Rigby Lake - The beginning of week 2

Kinlee and Mya.

Peyton Carlson

Mya Carlson

Reece Carlson

Kinlee and Mya

Princess Allisa

Jerika and some scary lady.

Jerika and her new bestie M'Lynn Young.  Yup thats right they have the same last name.  We love her and she has become a new fixture in our home.

Rodeo - 2 nights in a row

Jerika's cute friend MaKayla was in the Queens contest at the rodeo in St. Anthony this year and she asked us to come.  So, Friday night the girls and I loaded up and went to the rodeo.  I forgot I really do like rodeos.  I think the girls just liked the social part of it and that we were just doing something.  We sat by Mandy (my friend) and her family.  Kinlee had fun with the boys, Coy (Mandy's son) and his cousin.  We didn't see much of Jerika the whole night.  We even have proof that we were there, the next day my friend sent me a message and asked if we had gone to the rodeo and if that was a picture of Kinlee and I in the newspaper.  Sure enough, we were on the front page and another page in the newspaper.

Night 2 of the rodeo, the girls wanted to go again and our tickets were for 2 nights, but it was a fight to get the dad to go.  But Ray reluctantly agreed to go and I think he ended up enjoying it, especially the greasy food that you can only get at rodeos.  They had a contest for kids under 12 where they pinned money to a cow and the kids chased the cow to try and get the money off the cow, so Kinlee is out in the hoard of people chasing that cow.

I didn't have my camera so these pictures are from my cell phone and Kinlee moved her head just as I was taking the picture of them.  And it was pretty bright outside so I couldn't see the results.  I know I should take my camera with me to everything.  Silly me.  All in all we had a good night and I think that Ray even enjoyed it a little bit.  I really love spending time with my family!!  We really do have a lot of fun together!!  Even though we are super silly most of the time.

Pioneer Day Parade

Pioneer Day is huge in St.Anthony.  It is so much fun and it is funny how many people that moved away actually come home that weekend for the festivities.  They used to have the parade on the 24th, but now the do it the Saturday that is closest to the 24th, which I think makes it easier for more people to come, since Idaho doesn't have it as a State Holiday like Utah.  I put some of these pictures on my facebook, but I just wanted to put some of the float pictures on here so you could see how amazing they are and the work that actually goes into them.  It really is an amazing parade and it isn't very long either, which makes it good too.  It is a time too that I get to see some people that I only see once a year.

Neices and nephews and Kinlee waiting for candy.

Older kids.

Mom and her brother Glade.

KaReena, dad, mom, Nakia and baby Gaven under the blanket.

Natalie, Chery, Blake and Neal our new family.

What you can't see very well on this float is a picture at the top of our local hero, Dustin Birch.  He was killed in Afghanistan (I think).  I used to babysit him and it just seems crazy that someone I know died for our country.  Around the bottom of the float were pictures of local veterans from the ward that made the float.  It was pretty amazing!!

Dad loves it when I put his picture on my blog (not).  I think that since he was so happy to have his picture taken, I don't think he would really mind.

On this float it says "Land of the free because of the Brave".  Amen to that!!

Sabbatical - Week 1

Jerika had a check up at the doctor, so while we were there we had her toe exrayed.  She ran into a wall the week before and we just wanted to make sure there wasn't any damage done.  It was just dislocated, but the doctor wants us to come back to make sure it heals right.

 

Tuesday we went to Rexburg Rapids with Allisa and her kids and Nakia and her kids.  I forgot my camera so there are no pictures.  We had plans to go swimming on Thurs and Friday, but we were so sunburned that we didn't go swimming again.  (Yes we did use sunscreen and we reapplied.)  I guess since my skin never sees the sun, it kind of freaked out just a little.

Wednesday, we got our nails done.  Oh, I got my hair cut on Monday too, I forgot that little tidbit.

After we got our nails done, we went and got our friend Chelsea to go to dinner.  This was her last week at school until her next block, so we thought we better spend some time with her.  She actually spent the night too and we had so much fun.  She is such a good girl and we love having her in our home.

Thursday I went to lunch with my old roommate Jennifer.  We haven't seen each other for years.  It was so nice to catch up and see her again!!!

Thursday night we went to dinner at Big J's with mom and Chelsea and then went to the Pioneer Day's play in St. Anthony, which was Tom Sawyer.  It was really good, but they always do an awesome job. 

Yellowstone Family Trip - Playmill too

4th of July

We went to feed the fish in Ashton after the parade and there weren't many fish to see.  So we went back to Ashton to get ice cream.

 Then the 4th of July night ritual, fireworks at the Chadwicks with the Carlsons too, Ray had to leave early, so he wasn't there with us.  We laughed so hard that night, it was crazy.  Fun times.

Brandon, GGJOJO (Allisa's gma) and DeAnn.

Shortest Visit Ever with the other Youngs

Ray's brothers family came to visit us late Saturday night a few weeks ago and then they left the next morning before 11.  It was so nice to see them though!!  We love you guys!!

Naomi

Ethan and Naomi