Lagoon

My sister finally convinced me to go to Lagoon. I do not to well with big grounds and boys full of energy going in every direction. It turned out to be a really fun day, with Amanda, Amy and all the kids. The hubbies were able to meet up with us that night so Jaxson and Kaden could go on the big rides. Here is a video of Kaden dancing with no shirt on (it was soaking wet from the splash pad) in the middle of Lagoon while we were eating our dinner. Don't worry when people would walk by he would just stare them in the face and show them his sweet moves. I love this little kid!!

Herriman Beach

JD and Colby buried Kaden in the sand and made him into a turtle. Completely different animal than his personality. Kaden's nick name is "Dash" where ever we go, Yellowstone, Lagoon, anywhere you can always find Kaden in the very front.

This has to be one of the funnest, busiest, yet growing time ever. Everyday we are home we go either boating, to the pool, play in the sprinklers and now to the Herriman Beach. It is so much fun, the kids love playing in the shallow water and sand and hey it is the closest thing I am going to get to living by a beach so I will take it and enjoy every minute!!

Island Park

All the grandsons (except Stewart) getting ready to go on a hike with Grandpa while they were waiting for their turn on the boatKaden surfing with JD. It was sooo windy this day but since the Lake is surrounded by trees and goes on forever we were able to find glass.

Taking a family pic by Mesa Falls, it would have been cute except Kaden decided it would be more fun to pull Mom's hair over and over.

The Reeves Family actually went on a trip together besides to Lake Powell, thanks to my awesome brother and it was a blast!! There was river rafting, boating on the gorgeous Island Park Lake, Yellowstone, swimming, golfing, and playing some serious mariokart. It was a lot of fun and the cousins love being together!! Thanks again Adam for planning such a fun trip.

Yellowstone Park

JD is pointing to a huge elk, Tyler thought is was a "doggie" and wanted to go pet it thank goodness there was a stream as a barrier.
Kaden w/ his buddies, Jaxson and Colin at one of the cool hot pots
Old Faithful was spectaculor. Kaden was sitting with his cousins and to busy to hear us begging him to come get in the picture

One day up at Island Park was spent in Yellowstone. We saw tons of Elk & Buffalo, an eagle, coyote black bear and grizzly. It was pretty cool. Yellowstone is just absolutely gorgeous and I was pleasantly surprised at how well the kids did being in and out of the car all day long. Thank goodness Grandma and Grandpa rode with us to help keep Ty entertained!!

Bear World

For years now JD has been wanting to go to Bear World. He went as a little kid and loved it. So on our way to Island Park we stopped at Bear World and it was a lot of fun, we enjoyed it so much we stopped on our way home too. The kids absolutely loved it. We saw a bear climb on a car in front of us, saw the bears being fed and they would just sit on there hind ends. One bear almost climbed into the back of Colby and Amanda truck but they moved forward before it could. It was a lot of fun to see the bears so close. They had 4 bear cubs which were absolutely adorable. Kaden wanted to know why we couldn't have a pet bear.

4th of July

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Kaden absolutely loves going wakeboarding with his Dad, he always gets back in the boat and talks about all the huge air they got

We had a great 4th we kicked it off by first thing going down to Utah Lake with Amanda, Colby and Wendy and Trevor. We thought we would be there just half a day but ended up staying until about 4 o'clock because we finally figured out how to get a good surfing wake at Utah Lake and it was huge JD and Colby were gitty like little school boys!! That night we had a BBQ at my parents, the kids got to ride the 4-wheelers and little motorcycle while the big kids (Colby, JD and my Dad) made more jumps and obstacles for the kids to go over. Then we went up to Brian and Ileans, my aunt and uncles for a fun fireworks display. I am very surprised we didn't end up making a trip to the ER too. Kaden is fascinated with fireworks, well any type of fire, and he was always right by whoever was setting off the fireworks. Good luck to his scout leaders. It was a really fun day!!

Fire Station Birthday Party

All the kids got to go on a ride on the crash truck with firefighter Jeff and he sprayed the water for them.

We took all of Kaden's boy friends to my Dad's fire station at the airport. They got to see the whole firehouse, watch planes land and leave and go on a ride in the biggest fire truck I have ever seen. Kaden loved it!! Thanks Dad for letting us come the kids had a blast and Carter told Marci that there was a Grandpa firefighter there.