Summer Fun

Mike and I took the 4 younger kids to St. George to meet up with Grandma Palmer so she could take the kids home to Idaho for a few weeks.  They wanted to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa and their cousins. 

 

Jacob and Brauk at the St. George Temple.

Josh taking his drivers test to get his permit.  He already failed once so we were hoping this time
was the charm.

He passed!  Look out, here he comes!

Josh and Conner both got a job working on the cotton fields this summer.  It was hot and lot of work, but so good for them.

Conner with his braces off!  Yeahhhh!  He hates this pic, but I think its hilarious! :)

After 2 weeks the rest of the family made it to Idaho. We were so happy to finally be there, but no more happier than Grandpa who had had his fill of the kids. :)

Our Redneck slip n slide.  The kids had a blast!

Waiting for the fireworks on the 4th of July.

We spent a day at Lava Hot Springs and had so much fun! Our kids are such daredevils going off the tip platform. This is Josh.

Kaitlyn and Mike. We gave Kaitlyn the award for going off the top platform the most.  I think she went 7 times. She is amazing!

 

Jacob and Jayden going off the 1st platform.

Brauk went off all the platforms even the 3rd.  He was so brave and just loved it!  It was so fun to watch him, but it gave me a belly ache cause he sure is little way up there.

Conner and Darin going off the 3rd platform

I'm not sure what Jake is doing, but we couldn't pass up the pic.

Lagoon!!

 

Me and my friends from Wyoming. Love you girls!!

 

 

The Jeppsen family at Bear Lake.  This year was a little colder and alot of bad weather, but still fun to be with the family!

 

Hailey and Ashlyn

Justin and Jake

Brinley, Kaitlyn, and Kenadee

Conner, Hayden, & Josh.

Evan and Brauk

Conner and Kaitlyn ready for the temple.

 

Hailey lost her 2 front teeth when we were on vacation.  So cute!

Lost phots

 

I found some lost photos.  Too many different cameras. 

 

 

 

Jacob's 10th Birthday.  He wanted some nike shoes and socks.  Looking Good! 

Brauk's 8th birthday, scriptures and CTR Ring.  I documented his baptism earlier but forgot the birthday part.  Happy Birthday, Brauky!

Brauk had a birthday party with his friends complete with water balloons and guns.

Hailey has always had the craziest morning hair, so Kaitlyn decided to capture it in pics.

Kaitlyn has been practicing hair dos and Hailey is kind enough to be her model.

Cute twiners!

They both love their dog Sadie and the camera.

 Here's a random shot of Josh playing basketball(I thought I had deleted it).  He played on the freshman and JV teams.

Conner and his friends welcoming home the 8th grade girls after they won the 8th grade championship. Looking Good!

Our friends the Palmer's have this gigantic dog, Buck that scares me to death, but who is so nice to the kids.  Brauk loves it.

Here are some pics of Hawaii that Dave had taken on his camera and just gave to me.

 

Did I mention how much I love this guy and how much fun we had!  It was the best! So Beautiful!

Kaitlyn had her 12th birthday while we were on the Pioneer Trek so the day we got back we took her to the temple to do baptisms for the 1st time.  It was so wonderful being there with our 3 older kids and can't wait until we can go with all 6.

Happy 12th Birthday, Kaitlyn!  We love you!

Happy 14th Birthday CT.  We love you!

 

The 4 younger kids had the opportunity to spend 2 weeks at their Grandma & Grandpa Palmer's house and a chance to spend time with their Dabb cousins this summer.

 

 

These next few pics were sent to us from Aunt Christy to show us the fun stuff they were doing.

While we were home working.

 

Riding the trax train down to Salt Lake City to spend the day.

Enjoying some watermelon in Grandma's backyard.

The kids had so much fun with their cousins, but were sure worn out.