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So I promised pictures of this summer. But instead of uploading all 200 of them, one at a time, I just decided to do a slideshow. We did losts of fun stuff, with lots of fun people. We had a great summer!

This 1st slideshow has a few different events in it. The very first picture is of the 4 girls (my 2 + their 2 cousins, Naomi & Katlin) Shy absolutely malled these kittens the whole time we were there. Cayge got a really bad sunburn after spending most of the days out in the water. Then we have my 2 girls with their 2nd cousin Mj (Sorry Nikki, I don't know how to spell her full name) They decided they were going to be kittens, and so I filled some little plates with water and they were lapping it up. The next night we went and stayed in Bone, ID at my grandparents cabin. I spent LOADS of time there as a child, and I wish my kids had the same opportunity, but instead they did get to stay one night. We toasted hotdogs, played with cousins Hayden and Chance, and went fishing.

This 2nd slideshow is of when my two sisters, Genice & Danyelle, their two boys, and my kids and I went to the Rexburg Splash park. One Sunday a huge storm rolled in with high gusting winds. We got a call from Rayce's grandma (who lives nextdoor to his parents) and said her big pinetree fell over. This is the pictures from that. It was crazy because it was a HUGE tree. My family signed my kids up for swimming lessons, these were the first day of that.

This 3rd Slideshow kind of speeks for itself. The ones of Shy with the puppies are pretty cute. My Aunt came from CA and brought her 3 week old pups. They fit perfectly in this toy baby carrier thingy, so she packed them all over my grandma's house in them. The girls spent 2 whole days malling those poor pups to death!
The other swim pix are of my kids on the last day of lessons. They let the kids jump off the diving board, and go off the slide. They loved it and can't wait for lessons next year.

This 4th slideshow is of our trip to Yellowstone National Park. We decided to stay one day longer than planned, and was really glad we did. We went with Rayce's parents, and our friends Oliver & Amanda (and their son Oliver). We had lots of fun. Our 3 kids rode with Rayce's parents, and us two went with the Maxwells. We so TONS of buffalo. At one point, we were stopped for like 45 minutes right infront of one. I kept telling Rayce he should go slap it on the butt, but he ever so kindly declined. (I don't blame him, I wouldn't do it either! Those things are like monsters!) We went to Old Faithful to find that it wasn't that faithful anymore. It used to go off every hour, but this night we waited almost 2 hours and it was FREEZING! I didn't think to bring jackets and the wind was blowing and it was cold. But we had fun anyway.

Thanks to Brian and Corolee for hosting us for 36 days, putting up with all the craziness, and giving us tons of love. We love and miss you guys. Also thanks to all of you that we did stuff with. (Sorry Bree, for whatever reason, I only have one picture of your kids, and it's just the girls sleeping, but I know that your mom took a ton!)
We love you all and miss you tons already. Thanks for helping us to have a great summer!