The Fair

We went to the fair last week and had a lot of fun.

Tuesday we saw the animals.

Wednesday was the parade.

Thursday we went to the carnival & rodeo.

After the rodeo, Jason took Cole to the carnival & they stayed until it closed since they arrived at 11:00 pm.

Camping

We went camping at Lava Hot Springs Aug 5-7. We stopped at Ross Park in Pocatello on our way there. It is such a great place for kids!

The perfect depth for the little ones.

My favorite part was the lazy river, so relaxing.

That night, we found a campground and this is what we saw the next morning, geese.

Our tent was right next to the river. I took the above picture, then turned and took the second.

We were meeting Brock, Montana & Melanie for our second night of camping. This is a park we stopped at for a bit for the kids to play.

Our next camp was at Smith's Trout Haven. The boys played with Peyton & Mason in the grass.

Both nights we were there, it was really windy & rainy in the evening. Brady doesn't seem to like the umbrella much.

The last day, we went to the pool in Lava. Cole went down the slide quite a bit.

It even started raining today and they closed the pool due to lightning so we just left.

We really had a fun weekend.

Fun in the Car

July 29th, we all went to Twin Falls for Target's toy clearance sale.

We found a lot of great deals that we will save for Christmas. We even stopped at Harbor Freight and got some free flashlights, Jason's favorite part. We have soooo many coupons for free flashlights so whenever we happen to be near a Harbor Freight, we all get one, even the kids.

I snapped some photos on the way home.

They must have really had a long day. (Brady is holding one of the flashlights)

Harris Pond

On my 30th birthday we went to Harris Pond...

Cole & Brady both went on the zip line.

Cole had fun on the water with some of his cousins.

Aunt Ruby's House

This past week I left for a couple days and went to Utah to see my Aunt Ruby with my dad, Joyce, Glen & Iris. This was the first time I have ever been away from my boys overnight.

Here we are relaxing in the pool...

and trying to avoid the sun for the picture!

Me, Glen & Aunt Ruby (my dad's sister).

Dad & Joyce

Glen & Iris

We have never met one of Ruby's boys Mick, so he came to visit and we got a picture of him & his wife Debbie! Here's a group photo. We had a great visit!

Ritchie Family Reunion 2010

June 17-19 was the Ritchie reunion. All my mom's brothers and sisters were there and we had a great time.

We had several activities planned.

Here we are at Harris Pond.

One thing we do each year is hold an auction to raise money for the following year's reunion. We got this snake for Cole made out of a tie.

Cousins having fun on the train.

Back at Uncle Neil's house, Brady is riding a tri-cycle.

Glen, Brady & Scott

Taking a walk.

Cole shooting off his bottle rocket.

Enjoying the trampoline.