So I had to make a separate post for all of these pictures.  We all know Daniel is strong, but he just loves to show off!  First he wrestled Ryan Garrett.  That wasn't enough for his ego so on Saturday he wrestled Trevor Bell.  This was a great match.  Everyone on the beach was watching.  Daniel took Trevor down twice.  Bo kept telling the camp next to us to "Send over your best guy!"  It was pretty funny. 

Bear Lake

There are so many pictures on this post that I had to split it up.  Bear Lake was so much fun.  This is something we will continue to do every year!  Ryan and I pulled our trailer to the KOA camp.  Which was a great place to camp.  We were camped right next to FREE miniature golf.  Jake LOVED it.  Ryan and him played for hours while Brooks took a nap.  Ryker came down on Friday night and spent the night and the boys golfed all morning.  They were so cute.  

Ike & Jenny, Ryan & Sara, Bo & Becky, were all staying a 1/2 mile up the road at Bo& Becky's condo.  Some of Sara's friends were up there too.  They were all so much fun.  We spent the whole first day at the beach.  It was the best beach, because it stayed shallow for so long.  The water was pretty warm, too.  The first day we all, or should I say Daniel, the kids, and I all got into a mud fight.  It was so much fun.  I felt like a little kid again.  We tried our best at Skim boarding.  I couldn't quite get it, but Jake was really getting the hang of things.  We took boat rides and was destroyed by the SUUUUUPER MAAAAABLE!  I couldn't believe how nervous all the kids, except Taylor and Courtnie, where.  Then we went over to Trevor and Jamie Bells condo and had awesome dutch oven.  Jamie made the best cobbler ever.  We watched a movie outside and had races.  Taylor Bell is the fastest little girl ever.  Both there girls are amazing.  I still can't get over how many flips and whips and aerials these girls could do. Ryan was so proud that he beat Daniel.  Even if Daniel had already raced twice.  

On the second day the boys took a long razor ride up the canyon while the girls swam at Becky's pool.  Then we all BBQ at Becky's and played games.  It was a blast!

On Saturday we went to the beach again an played for a few more hours before we headed home.  Aubrey was so cute at the beach.  She would play in the sand for hours.  Then she would chase the birds.  I can't get enough of these kids.  They make our life so fun.  I can't wait to go back to Bear Lake!

PARTY!!

I told Jake & Brooks that Kreed, Dillon, and Gage where coming over at 10:30 while Michelle went to the Dr.  This got the juices flowing for these two and they decided, all on there own, to have a PARTY!  
They laid out games, candy, puzzles, coloring and tanagrams.  Jake was quite the host.  He made sure everyone got a turn and that they had plenty of options.  I thought it was so cute
I guess this will happen when you have as many parties as we do.  What party animals!!

These are a few of the games they had to offer!

I cut my hair AGAIN!!!

Great photo huh!  So I called my sis-in-law, Jenny, and told Ryan I was getting a "TRIM." HA!   
Well, it was more than a little trim, but I love it!  It is so much easier to do.  

My friend Cammie does this fun slide every summer at Evergreen park.  The boys and I love it when she does it.  She had a ton of people there.
I think Brooks went down about 50 times.  He had so much fun.  You have to run back up the hill and it really wore my kids out.  They were exhausted when we got home.
Jake was so cute taking his sister down the slide.  He adores her.  You don't mess with her when he's around, not even I can tell her NO without Jake piping in.  
Jake and his new goggles!
Aubrey wanted to go down all by herself.  

Fourth of July

we went to Stadium of fire this year.  It was so much fun.  Ryan and I had never been and didn't know what to expect.  It was totally amazing.  It was emotional when they were talking about our great country and all of the service men & women and there families.  I don't know how you don't get chocked up.  They start of by having Jets fly over and parachute's come down.  They had Glen Beck hosting.  I love him so it was really fun to see him live.  The Blue man group was fun.  Miley Cyrus was OK.  The fireworks where amazing.  It was so cool to see them go off.  I got hit by some bug chunks.  We were all covered in ashes.  I love it.  Aubrey loved the whole show.  She was so good.  She had Jim Phillips and Ryan rubbing her feet for about 15 minutes.  It was so funny.  She knows how to get what she wants.  

Look Mom NO HANDS!

This is what happens when the road stops your fall.  You can't see really well, but he is banged up.  He was riding with no hands on Kreeds bike and ate it.  There was blood everywhere.  He cut the inside of his mouth really bad.  He scraped his leg all to pieces.  He was pretty banged up.  
So the next day after the big accident I took the kids to 7peaks.  Jake's friend Dillon came with us.  On the way there Jake was explaining to Dillon that boys play hard and work hard and get scars so that the girls will like them.  He must be hanging out with Lincoln!  He is going to have a ton of girls at the rate he's going.  Chicks dig scars!  I know I do!

Timp Cave

We hiked Timp cave with the Jones'.  It was a lot of fun.  The hike is only 1 1/2 miles,but it is a steep incline.  Jake did great the whole way up.  Brooks did OK.  I only carried him a little ways up.  Aubrey did great on Ryan's back.  The cave was so cool.  I haven't been since I was a kid.  I hit my head really hard twice on stalactite's.  The way down was really hard on the kids knees.  I carried Brooks the whole way and Jake had to stop a couple of times.  Overall they did really well.  

Dress up

The kids all decided to dress up the other day and go show all the big girls on the street.  How cute are they!  These boys have so much fun together.  We are so lucky to have so many fun kids on our street.
Aubrey got in the action with my old track shorts.  I don't know what she is, but she is sure cute.
Kreed is Yoda, Jake is a Ninja Turtle, Aubrey is in shorts, Gage is Batman, Brooks is Red Power Ranger, and Dillon is Karate Kid.

Strawberry

We had so much fun in Strawberry.  We went in the middle of June.  It was so much fun.  The Tranes, Dunn's, and Zamboni's all came with us and we had a great time.  It is always fun when we go with these guys.  I have never been to Strawberry.  It was so beautiful up there and it is only an hour and 15 minutes away.  We can't wait to go again.  There are a ton of mosquitos though.  Jake had 25 and Brooks had 14 when we came home.  I was spraying them with off every 2 seconds.  I think it was attracting the bugs to them.  

Aubrey fake sleeping

I love that she pretends she is sleeping.  She has really fooled me in this one.
The other day I came into my living room and Aubrey had taken every blanket out of my entertainment center and put them in a pile.  She grabbed a pillow and a book and was chillin' like a villain.  So besides the fact that she is extremely cute.  I thought this was so funny.  I love to see her start using her creativity to keep her entertained.  The kicker for me is that she had grabbed a Book of Mormon and she was "really reading" it.  I hope she is still reading when she is 15.  What a kick in the pants!  She keeps me on my toes and I love her for it.  She has brought so much joy into our lives.  She is such a smart girl.  She knows what a Cow, Dog, Chicken, Horse, the letter a, letter b, and the letter R all say.  She is learning so many knew things.  I can't believe how fast it has gone.  She will be 2 in 2 months.