Rollerdome!

 Last week we used our Nampa Rollerdome Groupon.  The girls did great and had a lot of fun. They each tried to limbo, and I embarrassed them by making them do the Hokey- Pokey... It wasn't too crowded, so there was plenty of room to skate. 

And we only came home with a few bumps and bruises...

Trying to cram in a few more fun activities before we are back in school has been a lot of fun. 

We were also able to take the girls bowling a few times.- however I never took pictures of that...

Kara and Aub got to go to a concert by the Red Head Express with Gma and Gpa... Dad was at work that night- so I took the little girls to Wahooz for mini golf, bumper boats and arcade... it was a lot of fun and they were so excited to each have their own little date nights...

One week left till school -

we are all so ready for it be here

Re-creating family moments....

 

Top Pictures taken September 2009...

Bottom Pictures taken August 2013....

(a lot changes in 4 years) 

We had fun trying to recreate a few shots.. and have since found other fun ones we need to recreate- hopefully we can do that soon- and then in another 4 or 5 years recreate them all over again. 

 

Camping at Sage Hen

 July 24-25-26 

We drove up Wed. and set up camp. We were so glad and excited to be camping with some of our very best friends. 

After camp was set up we went down to the water and was excited to find a rope swing. The older girls had a blast, while the younger ones were very content with playing on the beach, catching baby frogs and tad poles.

We took Pat and Steve's boat and oars, and had a great time taking turns paddle-ing around

 Why is food when you are camping so good? I don't know, but we love it..

We cooked dinner the first night and had dutch oven pizza and corn on the cob. We finished the night off with smores of course...

I love that Madi chose to photo bomb us....

 Porter loves super heros and was seen running around the camp as batman...

Well, Drew decided we need a turn too, and was a super hero in doing the dishes! 

Maybe I should get him his own costume..

 I brought strips of t-shirts that we braided into bracelets and head bands. They turned out cute.

With Kara and Madi both recently back from girls camp, they had lots of songs and hand claps to share.. Let's just say, our campground was full of noise... but a good fun noise

 tad pole pool...

 Hallie and Elsie had a blast together in the trees. They had their own spooky house, and had horses that they were taking care of. I just loved their little imaginations.

 Kara made a yarn lazer path for the kids to go thru

 Beautiful morning walk

 Porter is the only boy between both families, so you could say he is outnumbered. He is all boy and is full of energy. There was about a 20 min. time mark, i was able to make him hold still and he closed his eyes.  I told him he had to keep his eyes closed for 5 min, and then I would get out the marshmello shooters... He was cute and opened his eyes a few times and said, " oh, I opened my eyes... start the time over". So I did- and he got a little bit longer rest.

 Kara and Madi have been friends since birth. (all our kids have) I love that even though we don't live close and we don't see each other as much as we would like, they are the greatest of friends. I really hope this friendship lasts their whole life.

It was so fun to spend time in the beautiful mountains with our good friends. 

Doing things like this as a family brings us closer together as we have to work together, have patience with each other, sleep in close quarters, and of course have fun together, as we enjoy the beautiful country we have been blessed with to live in.

 Life is good... so good, it's worth jumping for!