Camping Reunion

Josh's extended family had a reunion up around the Boise area on Fathers Day weekend. It was so fun to see his cousins that we had not seen in a couple of years. We got there on Friday and set up camp. The kids hiked up the mountain a couple of times, we sat in some hot pools near the river, ate good food, and had great entertainment, and great conversations. Remember we tried camping in our backyard and no one slept outside because of all the weird noises. Lets just say we were a little worried what the kids would be like once it was time for bed. The first night Josh made up a cute story about all the noises you hear while you are camping and after that it was a breeze. They all slept great.


This is our tent.


The kids Spencer was tired and grumpy if you couldn't tell.


Some of the other campers.


Kaitlyn and her huge smore. We found these really big marshmallows that fill the entire graham cracker. The kids never ate the whole thing but it was fun.


Kids coming down from playing on the side of the mountain.



There were seven dogs camping with us and Spencer loved the three big dogs.


Smores


Josh and Jared (his cousin) setting up another tent.


The parents camping in style.

We all had a great time and we can't wait for the next one.

Welcome to the Spa

We have been tired of not being able to play outside for very long due to not so nice weather, so I had to get creative. I thought it would be fun to "go to the spa." I found a homemade recipe for an oatmeal facial scrub and a sugar scrub for your feet (which we didn't get any pictures of maybe next time). At first the kids were so excited to try it but no one wanted the face scrub above the eyes for fear that it would get into their eyes when washing it off. After about two minutes they all wanted it washed off. The foot scrub was funny because when I started to rub it on their feet they started laughing because it tickled. Spencer kept saying owe, owe, owe. After the facial and the foot scrub we moved onto toes and fingers getting painted.



At about this time they were all ready to wash it off.



I love his face in this picture he was so excited to be in on all of this.



After we got done with the girls they thought it was our turn to get in on the facials. And yes they did our facials and our foot scrub. Not too bad. Josh thought this whole idea was crazy.



Moving on to the toes and nails. Yes Josh painted but I did Makenzie and Kaitlyn in the time that it took him to do Hannah and Spencer's two big toes.


I think that the girls loved it and that it will become a new tradition in our house. They are already talking about when we can do it again. I love how excited they were for the whole surprise and the end result. Little things that make me happy. And there was no fighting.

Picnic at the Park

We have not had very nice weather yet, so on the first sunny day we hopped on the idea of eating lunch at the park. Lets just say everyone needed out of the house for awhile. It was only in the sixty's but still sunny. Better than rain.




After we ate they all ran up the hill several times only to roll back down. It just makes me sick but they love it.



They also had a tree that the kids liked to climb in. They are such posers.