July 4th 2008

After swimming Seth, Melinda, Randy and I left for the cabin. We had hot dogs cooked on the fire. It was a beautiful night. The final patch of snow in front of our cabin melted today. Wow July 4th and there is still snow. That is a record.

We got up the next day and played games then went home and had a barbecue with Melinda's family and Mark & Tara. What a fun day. There was so much moisture that there are lots of flowers. These are right in front of the cabin. Lots of different kids. Will see how long they last. It is getting hotter by the day.

4th Of July

Today we celebrate the birth of our Country. We are so blessed to have the freedoms that we have. I am so grateful for those who gave there lives so we could be free. To all the men and women who have served. Thank you. We started the day with a Barbecue at Billings. Then we played some cards. Hand & Foot. Then we ventured off to the swimming pool. We couldn't keep the kids back any longer, it was like Christmas.When can we go?

We got the whole Billings family this year. That is a first.



Zack got to fly like a bird and land in the water. He thought it was the best.

Randy and I went to the cabin on the 27th of June. We spent the night. It was so relaxing up there. Charlie & Jake got to come with us. They love it up there, they chase squirrels all day. It is so green. There was still a patch of snow. We did some general cleaning and just chilled.

Britt and Jess came over. Jess brought pizza and we hung out for a while. Then Britt and the girls went swimming. Carson had to go to the doc, to get his hearing aid. We are so excited to see the improvement.



Alyssa and Kate love to be in the water. Alyssa has a cast but it doesn't slow her down. It was fun to watch them play in the water, jump off the side. Thanks for sharing your day with me.

What cute kids. I got to play grandma part of the time. Juston, Brighton, Jacob and Hanna. Juston is such a good dad. He was so patient, and took good care of the kids.

Haylee, Riley and Tracy.

Riley and Haylee.

Diving

Cliff jumping and jumping off the house boat is always a highlight. Bryce still holds the record. He is crazy.

The kids decided to put the tube under the slide and see who could stand up. Riley was one of the few who could. It is a hoot to watch them.

Brett on air chair. He is so serious.


Wild rides on the tubes.







The kids would play cards for hours. They had so much fun.

Brett , Haylee, and Riley fun times.

Fun & Sun

June 15 Happy Fathers Day .

It is time for our semi annual Lake Powell trip. There were 19 of us. We all took turns preparing food. It was a very relaxing trip. We missed the rest of our kids and grand kids. Maybe next time.



So dang cute. This is Hanna and she is 3 She has the biggest smile.
The highlight of the trip is still the air chair. The kids are really getting good. Haylee is like a ballerina on water.

And if you are brave you will take a banana boat ride. You are putting you own life in someone else hands. So hold on for dear life.


We even got grandma on the tube. It was a short but fun ride.

Pictures

Rubi, Gracie, Abi, Zeek and Madi.
We spent all day Saturday cleaning so Mom could come home to a nice clean house. She was so surprised. It was really a great time and I love going and helping out. I needed a vacation when I got home to rest. It is so much work. I don't know how Dee keeps up with it all. Cooking from scratch, no sugar. Farm animals. Building a new house. Home Schooling. Her plate it really full. She does such a good job.

Gracie takes a dive.

Gracie on the low dive. But she was so brave to go off the high dive.

Swimming day

Then Friday was picture day and then off to the swimming pool. Abi and Gracie jumped off the high dive. Gracie woulnt do it
again so I could take the picture.
But she did go off the low dive.
It was still pretty cold. To cold
for me to go in. Zeek wasn't to
excited to get in eather.
The girls lasted a couple of hours
but then got really cold, so we
left for pizza.

Then it was off to the Children's Museum. The kids love this place. It is a old mall and they took a section of it and put this together. They have a grocery store with food and baskets and a checkout.
They have a hospital, a stage, face painting, fire station and so much more. I can't remember it all. The kids had so much fun. They really like this place. We were playing and Dee called us and said there was a tornado warning and I should make sure the roads were open to go home. We left it was fine. But that night it was really bad. I moved the kids downstairs and tried to listen to the radio to hear if it was going to touch down there. It was a little harry but it passed about 1:00am. We survived.