On Vacation!

Yes, I mean my brain. It has left and may never return.

Really I just wanted to do a post about all of the great vacations that we have been on so far this summer. It has turned out to be quite an eventful summer which is why I have slacked off on posting, we have just been so busy.

At the end of May we went for "A Day Out With Thomas" for Derek's birthday

And later in June we went to a Party for Derek's birthday. If you want to see his cake before it was devoured click here.

On June 6th Annie got married, yeah! And my kids got to stay in a "hotel" for the first time. They were beyond excited. They were so wound up they didn't go to sleep until well after midnight. Poor Kevin, he really did try to go to sleep early. It was a little bed and breakfast in Manti that had a lot of room for my kids to run and play. Plus they had a new litter of kittens that entertained them for hours.

Kira met a new friend that was the owners granddaughter, who also ended up being her long lost cousin that we didn't know we had. She was in 7th heaven.

Then a few weeks into June we went to Box Elder County for a great camping trip. Tiger did a project in school on Box Elder so we decided to take a tour of the county. We camped at the creepiest camp ground I've ever seen. I think I will do a separate post about that camping trip. I have way to many photo's that I want to share on that one.

In July the girls got to go camping with the Jensen's in Huntington Canyon. They took dirt bath's, went fishing, and spent some time Geo caching. They came back filthy and happy. Kira said that she wished camping never ended. Maybe she'll follow in Grandpa Bates' footsteps and go into the Division of Wildlife. I think she would love it.

We went out and watched fire works on the 4th of July with Dennis and Donna and had a tasty barbecue with them. It was a ton of fun!

Overall it's been a great Summer! Thanks to everyone for making it great!