Mom's Bridesmaid Dresses

When we went to Idaho Falls we went to my Grandma Beth's to get some of the things we might want from her house. My aunts had gone through the house to clean it out. They found the dresses they wore for our parents wedding reception!! So funny. We had to try them on and go show my mom!!

She knew what they were right away and about died laughing!! It was really fun. I don't think many people have the chance to try a bridesmaid dress of their mom's! We were loving ourselves even though we felt like we just stepped out of a polygamist colony!!  Classic homemade beauties from 1972!

Horses!

 We took a little family vacation to visit my parents in Idaho Falls.  We wanted a change of scenery and so we headed there. All my siblings were there except Megan. She lives in Denver and will come at Christmas time.

It was fun for all the cousins to spend time together.

Shanntel and Nate took us out to their new house and the kids got to ride their horses. Everyone waited for their turn.

We love to have Shane spend time with us whenever he can. What a handsome hubby I have!

Sweet Shanntel giving everyone a turn. She got more exercise than she wanted for sure!!

My sweet girls!

And smarty pants Jace. Who waited patiently for everyone to go first. He wanted to be last because he thought he might get a longer ride. He was right.

What a fun memory for everyone!

Hallie's 11th Birthday Party! Think Pink!

 We had a surprise party for Hallie's birthday! She was totally surprised, because it was a month late! I am usually not that bad about birthday's, but she kept wanting a slumber party and we could never make that work because of soccer games. We would have had to wait two months to make it work, and then it would be Abbie's birthday. I finally just decided to surprise her and hope she would be happy.

I think she was really surprised and I think she had a lot of fun!! We had a pink party because that is her favorite color lately and because it is fun!!

Lots of pink treats and decorations.

Pink cupcakes with soccer ball rings- how can i go wrong?

cute friends in their pink!!

What a cute 11 year old blowing out her candle!

Everyone got some socks as a party favor. We played Pictionary (which most the girls had never played!!) on big white boards, had lots of treats, and lots of laughs.

What cute friends Hallie has!!

 And to finish the party while we waited for mom's, we had a great time playing Just Dance 2 on the wii. Once the dancing started no one wanted to leave!!

Coast Guard Jace

When we cleaned out Shane's dad's house, we found a whole bunch of his old military uniforms. Jace couldn't resist trying on the Coast Guard stuff! We couldn't believe how small all these clothes were!

Bingham Copper Mine

 We live so close to the Bingham Copper Mine, that we decided to have a quick family outing. $5 a car and a nice hour or so.  We had fun looking at the big trucks and walking through the visitors center.

Shane had never been there. When we got to the top there was a tour bus there and we got someone to take a picture of the whole family. We also had a great drive home because we saw a coyote and some deer.

Spirit Week at school!

We had spirit week at the elementary school this week. The girls didn't want to do crazy sock day, but Jace sure did! He also wanted to wear flip flops so people could "see the cute penguins" on his toe socks!  Off topic: why does he suck on  the collar of his shirts? Do your kids do that?  

Crazy hair day--all angels!

What a happy cougar fan!

Crazy Hair Day!

Hallie- super high ponytail with a little blue spray!

Abbie's version of  "Pippy Longstocking" -also with a little blue--we have to declare our BYU loyalties during rivalry week!

 

All Jace cared about was being able to spray his hair blue!!

Cute kids at the bus stop this morning with their crazy hair!!