family fun

we've made two trips to burley this week!! sunday after church we headed to my dad's for our smith family reunion that we were having monday at nat-soo-pah.  my favorite part about this trip was that everyone came!! brik, sacia, renee, and i had a fun time staying up late talking the night before and the kids had a ball just playing.  it was so much fun being all together.  i really didn't get hardly any pictures, i'm so sad about that.  it's really hard to take pictures when you are busy having fun.  

riggs and oakley.  they were being so cute with each other!! 

 NAT-SOO-PAH!!!

my dad's whole family was there. all my aunts, uncles, and cousins.  we had so much fun.  i can't believe we didn't get a quick family picture while we were there.  i did get a couple of pics of riggs and bry jumping off the diving boards.  we have been swimming a ton this summer but for some reason my kiddos have been extra cautious around the water this year.  not really sure why and i know it is not really something to complain about.  the water at nat-soo-pah is seriously the PERFECT temperature.  it made it so easy to just swim the day away which i think helped a ton with making my kids more comfortable with swimming.  by the end of the day riggs was jumping off both diving boards! and we had tacey and brylee jumping off the diving boards without lifejackets and swimming like champs!  rhett and i were beaming with excitement to see the girlies swimming so well because we have been working with them all summer and it finally paid off!

after swimming we went to maxi's pizza.  i crave maxi's all the time!  best pizza you will ever eat!  riggs and smith (my cousins little boy) were having their own little conversation.  i think they both really enjoyed being around another little boy.  both of them are surrounded by girls all the time.

so only people from burley understand just how cool the fair is.  i can't even explain why the cassia fair is my favorite because if you aren't from there you would probably just think it is super ghetto.  but it has always been something i look forward to all summer! which is why rhett and i loaded the kids in the car thursday afternoon just so we could spend a few hours at the fair and head back to rigby that same night.  it was quick and fast and we were all so tired but it was worth it.

my dad got us tickets to the rodeo that night.  rhett and i did not want to let riggins off the stand with us but about half way through we gave in and let him go play with the big kids in the dirt.  as usual, riggins thinks he owns the place and can do whatever he wants.  

my dad, cooper, and riggs

i feel grateful we have been able to spend so much time with family this summer.  i am beat though.  if we don't travel again for a few months i would be completely fine with that.  on a high note we did finish the 2nd harry potter book in the car this week and get to watch the movie tonight!!  (we read the entire book cover to cover in the car with all our travels this summer)