Cousin Camp Park City

Once Jonny and Kenzie came up to the cabin, the fun really started. All the kids love Kenzie, and they loved playing UNO, so it was a match made in heaven when she gathered the kids for a game. 

We got to see some ski jumpers practicing their skills in the pool at Olympic Park in Park City. There were all ages and abilities there practicing and it was a lot of fun watching what they did. 

We took a quick tour of the museum

We did some shopping at the outlets and were planning to ride the alpine slide, but the weather was not cooperating and we ended up going straight to dinner in downtown PC. 

We walked around a little, but it was cold and rainy, so we didn't stay long. We took a few pics by a cool blue door

Lover Boy had had enough

And we found a couple of bears to pose with for Grandpa Dale

 

Cousin Camp Lagoon

We have never taken our kids to Lagoon since we moved back to Utah. We thought it would be a great activity for Cousin Camp, so we took a day to go. Grandma and Grandpa wanted all the cousins lined up in front of the cabin before we left.

We took one pic at the beginning of the day, one at the end of the day, and not many in between. We were there all day long and my kids haven't stopped talking about it since. Kyla and Kenya were the daredevils, willing to go on any ride they were tall enough for. Allie was more reserved, but did go on Colussus, the big roller coaster, and the rocket Re-Entry, which was the scariest one I went on all day. It was so fun, we are thinking of making it a tradition every year!

Baseball and Cinderella

Allie and I got to have a date night to see the play Cinderella at the Scera. Monique got some free tickets and we were happy to take them off her hands! The play was fun, but only okay. Allie even commented that it would have been much better if the prince didn't have a lisp.

Baseball season is finally coming to an end. Damon really improved a lot and it was so fun (nerve racking, though) to watch him pitch. 

Kyla and Allie have both surprised me with their baseball skills. They aren't the best on their teams, but they certainly aren't the worst. They are both good little hitters. 

I loved this cute pic of Allie and McKay (and Kenzie bunny). 

Cousin Camp 1

We had our first ever Cousin Camp this year with the Esplin family. The idea is to have a week set aside every year for a vacation together, just with my immediate family. My mom's family still does a lot together, and we are slowly trying to transition into some time with just the Esplin's. Heather and Sam couldn't make it this year, because Sam is working a new job and couldn't get time off. Eric didn't come and Kimmy is in LA, so it was only half the family (and only half the fun).

Jeff and Wayne had work things to do on Monday and Tuesday (Jeff was in NM), so we didn't do a lot the beginning of the week. We took a ride on the Heber Creeper Monday night, which was only sort of fun. It was hot and slow and we were super glad we got half price tickets!

All the kids got to dig for a dinosaur skeleton and keep it, which was probably the most fun thing we did that day. I love the beginning of a photo bomb happening in the bottom right corner of this shot.

The train we rode on 

Five years + Father's Day

The first week of June marked five years since we moved into this house. It doesn't seem that long ago, but so much has happened since then. We added Carter and then McKay to the family, not to mention a dog.

This is a picture of the day we moved in, June 2009.

And this is June 2014

We had a low-key Father's Day, just the way Jeff likes it. His meetings were canceled in the morning, so we had the chance to bring him breakfast in bed. He preferred NOT to be shown just waking up. :) Sidenote: McKay LOVES his bunny, Kenzie. 

Allie made him a sweet tie at Activity Days, and he was nice enough to wear it to church for her. 

I pitched in by making him a peach pie, which turned out very nice

We are lucky to have Jeff as our husband/dad. He really is so great. 

Damon started summer band in June and had to go to the school every day for 30 minutes to learn to make a squeak out of his clarinet. The rest of us would stop at the park to play while he was there. I loved this pic of the kids on the slide. Note Kyla's hair!

We also ran a couple of days at the track at Lakeridge, where Allie is really good at running a mile. She just takes off and doesn't stop. It's impressive, because there's no way I could have done that when I was nine! I had the kids take a pic of me one day to prove that I'm still around.