We headed up to my parent's house in

Buhl to visit Nicole and the kids who

drove up with my mom

my grandma Lil came for a few hours to

see all the kids, we wished we had more one on

one time with her especially Nicole since she

never gets to see her..

Place called Dearkes Lake: kids got to play in the

sand and there was a lot of jumping off rocks and fun

things to do

Hailey and Mia

Mia and I sticking our feet in the cold water

It was beautiful there

happy girl!

Grandma B with Hailey and Mia

Scott and Mia next to the pond at my parent's house

cute little Ari

This picture is perfect because it shows the attitude we had

some of the time up at my mom's. LOOOONG summer

days will do that to kids! The sun comes up at 5:30 and doesn't

go down til 10:00 in Idaho

We went to a tractor pull, it was pretty fun

Scott and Mia looking so adult like

Rick came up Friday to spend the 4th with us

Mia and I actually flew up and Rick drove, she LOVES to

fly, I hope she stays that way :)

Rick and I took the kids on the canoe in the pond out front

I was surprised at how much she wanted to be on the pond

and in a canoe or kayak

We went to the lake to see if we could find some fish,

we ended up seeing some very cool frogs

She kept wanting to hold the worms and say they

were beautiful

picnic lunches every day

fishing on the Snake river

canoeing on the river: Rick handed Mia over a container

of worms to throw into the river and she accidently dumped

them right into my lap- I was so mad, I had worms,

guts, and dirt all over me and I couldn't even move because

I was stuck in the kayak.

Mia decided she would rather go in dad's kayak once I freaked

out about the worms all over me, silly mom to not be happy about it. :)

Idaho- where every kid learns to drive

Buhl had a big 4th of July parade, so fun with tractors

and candy

Nicole and I

Rick and I

My mom and I

Mia is at the stage where she puts her fingers in her ears

every time she hears something loud

After the parade, the park does a celebration

the girls rode a little train and were grinning from ear to ear

Mia and dad- we put them in their pjs and headed to town

to watch fireworks, it didn't even get dark til 10:30!!!

can you tell these two are related? Newport this Friday,

more pics to come!