Newport Beach: July 2011

We all headed to Newport to stay for the week, the

cousins had sooo much fun on the beach. Scott and Mia

absolutely love eachother (don't they look like cousins?)

Of course every year, we have to bury the kids in the sand

Dad and Mia

Rick and I

After April's fall in the waves, Mia is still not wanting to

actually get in them, so she walked next to the ocean the

whole time, but that's okay...

Brooke and Me- Aunt Brooke was very popular with

all the kids, they LOVE her so much, we had fun hanging out

as sisters :)

Rick and Brooke

Mia, Hailey, and Ari digging in the sand

Aunt Nicole, Hailey, and Scott

Most days were overcast til noon, so it was kindof chilly

but the kids didn't mind a bit!

Ari posing for me

Hailey determined to get her water to her spot...

so she can dunk her head?

Mia's favorite thing to do in the sand... sleep and relax

and dig holes

to lay in..

and get buried in..

sleeping again..

dancing

goofing around

with her cousins in the tunnel

sitting on the rock with dad looking out in the ocean

grandpa and cousin Laith

grandpa, Scott, and Mia

Scott and Mia chasing eachother

Mia and mom

Scott and Hailey

dancing again

Sisters!!

Laith

hanging at the pool- all the girls..

Ari

Kevin with his perfect woman ha ha!

Hot grandma and grandpa

Nicole and the kids

All the grandkids

Laith!

Scott, Laith, and Mia

On the boat to Balboa Island

We went to Disneyland on Tuesday, Nicole

also went with Scott and Hailey while grandma

watched little Ari. We did the breakfast

with Minney and it was so much fun.

Scott and Hailey with Mickey

Hailey with her new princess crown

Mia at breakfast with Minnie

We went over to California Adventure to the Bug's Life,

it was a blast

Brooke came and she got to go on all the crazy roller coaster

rides with Rick

waiting for the parade to start

Dinner at Javiers

We took the kids to 2 candy stores where they had a blast

We had a great week, it went way too fast!!

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!