Sunday, August 10, 2008

Installment #3--Seven Peaks and Canada

The day after we got home from our trip to California we woke up and headed to Seven Peaks with Ryan, Nicole and their kids, Mar and her kids and mom.  I actually left Brady and Reece home with a babysitter so I could enjoy the day a little better with my older kids.  It was fun to hang out with Ry and Nic and their kids...even though it was just for a day!  Next time we'll plan a little better, since we were in So Cal while they were here!

Spencer excited for the day!

Mar arriving with her little ones!

Benjamin getting ready for the kid slides!

Marin getting off the kid slide!

Natalie--if anyone LOVES water parks...something we learned in Florida last year!

G-Man with his long, awesome surfer dude hair!

Lewis, oh I mean, Logan

Natalie resting in the tube!

Baby Gracie--sooooooooooo precious.

Ry with Justin, Marin and Ben
As a side note, Amber, Annie and Jackson were there.  We just hardly saw them cause they were off playing so much!

The day after Seven Peaks we started our trek to Canada.  We stopped overnight in Missoula and had a BLAST at the Hotel with 2 waterslides!  Thanks Mar for finding such a great place to stay!

Mar with Reecey

Natalie Rae, posing of course!

Mar with Logan.  True to form Logan was fearless on the waterslides!

Annie and Reecey

Spencer.
Again, Jackson and Brady were both there.  Don't know why I didn't get any pictures.

Brady POOPED out after a long day in the car!

This brought back fond memories of my 6th grade trip to Fort Steele!

Brady on the Party boat!

After a long feud between Jack and Grandad over Grandad not being able to throw Jackson out of the tube, Jackson was getting ready to fight Grandad and not get thrown out of the tube.  One time Jackson actually told Grandad to stop!  Grandad thought that Jack begging for mercy was better then Jackson getting thrown off the tube, so in his mind Grandad won that trip!  We'll see what happens next time!

I'm so sad this picture is out of focus cause its so cute!

Natalie and G-Man

Pee break!

What a bathing beauty!

Driving the boat...all the kids got a turn!

Natalie, Jackson and Me!

Reecey with Grandad!  Grandad sure is taken with her!

Cute!

Waiting for dinner!

hahahahaha!

Cute little boys!

Brady had an ongoing problem with his butt crack showing.

Jack after water skiing.  He was the first grandchild to do it!

Me and Brady on the tube!

Jack taking the boat for a spin

Reecey chillin in the hammock!

The golf outing with Grandad and the boys where it was declared that the grandsons are invited to GFG when they can score under 100!

Me and Nanny on girls afternoon!

Best Buddies in the hot tub!

The start of our hike in Bear country...like when do we EVER hike????

"I love to go a a-wandering along the mountain track"

Me and Teej!

Cute family, minus Brady and Reecey...they stayed home with Bridgette and Avery, the babysitters.

Dad and Mom!  Aren't they cute!

Crazy girls!

Mom, Dad and the girls!

Natalie helping Natalie water ski.  Unfortunately she didn't get up this year but she was a rock star for trying.  Next year for sure!

Me!

Jackson!

Me Wakesurfing!  So much fun even though I'm not so good!

Dad wakesurfing.  He's awesome!

Mar's cabin hair!  She says her hair rises like bread as it dries.  Hahahahaha!

The kids waiting for smores!

Beautiful Brooklynn

Ju--it was so fun to see her and her cute boys!  I'm so glad she came out a day early!

The fire, obviously!

Cute little Heath

Natalie looking thoughtful

Dad telling a story

The kids listening to the story.

poor Heath got a smore stuck in his hair!

Grandad and Jackson


Dad with his girls and Garret?

Amber, my 12 year old neice, dressed up like my mom

The Twins

The treasure hunt for dad...apparently we suck at Father's Day.  We tried to make up for it!?!




Thanks so much to mom and dad for putting up with us for so long and thanks to Bridgette and Avery, the babysitters, for putting up with our kids.  Hahahaha.  It was a blast and we can't wait for next year!

11 comments:

Proud Momma said...

Wow...what a post!!! I love the brady plumber's butt the best though! You are looking beautiful as usual Jules!

Lindsay said...

Super fun! Looks like it was such a blast!

Monica said...

What a fun summer. Disneyland, water park fun, the lake. You have had tons of fun. Love Marilee's wild hair!

Nicole said...

Awesome pics- I love Nana's twin, Brady's bum, skiing and the water park. What a fun time we all had!!!! Can't wait for next year when I get to be with you more too!

Nicole said...

I forgot- Mar's hair is AWESOME!!!!

Jocelyn said...

Great updates... I loved all the pictures. That is a bunch of good looking kids, for sure. The picture of Brady's buns is hilarious. Actually there were a bunch of funny ones... Jackson in the duck, Reece eating the sand being a couple more. It looks like you have had a really fun, and busy, summer! I was glad to see all the posts and pictures.

Erin said...

What fun pictures! I especially love the skiing/boat/tubing/butt crack pictures. Do you guys go every year? Matt thinks it's silly to do the same thing every year so I think we'll have to ditch him and ski with you! j/k Yay for Jack getting up - such a feat! And Natalie for trying.

Kacey said...

Love the picture of Brady passed out on the bed. Gosh what a bed hog!
And Mar's cabin hair. Uh YIKES! lol...looks like another fun trip! Um, do you ever stay home? ;-) All your fun trips are making my summer look very depressing!

shannon said...

first of all...Mar's cabin hair. can i see it in person? second, amber dressed as your mom was a RIOT. and third, it looked like a blast!

timberly skye said...

oh my! reecey is tOO adorable! eating dirt...i love it! yes the pic's at the AF amphitheater...our crAzy family! (so how does this work? do i leave a response to your ? on my page or yours??? oh blogging...you blog my mind. ;)

BUT...doesn't matter this time cause i wanted to state the obvious cuteness of little reecey anyhow!

Heather Palmer said...

Ok those pictures were all awesome...but the ones of Brady crashed on the bed, his buttcrack under the lifejacket, and the smore in that poor kids hair had me laughing out loud.

We haven't had a summer-water-involved vacation really since Gannon started school. I'm so ready to be back to normal summers now that graduation is upon us.

And yes...next time I come to Utah - I'll be coming to see you guys! We've been dying to get down there for ages but haven't been able to with Gan's clinic schedule. So hopefully this spring.