Girls (Day) Camp 2014

This year because our youth went on the Book of Mormon Journey the yw leaders/camp leaders decided to do just a day camp.  Because they were only there for one day the bishopric and their wives (me & Ry) were invited.  YAY!! Girls camp is my FAVORITE!!

The theme was an Olympic theme Keep the Fire Burning and they played Olympic games!

 Oakley was on the red team along with Taya, Kami, Liz, and leaders Jessica and Jody.  They ended up with a pretty good team! The pool tube games were a blast!

 I LOVE these YW and I am so grateful Oakley gets to be surrounded by such amazing girls!

We also had a special presentation by the Bishopric!

 Yes....Ryan's shirt says Evil! Bahahahaha!! :) So Random! They had to lip sync to a Keep the Fire Burning song.

 This bishopric is definitely ONE OF A KIND!

 That night they took the girls up to the Playmill in West Yellowstone to watch Joseph's Technicolor Dream Coat.  Girls Camp fell the day before Oakley's birthday so when the cast of the show asked for birthdays Oakley's friends made sure they knew it was hers! We had just been to the Playmill the week before with our Hawkin's cousins and ALL the little girls thought this boy that came and got Oakley was THE CUTEST boy there! Oakley's friends thought the same thing! :)

 He got to introduce Oakley and announce that she was turning 14 the next day!

 He did a great job! He then hugged her!

 and......hugged her....and

 then he SERIOUSLY leaned in for a kiss on her cheek! Ryan and I about died.  Oakley about died too! She had no idea what he was doing and you can tell from the picture she was able to avoid the kiss! :) Crazy college kid!!

 Oakley and her besties!

Oakley and her besties with the "super cute boy!" Teenage girls are so fun! It was a great day and I was so glad I got to be a part of it all!

West Yellowstone's Playmill Theater

In July Grandma Hawkins took all of us to West Yellowstone's Playmill Theater to watch Beauty and the Beast.  SOOO FUN! The Playmill is seriously one of my favorite places to go! We barely made it (because of road construction) in time to hurry and scarf down some chicken strips and head into the theater. 

 

 The kids loved the show!  The props were great, the costumes were amazing and the acting was fabulous! We loved it all!!

 If you look close we even got photo bombed by one of the actors, HILARIOUS!! What a fun night!

Idaho Summer Sunsets

We have had some INCREDIBLE sunsets the past few days! I love this one.  It seriously looks like a bouncy ball in the sky!

 It went from this....

 to this...that night!

The next night was even more gorgeous! I wish you could see the redness of the sun without the glare from my camera.  It was AMAZING!! 

 

 And my favorite sunset....

not only were the clouds amazing, but I just happened to be where I could get my barnyard in the picture too! LOVE IT! What is absolutely crazy about these two pictures is that this was the opposite end of the sky from where the sun was setting.  These are facing the east!!

I have said it before and I will say it a million times more

I LOVE SUMMER!!

My BIG, Little Boy

I am still trying to convince myself that my little boy Dallin (11 years old) is bigger than I think! He amazes me! He is such an incredible worker.  He loves to work and is great help! His daddy has had him out driving the semi to haul hay for the past few weeks.  Hard to believe my 11 year old can drive a semi! Scare me to death! He is great at it though.  I sat in the car and watched him for quite awhile the other day and am just blown away! I love this little guy to death and he is growing up WAY TOO FAST!!

 

If you look close you can see the brim of his baseball cap in the window.

I am so grateful Heavenly Father sent us two little boys who get to work along side their daddy!

Cousins and the Water

We seriously can't get enough of the water this summer!

Back Row:Dallin, Katie (Oakley's friend since Macady was at girls camp), Oakley, Me, Yvonne holding Memory, Kiana, Ciara, Tara and Rhett

Front Row: Sage, Laiklie, Violet, and Paityn

We have taken the kids with the Hawkins crew to float the river 2 times now on our kayaks.  What a BLAST!!! We went one morning this past week again.  The kids are getting to be professionals on a kayak! It is so fun to watch them be on the river. 

After the river we took the kids over to Great Grandpa and Grandma Romrells for sandwiches and more water fun!

 Laiklie and Sage are two peas in a pod! They are BEST FRIENDS! It is amazing to me that we could take two little girls from two totally different worlds and put them together and they can become INSTANT friends.  Laiklie needed Sage in her life! We are SO GRATEFUL for new cousins!! These two are besties for sure!!

It was a windy day...but that didn't stop the kids from coming up with games to play in the flooded yard.  Thank you grandpa for flooding it for them!

 Dallin and Rhett (standing) Ciara under Kiana and Oakley under Katie and Laiklie and Sage trying to figure it out in the back ground.

 Laiklie, Violet, Sage, Rhett, Katie and part of Kiana. They ran too fast to get the others!

The girls pow-wow! Making a plan to get the boys!

And of course, because Grandpa Romrell is AWESOME, we ended the day in his hot tub!

What a great day!

Ryan's New Gun

Ryan CANNOT wait for hunting season to get here.  Right now in the middle of farming that is all he can think about.  It doesn't help that Oakley and Dallin both drew on antelope hunts and they changed the hunting rules this year and so now Rhett can even hunt as a 10 year old! Ryan is dying to get out there and hunt!! So....he decided he "NEEDED" (I went through the "needs" and "wants" talk with him that I give my kids when they NEED something! Ha, ha! He reassured me he "NEEDED" it!) a new gun.  He wanted one without a kick, but with a scope so the kids could get use to shooting through a scope.

 Rhett...

 Oakley...

Dallin...

And our littlest hunter Laiklie.  She seriously CANNOT wait to be old enough to hunt.  She is just like her daddy.  When his hunting magazine comes in the mail she swipes it and carries it off to her room.  What a girl!:)

They all did great with the new gun and they were all SURE that the bullets that hit the target were "theirs!" Ha, ha! Love it! Love this little family of mine!

Friends + The Lake

We have spent a lot of time in and on the water this summer.  We love having kayaks and have found fun places to take them.  This day we ran to the lake.

 Oakley was sure she needed a friend.  Everything is better with friends!! So Katie came!

These girls are so much fun!

 The neighbor Kaleb happened to be in the right place (our house) at the right time (working to earn money for scout camp) and got a free trip to the lake.  Dallin loved having a friend!

Rhett and Laiklie buddied right up and enjoyed the afternoon together too!

 I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE SUMMER!!