Fun Month

The past few weeks have been very exciting. First, there were the 24th celebrations. First we went to the parade here in "Spork."

This was Ben's favorite float, which means we couldn't get him to turn around for a picture.

We went to my parent's house to celebrate my mom's birthday. She got a slip'n'slide for the occasion. My kids LOVE slides, adding water only sweetens the deal.

Yes, that's a happy face above, not a cry.

Ben & Jen opted to crawl down, they just couldn't get a hold of the stomach sliding.

We did an early fireworks show since our kids go to bed before the sun. Ben was pretty excited about the sparklers that he could do all by himself.
Erin is trying to take over as the puzzle prodigy. I tried to post video of her doing this one in less than a minute, but it wouldn't post.
Our latest adventure was a long-overdue trip to Moab to visit Brandon's parents. We got to pick some fresh fruit from the orchard. Yumm.
We also went camping! First we stopped to fish on a neighbor's mountain ranch. They have some stalked ponds that we did catch and release on.
Erin & Ben got in on the action at first, then watched a movie with Grandma once they were bored.
We caught some awesome fish. This wasn't the biggest one we caught, but we were trying to be so careful with them that they would get off before we got a good picture.
Before we left the Ranch the kids got to meet the horses.
Did I mention that my kids love slides?
The campsite...
Erin was keeping herself and Grandpa safe from the bugs.
Love that dutch oven cooking...and cook!
This is the remnant of a very wild night for mom.
Ben loves the 4-wheeler, Erin loves to try and say 4-wheeler.
Classic Erin expression.
Daddy teaching Ben to play horseshoes.

The kids got a little more than wet at the fishing ponds.
Overall it was a pretty fun time.

Lastly, our garden is growing like crazy...

kind of like our kids.

Such a cute daddy's-girl.