HaPpY fOuRtH oF jUlY!!

 My kiddos the morning of the 4th

 My niece Savannah and her baby girl Paisley

 Gavin asked me to take this picture

 This one's for Cody

 ...and this one if for Mason.

I should just get them all their own cameras!

 Chloe waving her flag and watching the parade

 Mason thought the parade was too loud

 Gavin, Luke, Isaiah and Mason

 Chloe

 Liza from KLCE (a local radio station) saw Paisley and screamed "I want that one!" She jumped off the float and ran to Savannah and Paisley

 She gave her lots of snuggles, posed for some pictures and then went back to her float

Mike and Liza

 After the Idaho Falls parade we went to my sister-in-law Sadie's to cool off and have a BBQ. It was in the 90's and it wasn't even noon yet.

 Mason's swim shorts were in my mom's car so he had to wear my shorts, they were huge on him

 Menan Parade

 Mason, Gavin and Chloe

 

 It's snowing in July!

 Gavin wanted sprayed so bad! They got him AND me!! We were both so wet, but it felt so good!

After the parade we headed over to my sister's for another BBQ. Her and Chet rented a huge water slide and it was so much fun!

 Gavin was going down the slide at every angle he could think of: backwards, forwards, sideways, upside down

 Even my mom went down the slide

 Uncle Chet had to coax Chloe to go down

 Mason and Chloe

 Chase

 She did it herself!

 Tayvri

Bailee and Chloe

 This is the 3rd year in a row these two have had matching swimming suits and it's been totally unplanned. Erin and I both just love Target

 Tayvri

 He would not smile for me...at all...so I may or may not have promised to lift up my shirt for him later if he would smile.....this is what happened!

 Megan, Mason and Buddy

 Cody('s leg)

I was a little slow

  Even slower, ha ha

 My monster baby enjoying some cheetos

 Masonator

 The crew

 Madisen, Mason, Megan, Gavin, Bailee, Brigham, Chloe and Tayvri

 Cody and I took the kids to the Idaho Falls Melaleuca Freedom Celebration

 This turned into another Ebay moment. Chloe had to pee as soon as we got there (she refused to go and said she didn't have to pee when we were at an actual toilet 10 in earlier), Gavin was tired, just wanted to go home and said they were "too loud" so he plugged his ears the entire time, Mason wanted to go to bed (I did try to nap them two different times earlier in the day) and once the fireworks started she kept wandering off, but refused to sit on our laps so we had to watch her and not the fireworks. This is usually my favorite holiday, but this year the kids made it miserable. Are anyone else's kids as whiny and little stinker's like mine? Don't get me wrong, I love them and I really wouldn't sell them on eBay, but I wouldn't hesitate sending them to military school for a week or two ; )