JUNE has flown by!

We seemed to spend much of June running around the Idaho and Utah! I am only going to share the highlights.. first of all being Mike's fantastic race in Challis Idaho! I was so happy to have Meredith, Royal, Missy and her girls come camp with us! It was so much fun.

 Girls at the campsite enjoying their breakfast!

 Mike running strong at mile 36ish..

Beautiful Bayhorse Lake! It was a great place to eat lunch and wait for Mike to hit this aide station. 

Right after the race, literally less than 24 hours after returning home we packed up the car again and headed to Abby's family cabin in the wilds of Utah. 

The kids all had a fabulous time with their cousins. Playing in the pond, hiking, riding horses and just goofing off. Shortly after returning from Utah we set off for St Anthony Idaho for the Kammerman reunion. We were skeptical at first because of the location, but we had an awesome trip. 

 The house we stayed at (The Three Peaks Lodge) was huge and so much fun! We took the canoes out the first day through the ponds and canals.

 My parents rented out the local bowling alley which was a lot of fun. Finn was quickly bored with the bowling and spent most of the time pretending to play the arcade games.

 The back yard has tennis courts, playground, and baseball diamond among other things and we had a family game of kickball.

 We hiked up Menan butte and saw an amazing view of the plains and rivers.

We spent the most time at the St Anthony Sand Bar, a little man made beach on the river. The kids loved the diving board and the irrigation tube slides. There was a sandy beach  and room to paddle our raft around. 

Camping in Yellowstone

 Walking around our Campsite at Bridge Bay

 A lovely evening at Yellowstone Lake

 Fun at the campsite in the bear boxes!

 At the top of Elephant Back, looking over Yellowstone Lake.

 Inside Yellowstone Lake lodge

 More fun at the Lake

 Hiking around Tower Falls

 Mammoth Hot Springs with an elk in the background

This was a great trip despite the rain, more rain, and Eliza forgetting her clothes. It was beautiful and we saw new areas and lots of baby buffalo! 

Another Post??

I know! Crazy huh, two posts in two days! In case you didn't notice... you can scroll down to see yesterday's brag post about Ian! I just had to share pictures from Eliza's Girl Scout art show. She worked so hard on her paintings and it was so cute to watch her explain each painting, the style and how she felt to all the people looking at her paintings.

 Here she is with two of her paintings behind her...

 Eliza was really disappointed that no extended family members could see her paintings so she invited her 2nd grade teacher, and one of her close friends. I got a little teary-eyed when they all showed up, I was so grateful for their love and support of my daughter.

That's my little Girl Scout!

School year wrap up

Has anybody else felt overwhelmed with all the school assemblies, programs, field trips, essays, presentations that have been happening with this school year! Sheesh I am almost glad for summer vacation. It has been an exciting spring time for Ian.

 He earned his Arrow of light award in Scouts. He build rockets at school. He scored a goal in soccer last week! Last week we had the 100 mile club graduation and Eliza was recognized for running over 50 miles and Ian earned a medal for running over 100 miles and he won the spirit award for Personal Motivation. He was thrilled about his new water bottle. 

 And today Ian was awarded the "Hope of America" Kiwanis award and a medal for his AR reading points. We are proud of him and his hard work this school year.

Eliza has been working just as hard and has a Girl Scout Art show tomorrow that I will post pictures of afterwards! 

I had to include a picture of my Mother's Day present, grape trellis's and grapevines! I am so excited to become a grape grower. I hope they survive my kids and the Idaho weather. 

We also added about 25 feet to the line of raspberries, Yum we can't wait for them to fill in!

Finn is full of fun but is not quite ready to be a full volunteer firefighter yet. This photo was taken 4 seconds before he burst into tears. But he did love riding around Paradise with his Uncle Bob in the fire truck!