Bear Lake. At the last minute, McKell brought a friend and I am so glad she did - the girls had a ton of fun.

Here are the girls on the way to Pickleville Playhouse. We saw "Who Shot Juanito Bandito?" and it was super cute.

We ended up being in Bear Lake the same time as my sister Natalie and her family. The kids swam at their condo.

Here is Jaden taking a break from swimming to eat his pizza.

The next morning we were off to one of the few places that has a beach along Bear Lake right now. Here is Rylee digging in the sand.

The kids decided to bury their legs. It was a beautiful day and we spent hours just playing in the sand and in the water.

Beach babes covered in sand.

Derek, McKell and Meg would go pretty far out and had lots of fun trying to push each other off the tubes.

We rented a bike and took quite the ride. We found out that McKell is not really the best driver as we crashed into somebody's lawn. Meg, however, was pretty good.

Derek was of course the best driver of the bike. I'm so glad we got to go and spend time together and Derek was able to get a much-needed break.

More Summer Fun

Sadly, our summer days are quickly coming to an end. The kids have had so much stuff going on. Here's how we spent some of our days.

Dog Sitting

Rock Painting

Bike Riding

Flower Planting and Weeding

YM High Adventuring

APTC Camping

Lunching

Discovery Gateway Discovering

and Playing

Lemonade Selling (it was a hot day and these two made $20 in 2 hours)

Motorcycle Riding

Goodbye - ing (My oldest nephew left on a mission to Atlanta, Georgia,

we are so proud of him but it was hard to see him go.)

Boating

Nordstrom shopping (Yes, this girl was in heaven)

Straight Sliding

Swimming

Swimming

And more Swimming

Summer Fun

I can't believe it is already August. Summer has been so much fun. Although both my kids say they are ready for school to start, I am so not ready to go back to work. Here are a couple of things that have happened this summer.

Ross Park:

Every year we meet up with my mom and sisters at this fun water park in Pocatello.

Braxton and Ryan floating in the lazy river.

Haylie in the lazy river.

The girls had so much fun - McKell didn't want to leave.

Payton and Halle looked so cute in their swim caps. It was such a fun, relaxing day.

Food Funatics:

This was a summer camp that McKell participated in. She had a blast. They made a cookbook and learned to cook lots of fun recipes. She has made many of the things at home for us and they are good. I am so proud of her.

The best part of the camp was that some of her fun friends were in it also. Berkley, Heather, McKell, Sydnee, and Cambrie loved going each day and they even went on a few field trips too.

Here she is with a caramel. They learned an easy and yummy recipe for caramels. We have made them at home a few times and everyone loves them. McKell does such a good job wrapping them. Other things she has made are: Spicy Oven French Fries, Cheddar Chowder, and Potato Pizza Wedges.

Every time she has a friend over they want to make something. McKell and Meg decided to make cookies but they really only wanted to eat the dough with no chocolate chips. Silly girls:)

100th Post

It just so happens that I have finally made it to 100 posts. It seems only fitting that it is about my family because they are so important to me. I had my camera the day we had our family pictures taken and got some fun shots. My sister-in-law took the real photos. She is in the bottom middle picture with her daughter taking a much needed break after getting 35 people including herself organized for the pictures. Thanks Tasha:) Also, I was playing around and somehow ended up with this photo collage. I'm not sure I like it and I will probably never be able to do it again.

This photo collage customized with Smilebox

Our Fabulous Fourth of July

We started our celebration by roasting hot dogs for dinner and s'mores for dessert. It was fun and yummy, even though I cooked my hot dog in the house (because I don't like any black on my hot dog) and I don't like marshmallows so while everyone else eats s'mores, I eat a Hershey bar - or two:)

Derek claims he was roasting the best marshmallows - I guess I will believe him since I won't taste them.

Preslie and Halle are ready to roast their dinner.

The kids played some games, not sure what but apparently McKell and Lauren were in charge.

The guys played basketball. I think it was the old guys versus the young guys. I think I heard that the old guys won.

Hollie painted fingernails and toenails.
This has become a fun tradition in our family of girls. She even painted fireworks on McKell's toenails which were so cute.
On the morning of the 4th we went to the parade.
We watched our favorite BHS Honeybee - Haylie!
We had the Price reunion at my parents that afternoon. Here is Fred, John, Bobbie and Dad - according to the kids these guys are the "real" Price's.

It was a fun water party.

That night we did sparklers while we waited for the fireworks to start.

The fireworks were great and we found a great, new place (thanks Michelle) to watch them.

West Yellowstone

For the past three years around the 4th of July we have gone to West Yellowstone to go to the Playmill. We always have a great time and see a great show. This year was even better because we had lots of other family go with us.

Here are Lauren and McKell posing outside of McDonald's where we ate lunch before the show.

We had some time before the show to go around to the little shops and of course Braxton did his classic pose by this bear. He has done this same thing for the past three years.

We stopped at my favorite stop, "The Rustic Candy Shop," and loaded up on yummy treats and fudge.
The show always starts with a sing-a-long. We saw "High School Musical" and everyone liked it and we had all ages of kids from 17 down to 2.

The girls loved to get this picture with "Ryan and Sharpay."

Payton missed the first picture, but she really wanted to pose with the girl in the sparkly shirt.

Here is McKell with the people who played "Troy and Gabriella."

McKell got our program autographed by all the actors in the show. This guy was on American Idol at one point, Jon Peter Lewis. We had tons of fun and can't wait for next year.