BG with Family

Last Tuesday, we went to BG with my mom and sister's family.

 

 Our stroller got left at home, so we rented one. No one wanted to ride in Tripp's, of course.

 A little too selfie

Owen rode every single roller coaster. A new record. 

It helped having 2 additional adults to coax into riding with him.

 Mason had to have this hat?!? His money burns a hole in his pocket. Owen is the total opposite.

We stayed too long for the little ones and it was really hot, but overall, we had a FUN day.

The kids are ready to go back ;)

How Does His Garden Grow?

5 weeks ago

 3 weeks ago- we spied baby beans

 

Last week he ate them right off the vine with absolute delight

  

This weekend I humored him and cooked these. 

We will never have enough "ready" for our whole family.

 Beans might be all our garden produces this season. Watermelon and cantaloupe wasn't the best idea. They are choking out the other plants. Plus our beans are shading the pepper plants. Live. Learn. Try Again.

Snap Shots from the 4th

Golf ball hunting is always a favorite at my parent's mountain house, the house backs up to a golf course.

 Wherever Ryan goes, Tripp goes and vice versa.

 These goof balls straddling the swing sideways. Made for lots of laughs!

 Avery's first time in a sleeping bag. Ha!

 Celebrating my dad's birthday :)

We drove home on the 4th of July to be back in town for a second shot at fireworks. It poured rain a few miles from home and we were afraid the fireworks wouldn't happen. Thankfully the storm passed and we got to witness a God-made display of art in the sky for a pre-show!

Not many restaurants are open for dinner on the 4th of July, we learned that the hard way. We were afraid to have a picnic dinner in case the fireworks were cancelled and opted for Jason's Deli. The free ice cream did not disappoint. Mason made his own. Can you tell? If they stop serving free- self-serve-ice cream we will know why ;)

We choose to stick close to our car for the fireworks because of the weather and two very tired kids. We played Uno until it got dark. Thankfully the distance from the actual fireworks display really helped Avery. It was not nearly as loud and she enjoyed the show!

That wraps up our 4th of July fun!

Nature Walk

I wouldn't call it hiking ;) And their was lots of whining and wanting to be held, but we did attempt to walk a short trail near the grand caverns.

This retro slide was a huge hit. It was pretty steep and long and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared someone would fall over the short slide walls.

Enjoying a Holiday

We had the privilege of being at my parent's mountain home for a portion of the 4th of July holiday. My parents were there as well as my sister and her family.

The older two enjoyed the ropes/adventure course.

 And the little ones including cousin Tripp, jumped their hearts out.

They also played frisbee golf in the rain and swam in the pool in the rain. We tried a new viewing spot for the fireworks show on Thursday night and it was an "epic fall" as the boys would say. We couldn't see them and neither could a 100 or so other people that tried the same thing :(