Summer Daze

 School's out....Party with my friends!!!

May 24, 2012

We kicked off our summer with a water party!  Popcorn and snow cones for everyone! 

 Out door movie night

We had about 100 people over for a movie in the backyard!  If you know Brian it wasn't just a sheet thrown up on the house!  He spent hours figuring out the best way for the screen.  You can see his two attempts.  He went with the huge canvas drop cloth.  He took it up to the top of the road and laid it out and painted it with a roller.  Then he put up wooden stakes all over the yard and attached speakers to them...of course we had to have surround sound!  It was lots of fun!

 Florida

We took Austin (Jack stayed home with a friend) Rylee, Brinley, and 3 of their friends...Kyle, Remy and Madison to Destin, Florida

Utah Family Reunion!

Wendy planned the whole reunion in Manti, Utah.  She had a guy drive us all around on this fun little train!  She had Hawaiian dancers perform, rented out the city pool, rented canoes and paddle boats at the lake, and had an outdoor movie!  The whole thing was so much fun!

Me and Marlene 

Me and Missy

 Drive home from Utah

So Brian drove to Utah with us in the motorhome but couldn't stay the whole time so my sister Missy and her kids drove back with us...that's 2 adults and 8 kids!!!

Mount Rushmore!

Bear Country.  We drove around in our RV through a huge animal preserve and say all kinds of animals like they were in the wild!

We camped in the Badlands

It was about 170 degrees outside and Missy and I thought we were going to die but the kids loved running around on all the formations

A bunch of wild animals escaped!

We toured an old 1880's town.  This was so cool!  The kids rented clothes and then walked around the town!

This old guy was so funny!

Charleston

I took the girls alone to Charleston in the motorhome...I know I am brave!  It was so much fun!  We stayed the first night in a motorhome park in Asheville.  Then the second night in a KOA in Charleston.  I even parked the motorhome downtown Charleston...not easy!!!

The girls brought their friend  Ava with us

Rafting and camping 

We went whitewater rafting and camping with a bunch of families from church!

Brian kissing a huge salamander they caught...yuck!

Boating...

boating....

and more boating!!!

So that was our summer...in a nutshell!!!