summer nights

 There is an island in the middle of this lake that has a bridge out to it. I love going fishing here with the kids. Benches, grass, caterpillars, and anything you could need for an evening fishing trip.

 Same island. Passing the time while dad keeps fishing.

 Remi caught a fish.

 Broden caught a fish!

 Alissa enjoys moving her chair, sitting in it, then moving it again and sitting in it, over and over again.

Blake caught one! I don't know what it is, maybe large mouth bass?

 Remi learned to put her own worm on the line. This is nice for dad, he can fish instead of getting all their lines ready all the time, and nice for me, I don't have to do it either.

Alissa likes "trying" to catch fish too. I think she maybe did reel one in. It didn't hold her interest for as long as her chair though.

We have enjoyed going fishing at a couple of the lakes near our house and had so much fun. The kids love catching fish and exploring new places! On time when we went there were caterpillars EVERYWHERE. You would look at the grass and it looked like it was moving. The kids thought it was awesome. They probably caught 20 caterpillars and kept them in the worm container. When we got home we convinced them to build a house for the caterpillars outside. So they let them go out there and we had caterpillars everywhere for a while. On our screen door, the side of the house, the windows, the porch, our trees, our shed, all over the place. The kids thought it was great and I loved that they were entertained by them for hours. I don't know if it had anything to do with the same caterpillars, but we had one bush in our back yard that gets so many butterflies on it. We counted 18 on there one day. There are tons of butterflies here. I made the kids bug nets and they caught lots of butterflies in them. Now they try to catch all the squirrels in our back yard. They certainly love animals, especially catching them.

Summer pics(no order) more pics if you click older posts

 Me running my 3 miles in the triathlon I did in July.

 The owl we went to see at Market Lake in Idaho. We really got this close to it. It would swoop down at us and try to peck our legs. CRAZY!

 The Fam at the finish line.

 My WHOLE family participated in the triathlon and I was so PROUD!!! I even cried watching each of them compete and finish. It was hard, but I thought it was worth it.

 Drive in in Idaho with the Buttars and cousins.

 My sign says 20 wks, its a boy!

 Just finishing up my swim, more of a half mile water tread for me. I definitely need to improve on my swimming.

 See the hills/mountains in the background, that is what I rode my bike through. 11-12% grade for the first mile. It was a killer.

 My little sis. Cindy and Alissa.

 The fam at a cabin in Island PArk. This was only 9 of the 24? people there.

 

My mom was trying to take a picture of us to see how much we look alike. Cindy is 16, almost 17! 

 Here is the same owl at the bird refuge.

 All the cousins with my grandpa, their great grandpa!

 These 3 had so much fun together! Katelyn, Remi and Kenzi.

 No I am not scared of the turtle. I was holding it up for my grandpa to see, and in the process got eaten ALIVE by mosquitoes. If you zoom in you can see them all over my hands and arms.

California pictures

                                                              First time in the ocean!

                 Ruby's on the pier- where Blake loved to eat on his mission(the first part in California)

                                                   Broden loved the beluga whales.

                                               Alissa wasn't a huge fan of anyone in a costume.

We found the temple one day on accident when we were driving around trying to find the hill that has Hollywood on the side of it. It was beautiful!