Idaho - Part 2

On Friday we slept in then headed out to check out Ryon's new office building he bought. It's super nice and has an awesome theatre room in it. We put on Tom and Jerry's Wizard of Oz for the kids so the guys could help Ryon carry in a bunch of stuff. However, all the adults ended up watching the movie! Then they helped Ryon.

 After lunch we headed to Rigby lake. It's an awesome little beach and we all had a lot of fun. The kids loved building a pool of water with a dam, then breaking the dam and watching it go down to the lake.

 

Brooklyn really needed to go to the bathroom but it was too far away, so we kept telling her to just go in the lake. She was too embarrassed and nervous, so Jana sat with her and helped teach her how to go in the lake. Super funny and cute.

 

 Ryon brought his sailboat and gave hides on it.

 The kids swam with Jana and Hannah out to the slide, but were too afraid to go down, so just swam back.

After we all showered, Hannah watched the kids while the adults went out to dinner. It was a lot of fun to sit and talk with the adults. Saturday morning Jana's family, my dad, and Josh went out to go shooting with Ryon's new guns. While they were gone, my mom and I took the kids shopping then to the park for lunch. My parents left Saturday afternoon. We hung out with Ryon and Jana's family for the rest of the day Saturday. We headed out Sunday morning and got home around 2. It was such a great trip! Thanks Ryon and Jana for a great weekend!!!

Idaho - Part 1

For the holiday weekend we went up to Rexburg to visit with Ryon and Jana and their family. My parent's came as well. We headed out Wednesday night and made it up there around 11pm. The 4th of July is always a lot of fun with my brother. We started off the day with their parade. The kids got a ton of candy and loved looking at all the floats, including their cheerleading cousin Hannah!

 Brayden trying to keep his eyes open for the picture in the sun:

 After a quick lunch we helped get the waterslide out and all their family and friends came over. It's always a ton of fun. The kids LOVED it and spent the whole afternoon sliding.

 When Brynlee woke up from her nap she wanted to go down with Josh. She screamed the whole time. I was surprised when she then asked me to take her!

 After a yummy bbq that night we waited for it to get dark for Ryon's firework show. He had been working nonstop building holders for all the fireworks he bought. He spent a lot of money and had a lot of fun. My dad even got into it and loved helping him set them off. We all sat on their hill and watched. Brynlee was not a fan. She ended up falling asleep under her blanket.

Brewer Ball

My aunt Janet put together a super fun night.We had a yummy sloppy joe dinner, followed by a bunch of crafts for the kids.They made crowns, survival bracelets, and duct tape wallets. After the crowns we had a bunch of dancing. The kids loved dancing, especially when they started playing a bunch of old school songs that got all the adults up and dancing. The hokey pokey and the boot skootin boogy were favorites. Thanks Janet for an awesome night!!!

Kindergarten Zoo Day

Brayden's final project was to research about an animal he chose...a desert coyote. Really bud??? Not the easiest costume to come up with. Luckily my mom saved the day and painted his face and it was awesome. I took the girls over and we walked around pushing each animal's button and they gave their report about the animal. Here is Brayden's report:

"I am a coyote. I live in the desert. I eat everything...meat and plants. I can jump over an 8 foot fence. I howl to communicate with other coyotes."

Swim Lessons

It took us forever but we finally started swim lessons for Brayden and Brooklyn. It was not easy. Hauling 4 kids to the rec center for 1/2 hr, then trying to shower off the 2 kids while holding a newborn and entertaining Brynlee was harder than I expected. However, the kids loved it and did great. We'll do the next level in a couple of weeks after I get a break!

Baby Quails

So one random night we decided to take the kids out to dinner. As we went outside we noticed a bunch of baby quails running around our yard. We figured they were the ones from the nest in the bush and assumed they would find their nest and relax. Some of them kept getting stuck so of course Josh and the kids came to their rescue. 

 After we returned from dinner we noticed only 2 quails huddled against our garage door and a black cat roaming across the street. We found one baby quail that the cat had gotten but none others. So again Josh came to the rescue and made a nice little home for the 2 remaining quails. We determined that they had come from the nest in the tree, not the bush, and had all fallen out. No mom or dad in sight :( So we grabbed the nest and put it in the turtle's cage since the turtle is outside for the summer. Josh read up on how to nurse them back to health and has been hand feeding them. We'll see how it goes!

Oakley Violet Ericson

Natalie and Michael welcomed their 2nd little girl into this world on June 9, exactly 2 months after Brielle. It is so crazy to see how quickly Brielle has grown...Oakley is SO little!!! It was fun to visit them and spend time with her.