4th of july

we have had one crazy, fun week! we have been to Driggs, Island Park, and Burley within the last week and it has been such a blast.

last Saturday (june 30) we headed up to Island Park to hang out with some family for a few hours! the girls always love hanging out with their cousins!

after island park instead of driving home we decided to drive to driggs and watch the firework show there. I am soo glad we did. it was so much fun and seriously some of the best fireworks i have ever seen. pretty sure we will be going there every year from now on. and i love that they did it on saturday!

the girls got their faces painted!

 we met out friends rhett and whitney there.

our girls had so much fun together(:

 there was a live band before the fireworks and the girls danced their little hearts out! i wish i had a video of it. those girls know how to dance!

they were filthy by the end of the night! that is NOT a tan line....it's dirt(:

on tuesday we headed to burley. all my family comes to town for the 4th. it is one of my very favorite holidays because we are all together!

 at the parade

this is my baby brother aka "uncle baby"

later that  night we had fireworks in the backyard at grandpa's house down by the river. we were able to see a TON of fireworks that night. the city put on a pretty good show and so did my dad and all the neighbors. 

bry was like usual ALWAYS on grandpa's lap! she sure loves that man.

 look at that sunset!!! 

the boys may have gotten in a bottle rocket war/fight. rhett has some nice battle wounds.... 

watch out tazer has a sparkler!!

 we did some laying out and a little bit of boating.

i can't count how many times we found rhett riding this little bike. haha.

i love this girl. shay come live in idaho please!!

rhett babysat while dad, renee, and i went to the gym. he gave the kids a bath and a photo shoot! i love this picture!! 

i had such a great time in burley. i have been with my entire family since Christmas so it was so nice to be with everyone. i cherished every minute of it! and i was able to fit all my favorite things in this week. Maxi's Pizza, Taco Bandito, laying out by the river, and going for a few runs. 

My Sweet Grandpa

I know I just posted this picture on facebook so you have all probably seen it already but I just love this picture. We just went to see my family for the day last Saturday and it was so much fun. I can't get over how much my little Brybry loves Grandpa Cliff. The second she sees him her face just lights up and she yells GRANDPA! The best part about being around Grandpa Cliff is he is basically the only one that can get her to calm down when she is throwing one of her terrible two tantrums. She just sits quietly and contently on his lap. Dang I wish I still lived next door to my grandpa! I think I know why Bry loves my grandpa so much, it's cause he is so dang AMAZING. Seriously, he is the best man I know. I love that I have him in my life and it just melts my heart every time I see the special bond they have.

Christmas!

Christmas this year was crazy. I felt like we never stopped moving. It was so fun, but I will admit I am tired. 

One of my favorite things we did was go to my grandma and grandpa Tegan's house. We headed there on the 23rd. My grandma put so much work into the party. There was constantly something fun going on. Santa came, we had a hay ride, the kids did a nativity scene for us, there were games for the adults, and of course yummy food. I am so glad we went, it was an amazing night.

On Christmas Eve we then headed over to my Aunt Carmen's house. This was also an amazing night. I love it when everyone can get together and just enjoy each other. 

Brylee NEVER left grandpa's side all week. I have never seen her so quiet or content.  She loves him so.

Sacia and I rockin Christmas shirts!

Girls opening their Christmas Eve jammies.

My grandpa makin us all laugh. 

Dad and Uncle Coop

One of my favorite moments of the night was Jordy serenading us. Haha. 

and there were some awesome ugly sweaters going on. Wish I would have gotten a picture of them all.

We ended the night by talking about what we were most grateful for and reminiscing. The spirit was strong and I went to bed with a warm heart. I love my family and am so grateful for them and their great examples. Especially the women in my family, they are amazing. 

Christmas morning didn't go quite the way I planned. Tacey beat us upstairs so I was kinda bummed. I woke up to little footsteps running around upstairs so I jumped out of bed as quick as I could! haha, little turkey. 

SQUINKIES!!

Since Rhett and I got a new computer this year we decided that we weren't going to buy anything else. Well when he saw that I still did a stocking for him I think he panicked. 

I woke up to a peanut butter and jam sandwich, marshmellows, fruit loops, a coke, a banana, cream of chicken soup, and some "slightly" used deodorant. 

Can't say the man didn't try.

I absolutely loved having Christmas on Sunday this year. My dad's ward only had sacrament meeting. It was such an amazing meeting. The spirit was so strong. It was an hour long music program and it was beautiful. 

I dressed the girls up in their new outfits for church. They looked pretty dang cute.

After Christmas Rhett and I got some food poisoning and that was no fun at all. Just glad I had people around to take care of the kids. We did have to postpone our trip to my moms house because of us getting sick, that is what sucked most. 

So, we still have one more Christmas to celebrate with my mama and sisters and we can't wait!! 

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!