4th of July Celebrations continued with afternoon water games, swimming and BBQing. Thanks Uncle Matt B. for planning fun games.

   And leave it to the children and the adult kids to end the water games with a water fight!

 Good Times~

 I know I've said this before...but seriously...What the heck? Who the heck let's their children play with buckets in the pool? 

Carson and Anna's mom does..of course!! Notice the sign on the buckets warning about drowning? Awesome Mom! It was actually a learning lesson about how you can breath under water in the buckets. No worries everyone....at least I was supervising it? Right?

Maddy helping Carter to swim. There was plenty of pool time fun!

Every year we play the traditional dice game which was a tradition started by our dear Grandma Eva Mae at our annual 4th of July Breakfast. The kids and the adults love it! Our little Nathan was the luckiest...he kept rolling double after double and filled up his bag the fastest.

We had a really good time this year....even though we missed our missionaries (mom, dad and Nate). We missed Becca and Phil too...they choose to party in Wyoming every 4th!

Cruisin' the Boulevard Car Show

We had a great time at the Bountiful Car Show. Carson loved watching all the old and new cars "cruise". We ate lots of good food...hot dogs, pizza, sno cones, watermelon, creamies, and popcorn. They all got their faces painted, which turned out really cool! The kids all got to take a turn rock climbing, even Ben. They all made it to the top...well Ben gave it his best...he rocked it for a 3 year old! We were really happy to see our cousin Davis and his grandma there too. It was a really good time for a really good cause!!

Maddy climbed so dang fast I only got one good shot of her~

Way to go Benjamin!

We had an eventful spring and our summer has been just as crazy. We had Maddy and Charissa's birthdays~end of school projects, programs and activities~ well let's just show you a little of what we've been up to!
Maddy celebrated her birthday by taking two of her friends for a night of bowling, pizza and fun! We even had fun matching boas and socks. These girls were a riot! Can't believe Maddy is 12~ And she is now onto a new chapter of her life starting with her sixth grade graduation!
She has shown great strength in overcoming challenges! She has worked hard and gone from hating and struggling with math to saying it's her favorite subject! Awesome Maddy~ She is excited to be a part of the Young Womens program and going to girls camp. She has also been rockin on the softball field and pitched everygame...pictures to come soon! She even made it to the All Stars again this year~

Charissa took Grandma on her French class field trip to La Caille. They had a great time and ate some interesting food. Charissa wasn't brave enough to eat the snails but grandma sure was! Charissas French class has been her favorite part of school this year! She celebrated her birthday with a trip to the mall with a close friend. Is she a teenager or what? Charissa also has grown and developed her talents. She performed with our ward in our Stake Roadshow. She was one of the leads and sang a duet with another young woman. While I watched her perform I was left speechless and couldn't stop smiling. I was so proud.

Anna and I had a fun time working on her County report. She chose Weber County because that's where I go to school and where our cabin is! She put a lot of time into it and did a great job~she also did great in her Utah program. She is going to miss fourth grade, she loved her teachers and her many friends. I am soo proud of her and her many accomplishments this year...and way to go Anna on getting all 4's!! Her favorite thing about summer is sleeping in! She can sleep in til noon~and she is very proud of that!

Carson finished a great year and here he is in his second grade program. He has really grown this year, academically, socially, and he continues to be an all around great kid! He is with friends everyday~it's been great for him! Between friends, baseball, and battling Bakugans, watching Bakugan, earning money to buy more Bakugans...he stays busy!

Here we are at Grandma and Grandpas mission farewell..notice we even have Uncle..I mean Elder Randall in there as well~

 We had the opportunity to go down to the MTC with Grandma and Grandpa and say good bye. They were only there for 10 days and then we got to enjoy them for another couple weeks and then they were off!

Mom and Dad are busy in Ukraine and adjusting well. I am so proud of them and soo happy they have this opportunity to serve! I will have to post more later about their journey and the experiences we as an entire family have had!