July 2014

 July has been full of fun! We seem to have some adventure to go on everyday. This is the girls picking up Hannah from art camp. She had a great time but I didn't get a picture of her . . . oops.

 One night we had a crazy rainstorm that put down a lot of water. The kids had so much fun playing in it.

 We took a day trip to Yellowstone. We saw the bubbling pots, old faithful and drove to Mammoth for ice cream.

 We even saw a bear! It was a great day until Kinley puked all over. We decided that was a good time to head home.

 We got together with Jill and Tonya's family and Jill's parents house. My kids love going there. They surf on the canal, ride tubes, paint rocks and have a great time. It was so great to catch up with Jill and Tonya. Great friendships last.

Other than that we have had swimming lessons for Chloe, trips to Rigby lake, rafting, more trips to Gem lake, park days, friend days, and night games. We love summer!

Trek, Spartan and summer fun!

 Went to the zoo for the first time this summer! Kinley loves animals so it was super fun for her.

 Chloe play Tball with the Princess Ladybugs team. She loved it and her coach Trent.

 Kinley loves her green smoothies in the mornings.

Hayden finished out his season with Orioles. He loved playing baseball and learned a lot this summer.

 We were able to go as a family on the ward trek up by camp Cumorah. We had a really good experience and were so glad to be able to do this as a ward. We had great food, a hoedown, spiritual experiences and hard work.

 The kids had a great time playing with everyone in the camp. Besides losing Chloe one time on the mountain they did great.

 We pulled the handcart for four miles up hills, over streams and back down again. Kinley loved riding in her carseat. Most memorable was the women's pull where the men were taken away and we were left to make it up the hardest part of the hill. They also had us stop a lot and we listened to vignette's about pioneers. It ended with talks and a testimony meeting.

 Heath replaced his second knee so we spent time in the hospital with him, brought him home and settled and then we were off to Utah for my Spartan race. I had a great time. It was as hard as I thought it would be - maybe a lot more mountains than I imagined - but I did it! I even made my goal with 23 minutes to spare. I couldn't walk for a week after but it was worth it. I am glad I had the experience.

 The kids were glad to end the day at the lake after spending the day at the Huls house.

Granite Thornton Family Reunion 2014

 We always have a great time at Granite. We love it up there. The only down parts this year was that Heath was unable to come because of his knee and we missed all of the 4th of July festivities. We loved going to the waterfall, hikes, night games with cousins, swimming in the pool, glow stick fun, and trying to get on CJ's favorite cousin list.

 On the way home on Saturday, we went floating on the river. This was Hannah's first time to make it all the way down.

End of the year

 We have had a great end of the year. Here they are so excited to have their last day of 3rd and 4th grade. Hannah got Mr. Weller for 5th and Hayden got Ms. Mortimer for 4th.

 After a lot of friend time and water parties the last day of school, Hayden was excited to head up to the Father and Son's with Heath. Hannah was excited to go to a birthday party. The girls and I went to Artic Circle.

 Chloe has started T-ball and loves being on the Princess Ladybug team with coach Trent.

 We got to help pass out popsicles at field day. Here is Hannah doing the shuttle run.

 20 years after graduating from Bonneville, he now leads the graduation. He also gave a great talk.

 Hannah made the talent show at school and played a Harry Potter song.

 Hayden had his Book Tea at school. His book was the Mean Dinosaur.

 He had his last flag football game. They had a great season.

Chloe had her last day of preschool. They were such a fun group of kids.

A trip to Utah

 We went to Utah on Memorial weekend to celebrate Granny Great's 90th birthday. They had a really nice party of her at the church. The next day we were going to clean her yard but it was raining so we spring cleaned the inside of her house instead. It was great to see that side of the family and do a service for her.

 We had a fun lunch together.

 We spent some time with the Huls. The kids slept out in their trailer.

 We had a BBQ and smores.

 Hannah, Chloe and Kinley got their hair cut by Jenn.

 We met Heath's family at his Grandpa Jackson's grave to remember him.