Camping Together

We went on a camping trip back in July. We went with Nicole and Travis and their family in Logan Canyon. It was beautiful. Kent left early Friday morning with our 3 girls and got us a great camping spot. Nicole and her family came up that afternoon, and I made it that night after I got off work.

Nicole ended up watching all the girls by herself for awhile. She is awesome!

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The girls had so much fun with her.

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We got all 5 girls together again.

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Including the babies, Corinne and Marley.

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The men were able to fish.

Travis is a real pro.

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Kent put on all his high tech gear before going out. Those boots are way better than waders..

They are designed to come off with ease, once filled with water.

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Travis caught a fish and gave it to us to take home.
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It was yummy! Even Camryn and Kendra wanted more..

The girls got to play...

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in the van,

in the water,

in the trees.

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Kent bought the 3 big girls sunglasses.

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We went on walks

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and roasted marshmallows and popcorn.
We relaxed and enjoyed each others' company, and ate way too much food.

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We slept in tents
and really had to bundle up at night.

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Camryn and I went on a hike, just the two of us. We stopped by this creek. There were tons of butterflies. All different kinds and colors, from lavender, to yellow, to black. Camryn just wanted to sit and watch them fly around us for awhile. It's too bad none of them showed up in the picture.

We really had a fun weekend. Thanks Nicole and Travis for going with us. We definitely want to do it again next year, and invite even more of our family.

Tiny Feet

I do not have tiny feet. I wear size 9 to 10. I have always disliked my big feet. Big feet are not feminine.

I have been noticing lately some BIG feet on other babies. Their toes and feet look HUGE!

Corinne has cute little baby feet. I like her baby feet.

We finally took Corinne to buy shoes. She has not needed them so far. She has worn booties or gone barefoot, but she has a special occasion to attend this weekend. So we went to buy her real dress shoes.

And I realized something. Other babies do not have big feet. My baby has teeny tiny feet. She will be 5 months old this week. Can you guess what size shoes we had to buy?

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size 0-3 months
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Here are her 0-6 week newborn shoes.
May I remind you that she is almost 5 months old!

Can you see that they are still loose?

But take a look at those baby thighs! There is nothing teeny tiny about them!

I sure love my cutie pie!

Fun Stuff

Life is so busy. We have been having fun in our little bit of spare time. Here is an update of the last month.

Special Package

This arrived in the mail for Camryn and Kendra.

My family knows what Jr. Birdman is all about. For those of you who don't, it is a song. This is how it goes (to my best recollection):

Up in the air, Jr. Birdman. Up in the air, upside down.

Up in the air, Jr. Birdman. Keep your noses of the ground.

When you hear the grand announcement, that the wings are made of tin

you can bet your bottom dollar that the box tops are turned in.

It takes 5 boxtops, 4 wrapper, 3 coupons, 2 bottle caps, and 1 thin dime...

ZOOM

Oh, yeah, and you have to do this when you sing it.This song has been sung in my family since my mom was a little girl. While we were in Yellowstone the girls gathered their 5 boxtops, 4 wrappers, 3 coupons, 2 bottle caps, and dime (with Daddy's help) and gave them to Grandma to send in. Days later, the girls received this package in the mail. Inside was also a certificate making them a part of the Jr. Birdman club.

It was all the girls talked about and played with for the next two weeks. Thanks Grandma. We love you.

Lamas

We visited Grandma and Grandpa Petersen, and had all sorts of fun. We got free breakfast at Pride Days. We barbecued baby back pork ribs at home. The girls played and played. Kent and I got to leave the kids with Grandma and Grandpa and go to a movie. Lots of fun stuff.

We also got a special treat, when the neighbor stopped by while exercising his lamas.

It was another great trip to Blackfoot.

Denning Reunion

We went down to Utah for the Denning reunion. It starts with lunch and games at a park.

We had fun digging for treasures in saw dust.

Kendra is near center in the white, pink, and blue striped tank top.

Camryn's age group got to go next.

That's Camryn in the turquoise shirt and tan shorts.

Check out her loot bag!

Even the adults got to give it a try.

Corinne got to look cute and give lots of smiles.

Later that evening, we all got to go swimming. They rented the whole water park. It was a blast!

4th of July

The girls got all cute in red, white, and blue. We walked down to CSI to watch the local firework show. Then we came back and did our own fireworks.

The girls LOVED every part of our 4th of July this year.

We are still working on our kitchen (and by we, I mean Kent). It is looking AMAZING! I can't wait to post pictures!

That is some of our recent doings. I hope everyone is enjoying summer!