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The Hymas family invited us to go and have dinner with them at the Lake for family home evening.  it was the most beautiful day all day long and as soon as it was time to get into the car the wind started to blow hard and the clouds started to come in.  I was so sad, but it cleared up and ended up being  great night.  The kids didn't care that it was a little cold they all just jumped in the water and started to play.  

Max wasn't a huge fan of the cold lake but he enjoyed the fire and food.  

They brought kayaks for the kids to ride around in and they were out in the water almost the whole time.  Adison was in and out and in and out about three or four times.  She couldn't decide if she really liked being cold or not.  

She did love picking flowers and was so cute.

As the fire was dying down she kept telling me that she wanted me to hold her and that she was tired.  So we put her in the car and in just a few seconds.... she was out.  

Softball Lizzy

Elizabeth is doing fast pitch softball this year and it has been so fun to go and watch her play.  She loves to hit and likes to play first base.  She is getting better each game along with her team and they are having a ton of fun together. I think one of my favorite parts is listening to all the cheers they sing while they are up to bat.  They are a really cute group of girls and lizzy is having a ton of fun. 

Her first tournament was in Soda.  They played Friday and Sat. and it was the very first games they had played.  The other teams had been playing a lot and our girls were a little nervous.  They did great and learned a lot from the games.  We had breaks in-between gams and there isn't a lot to do in Soda so we went and looked at the geyser.  

Ryan is working on getting his pilots license and he still has a few more solo's he has to fly so he flew over to the Saturday games to watch her play.  

Alexis likes going to the games because her good friend Harley's little sister is on the team so she knows she will get to hang out with her if she comes.  They are pretty cute friends and I am glad that Alexis and Elizabeth both have good friends.  

Lizzy and Mackley.  

The older girls were more excited to play at the park than the little kids.  They had so much fun.  

working hard.

So far this summer this has been one of the biggest projects.  It is one that is so fun to see the changes and I am loving how it looks.  There was a TON of weeds in the flower bed and a few plants that had to be moved.  Then the dirt was not level and there was to much dirt... so we tilled it under a few times and took many, many loads of dirt out of the flower beds and then went shopping with my good friend Stephanie to buy all the plants.  She has done this four or five times and knows a lot more about flowers and plants than I do so I was so glad she was willing to help me.  

Ryan put the drip line in so we don't have to worry about watering them all the time.  

I am so excited to get the other side of the house going.....

Adison has been so excited about her flowers and has started to point out flowers that she likes in other peoples yards as we are driving around.  It is so cute how she is so interested in how the yard is looking and is noticing others now.  (all the kids are now)  It has been so much work, but I am so excited to do it because I love to see what it looks like when it is done.  

Sunday bike ride

So there is a tree down from our house that the girls went to a few times with my friend from Rigby, Amy Hancocks kids.  They still love this tree and think it is so fun to climb around in it and it really is a great tree.  It would be a fun one to build a tree house in.  

I loved this picture of Lizzy

My girls looking far away in the distance......

My beautiful girls.  So lucky to be their mom!

I love this one.  Adison with her little head tilt in her swim suit like always.  I love my girls and all the cute things they do.  

Brytlee came and grabbed me and said she found the perfect spot to take a picture.  I am glad I listened to her because it looks great.  She is such a beauty!

I had to drive to the airport to pick up a few things and Adison came along for the ride.  It was so hot and she came out in a sweater and sweats..... she really has her seasons messed up because all winter she was wearing a swimsuit with a skirt or something like that..... On the way home from the airport I heard a thud and looked back and she had fallen over and was snoring.  She was so tired I couldn't even wake her up.  She played hard and crashes hard.  

Happy Birthday Alexis

Alexis turned 13 this year.  I have a teen...... so crazy.  She talked me into letting her have a friend party this year.  She was great to help get the house clean and get it all ready.  

I wasn't sure how many kids to plan on having but I think there was 23 girls that showed up for the party.  Then Elizabeth had 2 friends and Brytlee had a friend and Adison had a friend.   There was a lot of kids....

I made a huge pot of taco soup for the party and I ended up not having enough for everyone.  I was so shocked that we had that many kids at our house.  I had to make five of them hot dogs and get them a few other things to eat..... I felt so bad. 

It was really nice to get to know Alexis's friends and I was impressed with a lot of them.  She has such a sweet group of friends and they were all so nice and fun to have over.   It was funny while they were on the tramp doing tricks I went out and showed them the tick tock and they all couldn't believe I could do it.  "for my age...."  Ryan went out and set up a target and let them all shoot the bb gun and took score and they all just played and ran around.  It was a great day outside and the weather was perfect.  We were so nervous about it raining sense it had rained the whole month of may.  

Alexis had her real birthday on Sunday this year and so we made her a yummy dinner and some of her favorite things.  She had prime rib, spinach salad, with rice.  Then a cheesecake.  

Alexis has been asking me to cut her hair all school year.  I loved her long hair and it was so dang pretty.  But she wouldn't stop asking and wanted it so bad that I gave in.  It is still cute and looks very healthy.