We arrived back to Utah to spend the rest of the weekend with my parents before they entered the Missionary training center on Monday. When I got out of the car our little family felt like what Tyler is doing on the picture above! JOY!! We got to Natalie's house right in time for a big family BBQ!
to even enter we had to say the special password!! I don't know what it is about cousins! Cousins make life so much better I think.
Jaclyn made the best potato salad I seriously have ever ate! Hence I had to take a picture to remember the moment!
I was so excited we came to Natalie's because Emma and her husband Hyrum were there! Emma got married the week before and I was not able to make it. Hyrum is seriously so perfect for Emma and fits in perfectly! I am so happy for these two! They are so happy!
It was fun to watch all the kids try to hold Nikson! Nikson is quite loved in this family! Every time Belle sees him she begs me to hold him.
Luke gave Mom and Dad a tribute goodbye performance! He did incredible as usual! And as usual some sweet jams thanks to Brandon started playing and we all danced our hearts out.
My Mom is a dancing machine... Both my parents are. My Mom broke out- And people are always asking me where I get it from!
My sister Jenn cracks me up! I could not stop laughing at her the whole night. She is a pro at doing the "Carlton"
My Uncle Tiger is the "Grill Master" owns his own restaurant and he is an incredible cook! This man can take a flaming steak off a grill with his bare hands and it doesn't even phase him!
I love these pictures of the kids! We took these while we waited to go over to Nat's neighbors for fireworks. These guys are seriously going to be best friends growing up! I can't wait till hopefully one day we can move to Colorado and Belle and Cash can grow up with their cousins.
We got to Nat's neighbors house and his back yard was awesome!! I forgot the neighbors name but he was hilarious! He had a little too many drinks- haha he was so ready to have a party! He got pop it's, smores, like $400 worth of fireworks, drinks, food, etc. just for us! I could not believe his generosity! We had a blast. This was my real 4th of July!
Belle could not resist the baby pool....
Neither could Lydia or Cash!!!
This picture just says what summer is all about to me!
After we did fireworks we went back to Nat's and all got on their "flat very safe" roof and watched a 30 minute firework show! It was awesome- It was so fun and all the kids were at awe of the fireworks.
Sunday evening Jaclyn had dinner at her house for the last HaaRa for my parents. This was a very bitter sweet day! I loved watching everyone! I kind of stood back a little and watched everyone enjoy each other! weird I know! I think the reason I love taking sooo many pictures is because I never want these images/times to be forgotten! I love seeing my family sitting all together....
I love seeing how happy my kids are with their grandparents!
I love seeing how much their grandparents love them!
I love seeing how sweet, kind, and gentle they can be!
I love catching smiles when no one "thinks" anyone is looking.
I love watching people just enjoy the small things of life!
I love when their is so many people to totally love my kids!
I love seeing them be curious and play make believe!
I love getting to together with what seems like life time friends who happen to marry your cousin and now is part of your family forever!!
I love catching moments where Monkey acts like a kid!
I love being with cousins again... especially those who got in lots of trouble with you growing up or had lots of awesome memories!
I don't really love when Cash ALWAYS finds something with dairy that he can't eat!! But I do love how excited he looks when he does. (We went through lots of benadryl this trip)
I love catching conversations... especially when the conversations are about things you can't believe the other is saying!!!
I love my sisters!
I sometimes wish I could freeze moments in time... I guess that is why I love pictures... I feel like I can... I can look back on them and remember everything. These pictures I am always going to love. They will always remind me of my parents willingness to serve! It was so hard to say goodbye for some reason! I am 12 hours closer to them... But letting go was so hard. I pulled away from Jaclyn's house with a lump in my throat. I guess Jenn did too because she called me like 10 minutes later crying and we both said "This is awful!!" and started laughing! We will miss our parents so much! But we are all so proud of them!
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