Pride Days

It is pretty sad but this is the first time we have made it out to Pride Days.  It was so much fun.  We went and had breakfast in the park and took a train ride all around the grove.  We also walked around, watched some snowmobiles race, and sometimes sink, across the water, and participated in the ping pong drop.  The weather was perfect and it felt like most of the city was there.  A great way to spend a Saturday!

 

Boating

Emily had so much fun boating in American Falls with the Call Family.  She was so scared to ride on the tube behind the boat but once she tried it she loved it and rode as much as she could.  

 

4th of July

Thanks to the Call Family Party we look forward to the 4th of July every year.  It is so fun getting together and this year was extra special because if my grandpa were still alive he would be turning 100.  In order to celebrate him all the kids brought pictures and Evelyn talked about his life.  I was able to hear stories about him that I had never heard before.  The party was held at a park in Pocatello and while LeeRoy and I played games and visited Wendy rode her bike all around and she and Emily played on the park toys.  We all had a blast!

After the family party we headed to Blackfoot where we attended an Independence Day concert put on by members of the community at the BPAC.  Then, we went to the Palmer's house to watch the fireworks show and light off fireworks of our own.  The kids actually stayed awake this year! They loved it.

Water Fun

It has been so nice and hot lately so we decided to have a water party with our neighbors the Cottrells.  We set up all our water toys in the yard and let the kids go crazy while the adults sat in the shade and visited.  It was so much fun, especially when the kids baited LeeRoy into a water fight with them!  We will definitely have to do that a lot this summer.

Happy Birthday to Half our Family!

Since LeeRoy and Emily share a birthday we thought it would be fun to let Emily have a party with all her friends in the morning and then have a family party for both in the evening.  Emily invited some friends and thanks to mom and her van we were able to drive them all to iJump in Idaho Falls.  We were really lucky because we had the whole place to ourselves the whole time we were there and the kids loved it.  They jumped on trampolines, did tricks while jumping into foam pits, and played dodge-ball.  By the time we left they were all pretty tired.  Emily had a great time and is so lucky to have such an amazing group of friends!
 

For the family party Emily, Wendy, and I surprised LeeRoy with a Minecraft cake we had custom made just for him.  He loved it!  It was a very fun day celebrating the birthdays of half of our family!

 

Lagoon

For Father's day LeeRoy wanted to do something together as a family so we joined up with Robison's and headed to Lagoon.  It was the perfect day to be there.  Hardly no one else was there and we didn't have to wait in any lines at all to ride rides.  It was so much fun!  Emily and Wendy are fearless and went on pretty much any ride their heights would allow.  Wendy loved the bat roller coaster the best.  They also enjoyed riding on the smaller kiddie rides with Kenna.  They would scream and laugh so hard.  LeeRoy and Alisha were even brave enough to ride the catapult.  It shot them a few hundred feet in the air!  We planned on leaving early in the evening but ended up staying until the park closed.  The girls are already asking when we can go back.  We will definitely have to make this a yearly adventure!

 

Military Family Appreciation Day

We had so much fun at the military family appreciation days this year!  Alisha, Makenna, and Peyton came with us which made it even better!  There was great food, fun games, and lots of prizes for the kids.  Wendy is definitely the lucky one in the family, she made bank with the candy.