Saturday, June 30, 2018

June 2018 in Montana

We spent 2 weeks in Montana doing swimming lessons and soaking in time with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.

There was LOTS of gymnastics.

Megan



Emily



Alex



Swimming at the Y

Carolyn, Samuel, Alex, Carolyn and Aubrey



Emily, Olivia and Megan



Laura, Nathaniel and Kyle




Tyler



4-wheeler rides-Tyler



Scooters-Emily



Alex LOVED the riding lawn mower



Hadley, Grandpa and Alex



Perler beads Samuel, Emily, Megan, Olivia and Laura



Dance shows

Megan



Olivia



Emily



Helping cut and load firewood



Playing outside with cousins

Carolyn



Hadley and Aubrey



Olivia, Emily, Megan and Alex



Hadley and Carolyn



Samuel, Carolyn, Emily



Grandpa and Hadley



Painting fingernails and toenails



We went to my mom's family reunion in Idaho.  I love seeing my aunts, uncles and cousins.













Samuel, Alex and Hadley



Daniel, Kyle and Tyler



Cousin Game Time



Megan in a Fear Factor game--retrieving big, plastic bugs (Kimberly and Emily are onlookers.)



Emily with a big bubble wand



Making a big fire with Uncle John



One afternoon my dad took the kids and me up in the mountains with the RZR and 4-wheeler



Emily



All of them were able to get some shooting practice in on soda cans

Emily



Megan



Tyler



Grandpa helped them all "catch fish."



Megan



Emily



Tyler



Sleepover fun



We had the chance to ride horses one afternoon.  The kids all LOVED it.










Tyler





Emily



Megan



I even got on and rode around the ring



The view from the horse



More horse fun with Uncle Sage







Alex LOVED "driving" the riding lawn mower himself. Here he is with Tyler.



Jumping off the rope swing at the Y (Tyler and Megan.  I only caught Emily's splash on camera.)





Eating outside with cousins

Emily, Alex and Carolyn



Tansy, Samuel, Tyler and Megan



Tyler and Hadley



One evening the kids tried fishing at a couple different kids' fishing ponds.



Megan, Hadley and Emily

Tyler





Megan





Emily





Picnic-ing at the Kids' Pond (Samuel, Hadley, Tansy, Carolyn, Alex, Emily, Grandma, Megan and Tyler)



We went into Virginia City, walked along the boardwalk and got some ice cream.



Finishing up swimming lessons in the canoe





One last gymnastics show.

Emily



Megan and Olivia



We had so much fun.  There's no way to capture every single moment of fun, but these pictures are just a little snapshot.