Another quick stop in SLC

Since Doug flew out of Boise to get back to work, I wanted to break up our 16 hour drive. I drove back to Salt Lake City and and stayed a couple nights with the DeGraws. Nancy was sweet enough to make the drive to Phoenix and then got a direct flight home after a few days with us.

 

Me and Deanne took the kiddos to the children's museum

 Then got lunch at CPK

 We stopped at a hotel out of Las Vegas on the way home. The girls had a blast in the swimming pool. Since it was Averi's actual birthday, we let her open a couple more presents and got some more cake!

 

My silly little goobers:

 

 New purses from Nammy!!

 

 Kadence is just adorable... enough said!

Home again home again jiggity jig!

Next Stop: Boise!

The girls were already exhausted so they slept most of the drive to Boise

Averi always goes straight out to visit the animals

We went out to The Village at Meridian to eat and hang out. We loved watching the light show at the fountain and the girls got super hyper and were running around like crazy at the play area.

Doug had to get in on the action on the playground

Kadence LOVED the jewelry store!

...and of course no trip to Grandma and Grandpa's is complete without horse riding... at least in Averi's eyes.

We had a small family birthday party for Averi and Kenley at the Proudfoot's house. Of course it was "Frozen"-themed!

The girls playing in the morning with all Kenley's cool toys

Kadence and Rix were cute little buddies most of the time! They loved jumping on the Trampoline together

Maria hooked Buddy up to the cart and the kids had a GREAT time riding around the pasture. Sophie chased the cart the whole time, the little freak :)

 

Averi was able to go to Kenley's friend birthday party. That girls got a LOT of partying in for the month of July!

We went to the Cobb's house one night for dinner and to hang out with them. It was fun catching up and Averi had a blast with their dog. She's my little dog-whisperer. Sophie and Daisy were thrilled to come along as well.

Then we got to stop by Kristy's school to see her classroom. It wasn't finished yet but was already adorable and the kids loved checking everything out!

These are my favorite moments... Seeing the kids all snuggled up with grandma while she reads to them.

Averi's new sleeping bag that she got for her birthday. She LOVED it! We were going to all sleep on the tramp that night but I didn't want to go to bed as early as the girls so I sent them out around 9pm. Averi chickened out immediately so she came in and slept in a bedroom. Kenley stayed out there by herself until I went out with her an hour later. Brave little girl!

Me and Maria were crazy enough to go shopping with all the kids. It started out all smiles...

Then pretty much ended with everyone fighting

But we ended on a high note with a trip to DQ on the way home!

Averi saying goodbye to the ponies

We always enjoy our trips to see family and we missed them the minute we left!



1st Stop: Salt Lake City

We stopped in Utah first!

 

We went to the DeGraw's friend's house to swim in their gorgeous pool and eat and play.

 

 Kadence looking adorable in a diaper and a popsicle

 Kadence and Averi enjoyed showing off their new skills from swim lessons

Kadence loved Matt and Deann's dogs Messi and Cooper.

 Then we hit up the lake and went wake boarding / tubing.

Averi even got on the tube with 3 other kids. The first time I had to go with her but then she was fine without me! Such a brave girl.

 I took a turn wake boarding and my legs were burning the whole time!

 We had a birthday party for all the July birthdays.

 Kadence warmed right up to Macy this time around.

 

 Everyone was wiped out by the time we made our next trek over to Boise. Luckily the kids were able to catch some z's on the drive... even Sophie.

Road Trip!

We made a road trip to Utah and Idaho to visit the family in July (it was nice to get out of the heat!). Sophie was due for a visit with Dr. Hendricks, DVM so she got to come along. The girls loved having her in the car with them. We left in the afternoon and drove straight to Salt Lake City so they ended up sleeping a good portion of the drive. Luckily Doug is amazing at driving long distances so he drove the entire time and we pulled in at around 3am!