ANOTHER FAMILY REUNION.......

Ok. There are quite a few pictures in this post. I had a hard time deciding which ones to choose, so I just chose most of them!!! :)

We went to Ririe Resivoir for the McDaniel family reunion this year. It was a great 4 day vacation.

We got there Thursday night and got everything set up. While we were putting up the tent, Oakleigh found the fire pit and decided to play in it. She was BLACK!!!

We did A LOT of eating, playing with cousins,

building forts,

visiting, and more eating.

This was Oakleighs first camping experience and I am not sure she new exactly how to react. She slept a lot better than I thought she would at night but we were not so lucky with the naps. But I couldn't blame her for not wanting to take a nap in a super hot tent.

We spent a lot of the afternoons down at the resivoir. We didn't have a boat, but that didn't stop the kids from throwing on the life jackets and jumping in!!

A couple of my brothers in law rented a jet ski for the after noon and were nice to take the kids for a couple of rides on the tube!! Thanks Dehn and Heath! :0

Oakleigh LOVED the water. She kept trying to jump in. All she wanted to do was run up and down the dock with the other kids, so we ended up putting a life jacket on her.

This is what Oakleigh does when we tell her to smile!!

Madi and Brady on the tube!!

The cousins all loaded up to go down to the resivoir in the rafts.

Another smile from Oakleigh!! She was so content to play in the dirt with her bucket and shovel. This is pretty much how she looked the whole weekend. Covered in dirt. I was really glad they had showers there.

We took the bikes for the kids. If they weren't in their swimming suits down at the water, they were on their bikes.

Grandma and Grandpa had some squirt guns in their camper. After we were all packed up and ready to go home, Wyatt and Nathan thought it would be fun to have a little water fight!

It was so nice to spend time with family and just get away. Can't wait to do it again next year!! :}

AND THEN.........MY BOY TURNS 6 :(

MY STUDLY LITTLE MAN!!
CHECK OUT THEM MUSCLES!! :]

Wyatt turned six in July. Time sure does fly. I know I say that every time my kids get a year older, but seriously, where does the time go?

(I am not exactly sure why these boys are not wearing their shirts. But boys will be boys right?!!) Does anyone remember this Creepy Crawler machine? The one that makes bugs? Well Wy had a friend bring his to daycare one day and Julia said it kept them entertained for HOURS. Wy came home that day and told me he wanted one. Since I had NO clue what to get him for his birthday, I decided we would get him that........that is if we could still find them. My sister had one when she was little. I didn't even know they still made them, but sure enough, Toys R Us. He also got some Tansformers and Chapps. You never know with this kid, one day it's all about sports and the next he is TOTAL cowboy!!!

Wyatt was really into soccer this year so I did a soccer cake and then some cupcakes. It was a fun day!!!

We are so blessed to have this kid in our lives. I do not know what we would do with out him. He definitley keeps us going. Happy Birthday Bud!! We LOVE you! :]

NEXT........FAMILY REUNION

FAMILY REUNIONS ARE GREAT!!!! Especially with family you haven't seen in a LONG time.

We had a reunion with my mom's side of the family. It was so much fun. We went to my aunts house who has a beautiful back yard and a pretty shallow ditch that runs behind her house. The kids had a BLAST!! Even Oakleigh enjoyed herself..........for the most part! She love the swings, and putting her feet in the water, and the ducks, but not so much floating in the tube. :(

The reunion started around noon. My kids were having so much fun with their cousins in the water they did not get out till 9:00 that night.

This is one of the many reasons I LOVE SUMMER!!

A MUCH NEEDED UPDATE........

Ok, so I am just going to start where I left off. So much has happened. We had a fun 4th of July as always. But this year was a little more relaxing and enjoyable. In the past we have had to be up early and to the Rexburg parade by 8:00 because Madi has usually danced in the parade. NOT this year!! The last couple of years it has been SO hot and the parade has been at least 2 hours long. That is too long for little girls to be on the hot road dancing.

So we got to sleep in!!! The night before we had a BBQ and went to the fireworks at the Lake with our good friends Jonah and Kasha and their girls, and Jory and Heidi and their girls. LOVE good friends!!! Then on the 4th we took our time getting ready and made our way to the festivities in Menan around noon.

We always go to the parade first. My kids LOVE to see their Grandpa ride through the parade! And this year their uncle Jason, my brother, was in it also.

After the parade we just walk around and let the kids play games and eat untill it is time to watch the fireworks. I love watching the Menan fireworks. No crowds and the show is GREAT!!!!

SOCCER!

Wyatt had his first soccer game last night. He has been practicing since the end of May so he was very excited to be able to play a real game. He was also very excited that his team wasn't pink!!!

BLACKFOOT

We had a GREAT weekend in Blackfoot.

Our neices Paige and Cassie got baptized. We are so proud of them and the choices that they have made.

They are such sweet happy little girls!
Bryan and I have not been out on a "DATE" by ourselves since before I had Oakleigh. We do go out once in a while but instead of getting a sitter we take her with us, which we LOVE doing. She is so much fun. But since we were in Blackfoot for the weekend we decided to take advantage of it and let Bryan's mom have some QUALITY time with the babe. She was very excited. We went to Rupes for dinner. It was WAY YUMMY!!! Bryan's family LOVES to eat there. Ya, I have been part of the family for 5 years and never eatin' there, so it was time!! It was nice to be able to just have some alone time. Thanks Linda and Marv for watching Oakleigh.

After the baptisms and a luncheon with more yummy food, we spent the afternoon relaxing and watching a movie. That evening we got together with the fam and had dinner. My brother in law pulled out a couple of his motor bikes and the guys had a blast. Oakleigh enjoyed a few rides too!! (She didn't want to get off!!!) Nope, you won't see a picture of me on them. A 4 wheeler yes, a motor bike, NO!! They FREAK me out!!

A LITTLE VACATION!

We had a little family vacation last weekend, minus the girls. They had cheer camps, birthday partys, and parade performances, so they decided to stay home. Bryan's brothers little boy Seth was getting baptised so we dicided to go down a couple of days early and make a much needed vacation out of it. Thanks Jason and Katie for letting us stay with you guys. We ALWAYS have fun when we come.

On Friday we took the kids to this park that was between Provo and Orem, I think. It was SSSSOOOOO fun. There was tons of swings, slides, hiding spots. They had a volcano, space ship. The boys loved it. And of course, the girls had fun too. Oakleigh LOVED the swings. We were there for over 3 hours!!!

After we left the park we grabbed some lunch and decided that since we just had the boys we would stop at the Harley Davidson shop in Provo. They LOVED it! They had this motorbike that the kids could ride on, we couldn't get them off.

This is my little Biker Babe!! :)

Corie and Oakleigh going for a little ride!!

This Oakleigh and baby Jax, Bryan's sisters baby. Oakleigh just LOVES him. When ever he is around she just wants to hold him and give him loves.

Saturday morning we went to the baptsm and then had a very YUMMY breakfast afterwards at the park.

After everyone was done eating the kids started having races. Then they decided to include the adults. It was so much fun. We have some runners in this family!!!!
It started to rain so we went back to Jason and Katies and spent the afternoon relaxing and playing some Guitar Hero. Actually, we played a lot of it!!!!

We also enjoyed walks, bike rides, yummy food and GREAT company. I am already ready to go back for another vacation!!! :)