The Grotto

This is not Hugh Hefner's swimming pool, but a hike up Payson Canyon. It was a short hike over a stream to a waterfall. Perfect on a summer afternoon.

Layne, Joleen and their kids came and the cousins had a great time! Two pretty girls.

Two crazy boys.

Ahhh nice and cold! And pretty.

Jack even got a little wet.

There is always something to explore...huh Ky and Aid!

Reunion Time...Jaussi Style!

My sister in law Colette's family owns this beautiful cabin in Island Park and they let us use it for the weekend. It was so nice of them! It was the perfect place to party. (Tricia I stole the next couple of pictures from your blog so if they look familiar...)

Here is the party (minus my Uncle Mark's family they had already left). We played games, went boating, road jet skis, went four wheeling and talked. Some of the party even saw a bear (I was one of them!)

Cute cousins... Abbie, Eliza, Jace and Maelee. Life jackets were required whenever the kids went outside. We were just steps from the lake.

Aiden tried to water ski! I was proud of him for trying. Although after the first attempt he quit because he swallowed a lot of water, that according to him was full of "poop and bacteria".

My mom and dad had all of their grand kids there and they took them for a bird watching adventure one morning. It was so cute, each one found a bird with their name on it. Here is Liza with her bird.

Here are the bird watchers. It's not a great shot, the sun was in their eyes and nobody is looking at the camera but at least they are all together!

Natalie and Aiden on a tube ride. Uncle Curtis took them on a million rides over the weekend. Thanks Curt!!

Russell and I in the lake. I was excited when Russell said he would jump in with me, he hates water. So we swam around a bit, it was cold but swimable. Russell also wake boarded one night.

Jack and Aiden on the four wheeler. We took quite a few rides around the island and had a great time. It was awesome to be with my family and really hard for me to come home. But I am sure we will do it again before too long!

Face Paint

We had a Ward campout a couple of weeks ago and they had face painting. The kids really liked it.


Jack-Jack

Beautiful Butterflies - Eliza and Abby

(Thanks Mindy for taking these pictures and then letting me steal them from your blog! I really should bring my camera everywhere!)

Happy 4th

We had a fun 4th of July! I got home from girl's camp on Friday and so I was ready to party with the family this weekend.

Jack is proud to be an American...

Tricia, Shane and Jack at Jane's annual bar-b-que. We had a blast. (I meant that as a pun!)

Eliza came out of the house for some of the fireworks this year. She isn't a big fan of the noise.

Aiden, being all boy, could not get enough!

And Jack could not get enough corn!!