summer wrap-up!

disclaimer:  photo OVERLOAD ahead! :)

I've finally come to the realization that summer has come to an end.  The mornings are brisk and you can smell of fall in the air ... I love summer, but am oh so ready for fall! It's my favorite time of year, so we're ready to fully embrace it's goodness (as long as that goodness, doesn't include another freak October snow storm :))

here's a quick wrap-up of the rest of our summer festivities!

took the kidlets to the fair.  
we were greatly outnumbered, but survived! :)

love this bench of girls! so fun!

the cows, as always, were a hit.  they loved touching the slimy nose (I couldn't convince Jackobi to try touching it, she was grossed out that he licked his boogers ... good girl :))

as always, Kashton was all smiles.  this boy {loves} the outdoors!

there's something so quaint and small town about our fair, I love it!

it was the perfect day to walk hand in hand with friends & discuss adventures.

we had a blast.

I finally took the plunge and chopped my hair for Locks of Love. Nearly a foot of hair and three years of growing ... the summer days sure feel lots cooler!

had fun hanging out with girlfriends ::

:: welcomed home a missionary

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We celebrated Alivia's FOURTH birthday.  Her mama threw her a grand hello kitty party.  Jackobi is still taking about the stickers {and} pinata!  Happy birthday livy!

:: the crew (minus little brothers :))

the pinata was a hit! literally! it was fun to watch each kid take a turn swinging their bat at it. pretty cute and comical!

Jackobi swings like her dad.

doesn't that stance scream baseball??

let's home Kashton doesn't swing a bat that way :)

always fun to get the treat from inside!

and just enjoyed sunshine and family ::

and did our best to enjoy the ride ::

summer :: take one.

Wow, where has the summer gone?? I'm so behind on blogging our summer fun ... I thought I'd try and squeeze the first half into one blog entry .... beware, there's LOTS of pictures.  We hope everyone's summertime adventures have been grand! We're loving every ounce of sunshine and soaking in as much of it as we can!

we've watched some baseball.
casey's team won the RBI tournament this year.

Nate, Casey and Camille

went to the Rockies v. Braves game.

Go Braves!!

beach party ::



ready to dig in the sand!

Grant & Kashton. 
5 weeks apart & bound to be buds!

a little time on the tramp.

I love to watch her catch air!

silly friends!  This was such a fun day!  We went out to Paul & Kathy's awesome back yard, played at the beach for a bit, had popsicles and a picnic under the tramp, swam and jumped on the tramp with the sprinkler underneath. Love these little girls! They're so fun right now!



went on pony rides ::

Cortney and Whitney are always so generous and willing to round up a few of their horses to let the kids have rides.  I know it's a lot of work for them, but the kids have so so much fun! We're so lucky to have such great friends! Jackobi loves to ride Roy ... he's her favorite by far!  What a fun day, Jackobi's becoming quite the cowgirl.

playing inside Maybree's play house between rides.  These girls seriously know how to ham it up!

we've got a little cowgirl on our hands! 

from what I hear, her daddy was quite

the little cowboy when he was little too :)

(crazy drivers!! I have a feeling we're in for it when Maybree gets her license!)

fed ducks at Bruce & Kari's ::

spent a day at the zoo ::

Lainey & Sara feeding the pelicans and ducks

Jackobi and Lainey

kashton was all smiles ♥

Jackobi was a fan of the lion water fountain

the zoo was a hit. we headed up to Idaho Falls for the weekend to see Chris & Sara and had such a fun few days away!  The guys golfed and we took the kiddo's to the zoo.  It was so much fun!  The girls were really into the animals this year, so that was nice.  We can't wait to go again!

 

headed to deer creek for a little family fun::

played in bounce houses & water slides ::
{happy birthday luke!!}

For Luke's birthday Mary rented a bounce house and huge water slide.  She was nice enough to have all the kids out to play.  SUCH a fun party and we had perfect weather for it!  Jackobi was a little scared of the slide at first, but once she tried it out, I could hardly get her off of it!!

a few of the kiddo's on the slide

love these crazy kids!

and swam, swam & swam!

Kashton's first time in the pool was a success!

We've also had our fair share of playing in the water ::

we're loving every ounce of summer

and hope you are too!  we can't wait

for more adventures in the sunshine!