Canyon Lake

Now that Derek has a little more free time (well, a lot compared to the very little he got before) he's able to take some time off work. He took Monday off so we could get the boat out and take it for a little joy ride. Good thing we started prepping the boat on Saturday because the battery was dead. Guess that's what happens when it's been over a year since it's been out of the garage!

In the end we decided to make a camping trip out of it. We left after church on Sunday and had such a great time. I always talk about how much work a one day camping trip is.......and is it really worth it all. We made this one so low maintenance, which I believe is the way to go on short trips and with little ones in tow. The only thing we cooked over the campfire were some marshmallows! Breakfast was cereal and everything else was just grabbing fast food or easy snacks. It made it much more relaxing!

none of the kids have liked this life jacket

in the end he tolerated it pretty well

someone doesn't want to go tubing

Avery would rather be swimming

we were always going "too fast"

Blakers fell asleep while Derek was driving/pulling Allie & I on the tube

the kids favorite part.......the beach!

I enjoyed the beach too. Loved that we could sit in the water and just relax.

We had a great time. We're planning to go again soon!

Sleepover, Letter & Starved???

The Sleepover
Ever wonder what happened at the sleepover the girls went to? For those of you that really know our girls you probably already guessed. When I went to pick them up, the first thing Tonya (the brave Mom that hosted) said, "Avery's going to need a nap today!"  Right away I can hear Avery screaming in the kitchen. I quickly run over to assess the situation. Avery wasn't getting her way........she wanted a Gogurt and didn't have one. Allie quickly handed over hers to get Avery to stop screaming. She is seriously the BEST big sister EVER! 
Tonya proceeded to tell me that they put the kids in the bedrooms to go to sleep somewhere between 9 and 10. Her and her husband went back downstairs. Two hours later they go to check on the girls and Avery is still awake and playing with toys! They ask her to go back to bed but she tells them "no". They weren't sure if she went to sleep at all because when Scott got up at 5am to go workout Avery met him on the stairs and asked for a drink! He did get her a drink but asked her to just be really quiet because everyone else was still sleeping.
The rest of the story came from Allie. She said she was probably the first one to go to sleep and everyone else was already up and had eaten breakfast by the time she got up. That's not a surprise if you know Allie.

After we left we went home and got ready for story time at Barnes and Noble. As we were leaving story time Avery said she was really hungry (it was lunch time) but she wanted to take a nap first. She fell asleep on the way home and slept for 2 1/2 hours. The kids also had their first day of swim lessons that day. Good thing she had the nap! After swim lessons and an early dinner Avery was asking to go to bed. That never happens!!!


The Letter
I forgot to post this sweet letter that Allie wrote at our hotel in Dallas (when we were on our way to Idaho).
She did this without any help.

so sweet

Starved????
You would think our boy was starved. He goes crazy whenever he sees food and no matter how much he eats he always wants more. This morning I was in the kitchen fixing his breakfast. He was in the living room with Avery......or so I thought. Now, thinking back, he was very quiet. He's always really hungry in the morning and screaming for food. I finished getting his cereal ready and took it over to the kitchen table by his chair. I turned around and Blake was standing at the girls little table with his mouth stuffed full of animal crackers! Both girls had a small bag of crackers left on the table from last night. He found one and had completely finished one of the bags!

Laugh Out Loud & Sleepover

Last night Blake was over the top tired. He's just like his Dad.....when he's like that he gets giggly.

(i really didn't want to post this b/c I look like such a dork, but Blake was just too cute. I had to do it.)

The girls are having their first ever friends sleepover tonight. They are extremely excited.

Huber Reunion

The Huber Family reunion was at Derek's parents house this year in Melba, Idaho. We got there a few days before the reunion started. Kevin & Tami's family was there early too. Our girls were very excited to see each other again.

this is where the girls pretty much always were

we quickly found out that the grass was very sharp and itchy. The kids were covered in scrapes and itching like crazy the first night.

Since we were there early we were able to help out some with the float for the 4th of July parade the family was going to be in......

Parade day came. A lot of family came. Derek's Mom made bonnets for all of the grandchildren to wear. We all had matching shirts that said: "Got Family?" The float won Grand Prize!

Since we were the first float in the parade we were able to unload all of the kids so they could see the rest of the parade and get loads of candy.

Derek and I stopped off and bought some fireworks so we could have a little celebration that night.

Prior to the fireworks we all just hung out and had a lot of fun.

The next day was the official start of the reunion. We all wore our shirts to get a big family picture, which I don't have. In fact, i barely got my camera out the rest of the reunion. I did get a lot of video though. :)

We had a bbq and played games.

playing Don't Eat Pete

The next day we went to the Roller skating rink where Derek's Mom grew up skating at. We also toured the little city the she grew up in, had lunch at the park and spent the evening watching slideshows of Don & Paula growing up.

Kate, Avery & Kaylee

visiting family grave sites

drawing at Paula's old high school

telling everyone what she drew

The next day we spent the day touring the city Derek's dad grew up in. Then spent the evening at Joyce's house.

we thought he would like riding the horse....guess we were wrong.

Salt Lake City

We arrived in Salt Lake late on Sunday night. We spent a long time trying to squeeze ourselves into our tiny rental car and it just wasn't going to work so we "updgraded" to another car. This car did have a bigger trunk but not really anymore room for the three carseats to fit. We managed to squeeze them all in though.......finally.

We spent the morning walking around Temple Square.

After walking around Temple Square we started to get hungry. We decided to have lunch at Cafe Rio. A stop in Utah isn't complete unless you eat there. Then we took off towards Idaho. We also made sure to stop off at a Maverick gas station for $1 yogurt cones (that you can make as high as you want!)