Friday, July 25, 2008

Summer Fun...

This summer has been CRAZY, but SOOO FUN! From lots of camping to having company stay with us to being in the sunshine 24/7...I thought there is no way I can blog all of it. So I decide to do a random sampling of pics from our Summer-To-The-Max! :) Enjoy!

We started the summer off by ending Morgan's dance class and starting her gymnastics...Here is a pic of her at her Oh-Too-Cute recital with her BFF Addie!Next we went Camping with Rich and Lisa , Heather and Dallan, Megan and Ernesto, and all the kids! We went to this great place Rich found called Maple Grove...it was a perfect site with plenty of room for all of us and it even had a little stream that ran through the middle so the kids could fish. They loved it...although Uncle Rich caught most of the fish! :)

After Maple Grove, we went to Yellowstone National Park with our friends Brian, Julie, and Easton. The kids loved sleeping in our tent...especially since I made Trev buy a tent heater before we left. :) We saw tons of wildlife during the day and played some intense games of Settlers at night in Brian and Julie's tent trailer. The kids loved seeing all the buffalo, elk, deer, and even bears...that's right folks we saw 3 black bears! On our way home we stopped at Bear World in Rexburg and saw probably 20 bears as well. They also had these little kids carnival rides that our kids just LOVED! They still say their favorite part of the Yellowstone trip was Bear World. Expensive place, but definately worth it!
















<---The kids rock-climbing.

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Morgan and Daddy at the outlook to the Lower Falls...gorgeous view but 325 stairs to get there! Not the best idea when you are prego with twins. :)


<----- Jake watching the Upper Falls...much easier access. :)

--------> Back up the stairs and smiling again! :)



After Yellowstone the very next weekend we had our cousins Jordan and Ryan come stay the week with us. We partied NON-STOP!!! We went to the pool, played on our big waterslide, Seven Peaks water park, Girls' Night Out, Boys' Night Out, ran a 10K, went to 2 parades, visited temple square, and even went to the Miley Cyrus-Stadium of Fire Concert complete with an amazing fireworks display! Whew...it makes me tired just thinking about it! But it was sooo fun to have Jordan and Ryan here...we miss and love them soo much! Here are a few pics of that week...










*Just a sidenote: We got this waterslide at the beginning of the summer. I can't tell you how many times we have used it...and it is seriously one of the BEST purchases Trev and I have made! Major props to the Waterslide!!! LOVE IT!

Once Jordan and Ryan left we were off again...this time to Lake Powell!!!! Thanks to Heather and Dallan (especially Dall's parents) we get to go to Lake Powell once a year...play on Dall's parents boats and toys, and even stay at their home and shower regularly. We eat tons of yummy food and the kids have a blast! This year it was Trev and I, Heather and Dall, and Rich and Lisa - plus all our kids of course. The first day we had 2 waverunners and this was by far Jake's favorite part. He want to take a ride on the "boat" all day long! I even braved them as well...and wound up in the emergency room that night! :) No big deal, I just woke up with major cramps in my stomach and so the doctor told me to to go to the emergency room just to make sure everything was okay. I did and they did all sorts of tests and both of our little girls are just fine. They were however, in a big fight when we did the ultrasound. :) I hope this is not a sign of things to come... :) Here are some pics from this super-fun trip...THANKS Heather and Dall!






<---- Trev's new favorite toy....we got a water balloon launcher! He couldn't wait to try it out so we took it to Lake Powell and pelted each other. :)












Whewww...okay so that gets me all caught up! It's hard to believe that we have already done all of this and we only have about a month left of summer! As you can see it has been really crazy but super-duper fun and it's not over yet! We love SUMMER!!!

11 comments:

The Foulgers said...

Wow, you guys have been super busy. It sounds like fun. Hopefully this last month of summer will be relaxing for you! Take it easy, no more emergency room visits!:)

Kata said...

oh my goodness! I can't believe how insane you have been. And you gave me a scare going to the "hopicital" you better be careful girl! Such cute pics!

Maughan"sters" said...

sooo jealous! You're doing more being pregnant than I'm doing with a newborn... I don't recomment May babies! Where did my summer go!

Lauren Howell said...

Yeah a new post! Nice catch up. Super busy summer eh? It looks like so much fun! My friend bought that water slide too and they rented it out a few times and had it paid for in no time!

grammajill said...

What a summer! I think you did a amazing job to fit all that in! Great photos!

Kimberly said...

My goodness! You have been busy. We just back from Lake Powell yesterday...fun stuff huh?

Ash said...

Kas Hi. I am so glad you found me. Could you be any cutter. I don't think so. Your little family is absolutely darling. And I can't believe your having idenical girls. No way. They will be absolutely beautiful. That is sooo neat Kas. So fun. Yes I am definately adding you too k. Love ya. Miss seeing you.

Valarie said...

I can't believe how much you do being pregnant with twins! You're amazing - what a fun last summer with just 2 next year will be 4!!! :)

Megan said...

Hooray for a new post! Loe the dance recital pics, and not so much the recital ;) Camping was super fun, especially our well judged hike with three kids and two preggers. And super fun all the stuff you've done without us, including Lake Powell :(

Beck said...

So fun! I love Summer I cant believe Fall is so rapidly approaching...but dont get me wrong Im stoked for flip flops and jeans. I cant believe we're going to have newborns soon. Its going to be so much fun to hold a little baby again and kiss their head; in your case heads :)

Jill said...

I want to see some pictures of a little belly, you'd better be starting to show a little bit more having two in there! I think I want to die, this pregnancy has been so uncomfortable for me, hope to see you soon haven't seen you since Cedar.