First came the 4th of July parade. Cassidy was super excited, remembering all the candy she got last year, and it didn't take too long for the twins to figure it out.
Cassidy and Cari snuggled up waiting for the fireworks. Chad stayed home with the exhausted twins so we could enjoy the show...such a good guy
Next came haying. It was so nice this year not having to "beat the rain" and everyone got to help. The best hay crew with Grandma and Grandpa
Cass worked hard for her pony this year, getting out in front of the truck and rolling bales with her cousins.
Daddy and his girls
Then it was off to Alta Lake for some camping with Auntie Lori, Uncle Matt, Brady and Lindsey. We had a great time swimming, bike riding, making s'mores, tubing, fishing and just hanging out.
The morning breakfast look-it may not be pretty but it was fun!
A sweet moment on a walk-they did this without me asking them too! Sawyer is in blue, Rylee has the stripes
After 5 days it was back on the road to head to Dayton and Mule Mania. All the girls traveled well and we had fun looking for CORN, cows and "tuckers", what they call all horses. Sawyer is pointing something out
In the grandstands at Mule Mania cheering on Papa Doug. He had quite the cheering section; Mom, Bryce, Jessica, Chad, Cassidy, Rylee, Sawyer, Benell and Ileen and their 3 grandsons, John and Bobbe and all the locals. He was a crowd favorite and did a great job showing off his driving skills and beautiful team
Cassidy and Papa getting ready for the lead-line gaming events
Cassidy, Belle and I running for the "Watermelon" race, hands-down her favorite since she got to eat a big piece as part of the race. Cassidy did great entering 4 events, but I think her favorite was riding shotgun with Papa Doug and watching him drive. We would drag her out of the stands at 10pm every night....
Grandma Margie and Uncle Bryce had the brilliant idea of setting up a little swimming pool to help the girls stay cool at the fairgrounds-us adults wished we could join in with the temperatures right around 100 every day
During the parade on Saturday, Cassidy got to ride up front with Papa and Grandma while the rest of us got a ride in the authentic stage coach.
Cassidy showing off her prizes and Rylee showing off her "western flair"
After Mule Mania it was back home and up to Baker Lake for 5 more days of camping and fishing
The captain...
MacKenzie was able to join us and we had a blast, even though there wasn't too many fish caught
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| The mosquito tent was great for dinners-Sawyer in blue |
For the few days we've been home in July, the yard has been put to good use and the girls have been having a great time checking and harvesting the garden-Sawyer really likes to do quality control on the zucchinis before getting them to the house, just to make sure they will be ok for dinner
We did get a chance to get out in the salt and filled Cassidy's daily limit on her first crab tag...a proud day for Daddy. Cassidy was Chad's first mate that day, she helped him do everything when we got home from cleaning up the boat to cleaning the crab.
Ok, so maybe I have enough pictures already...hehehe. It's just so much fun and super busy, and believe it or not I did leave a few things out...
