Hiking with the Martins and the Manti pageant

Yahoo for hiking:)

Mac

Ammon the Explorer

Alana, the one who had to walk in EVERY wet spot!

Dan helping the little boys

Leading the pack

Aren't cousins just the BEST!

We got to go to the Manti pageant with some friends a few weeks ago. It was so much fun! It rained on us a little but it was so great and the kids loved it. Thanks Sondrups for having us go!

Manti Temple after the pageant

Oh and Rachael, just wanted to tell you what happened to the rest of your treat. It wasn't me!!!
Are 2 year-olds really supposed to have this kind of quality treat???

Happy 4th and Martin cousins:)

Alana and Ammon with their 4th apparel on (thanks to Auntie Jenna:)


Fireworks at Grama's house! Mom holding a firework. We talked her into it and she made the most hilarious faces the entire time. We love you Grama!

The two chocolate boys. Yummy chocolate cake!

For a extra yummy choc. cake:

Add 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 package of choc. pudding mix and 1 cup choc. chips to a Triple chocolate fudge cake mix and follow the regular instructions. Then frost with Triple chocolate fudge chip frosting. Aaron's new favorite:)

Yahoo!!!

Marrick and Jakey, "cheeeeeese!"

Playing with water in Grama's backyard

Eating lunch at the Cothrans. (Mac is still praying over his sandwich)

Jake said, "Hey look at this... " and then made this face. I said, "Jakey will you do it again?" He is a pretty fun kid. (Reminds me of Uncle Ray)

Party at the Cothran's!

This is all of the cousins playing on the tramp with the sprinkler underneath. They played and jumped for HOURS!!!

Ward Primary Talent Show

For our Primary activity we had a Primary/ward Talent show. It was so much fun and so easy to plan. The kids did everything from riding their bike, one showed a rug she made, skits, songs, walking on toes, etc. Everyone was really creative. We made it a picnic talent show. Everyone brought a dozen cookies and a blanket to sit on with their family.

This was my primary presidency in our Sychronized swimming skit. Yes, I'm a nerd :) No girls, you are not nerds, you were graceful and perfect :)

The kids did a cute song Alana learned in school. Sorry, you can barely hear it.

Summer Box

My sister Jenna told me about this WONDERFUL idea last year:

We had way too many toys accumulated after 3 kids and 7 years of Christmas' and birthdays. So, we have a Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer box. We put away certain toys and stuffed animals and the kids don't see them for 9 months. Today after the house, backyard, rooms were cleaned and Spring box was cleaned out and put away, the Summer box came out! This is an hour later. Thanks Jenna for the best idea EVER! Highly recommend it if you have the storage space :)

Draper kids here for a visit:)

Here are some pictures of the week with the Draper kids (just for you Kim :) They have had so much fun! waiting for the ice cream truck
Good buds

After church, what a cute bunch!

All the cowboys (and the cowgirl)

Brothers :)

Good buddies. Brayden and Ammon

Rylan

Brayden and Trevon on their horse riding turn

Brayden

Trevan

Brayden, such a sweetie!

Cowboy bandits

Playing cousins

Looking at the fly away balloon.

A visit from the Cothrans :)

Aren't they cute! Hangin' before the BBQ.

This was so cute! Our cousins across the street just got kitties and Nanna and Marrick were enjoying them together. This was the highlight of the weekend! Mom on the tramp?!!!! Wooo hooo! She was so dang cute that I had to get a video. We are just glad they really are coming back soon. They were on their way to Texas for Bryan's graduation and then back through Utah to Washington. Love you guys! Thanks for comin' to visit:)

SUMMER is HERE~ and so were the Days!

Schools out for the Summer!~

The kiddos in Grama's car and Pagah and Grama's sunglasses.

Already they jumped into any adventure they could find! Namely...Birds? Yes, somehow Alana captured 2 within a week and this little one she brought into the house and let it go inside. It was so terrified that Alana had time to build this "nest" for it outside the back door. How do you catch a bird? This would be her 3rd now. Maybe she will be a veterinarian after all.So next we got to have Jenna and her two girls here for a week. One of the many benefits of living close to Grama is that family comes to see us :) Eleanor fit right in with our little rascals. She is sweet as ever and spunky,

just the way we like 'em~This is sweet baby Savannah. What a doll!!! She was so sweet and adorable! We are in withdrawals from this sweet baby girl!Ammon and Eleanor became the best of buds. They played non stop the whole week.I love Eleanor's dress hanging out! They fought once and that was when other kids were around. We even had her over for a sleep over and they did great and had so much fun!Eleanor is just a sweetheart. She watches every one around her very closely and then jumps in to play. I think because her brothers are such animal kids she fit in so well. Come back soon! We miss you already~ We played at Grama's. Marrick kept picking Grama's clematis flowers

Hello, I'm vine girl~

And I'm vine boy.

Happy Summer friends and Cousins