Motorbikes and Fourwheelers...

We went up to the mountains with Jake's family and had a blast. The girls LOVED riding on the back of the four-wheeler and Anthony couldn't have been happier than on the motorbike with his dad. I take that back, he wanted one of his own (any guesses on when that will happen?)! We roasted hot-dogs, ate chips and got to see some beautiful scenery. It was a very fun day!

4th of July....

I really enjoy the 4th of July. Always a very fun holiday. We eat good food, hang out with fun people and get to watch fireworks...really what could be better? This year was no different. We did the same thing we have done for the past few years and had a blast. The kids really enjoyed the sparklers this year and that makes me happy because I secretly (okay maybe not secretly) still LOVE sparklers and wish I could do them too...but let the kids do them now. Next year I'm buying a box for myself!!

Lydia wanted one too...

Contrasting pictures of my kids...more often than not, its the bottom one that we see (which is why I took it)!!

Isn't my family just cute??

Last T-ball game and party....

We decided to have a water/pizza party after the last t-ball game of the year! I think the kids were more excited for the party than the last game :). They sure were a great group of kids. It was fun being their coach!

Anthony was a pretty serious t-ball player. He really enjoyed getting to play this year...much more than last year. He did a really good job and already wants to be the 'green' team next year :). Now onto flag football....

Doctor visits...

Lydia had been cranky and not sleeping well the week Jake was out of town so I decided to finally take her to the doctor so that we could have our happy Lydia back. She ended up having a double ear infection...anyway...at our doctor they have tokens the kids get if they are good. The token machine has lots of options to chose from and this time Anthony chose a mustache and Jenna chose stick on earrings. Anthony was laughing so hard at himself I had to snap a picture because he was being like Grandpa Williams (who has a mustache). He wore it until the sticky part wasn't sticky anymore. Jenna felt like a princess and still asks for pretties in her ears...Can you guess what she is getting for her birthday??

I LOVE MY KIDS!!

To Bone and Back....

Faster than Tar Team #111

This was our fastest year!

Rich Barton Leg #8

Jake Leg #7

Spencer Diehl Leg #6

The support group :)!!

Issac Fisher Leg #4

Kristi Bladder Leg #3

Tanner Loftus Leg #2

Katie Leg #1

This is our third year doing To Bone and Back Relay. It is a 40 mile relay with 8 team members, each running 5 miles. We just love doing it and this year was no exception. We had a great team this year and beat our previous years time by about 30 minutes. Its a hard course with lots of hills and HOT...but it is always fun. Can't wait for next year!!

First water of the summer....

(this was at the end of June) Anthony has been saying we need to get the water pool out since the sun finally came out. It still wasn't really warm, but the kids had fun anyway! They have been out in this pool a lot of times since then! I'm glad they are such great friends!!

Mackart's Pond...

Jake's Dad runs cows to different pastures in the summertime and one of the places he does it is in St. Anthony, about 30 minutes north of us. He has a pond on the back of his property that he stocks with fish. So for FHE we decided to go up there and see if we could catch any since the last fishing trip we went on we got NOTHING. Not even a bite. In the time it took us to cast out our lines, we had a fish up here. It was great! I think just about everyone got to catch a fish that wanted to. We didn't even want to stop fishing to come to dinner, but the fishing only got better AFTER dinner :). The kids had fun getting dirty, playing, throwing rocks in the water and getting STICKY from very very HUGE marshmallows we found this year. It was such a fun trip, perfect weather, fun friends and just a great time!

This was taken right after she had tipped over on her nose. Seriously, her face was in the dirt and she did nothing about it because she didn't want to touch the grass with her hands...she was not very happy!! But oh so cute!