Cousins Thursday

We have gotten to see our cousins so much this summer and we have loved it. During the school year it is so hard to get together, so we have been enjoying it while we can.

My wonderful mother invited us all over for a swim party. The boys were so excited they couldn't stand it! I try not to tell them things that we are doing too far in advance because it's hard to wait.

The boys had a ball jumping on the trampoline with the sprinkler under it.

I have the cutest nieces. Chadra was my first niece and I have a special place in my heart for her. She is such a cute girl and a huge help to her mom.

Palmer LOVES Chadra. He thinks she is the coolest thing ever.

And she is.

They played together so well.

Let's be honest all of my nieces are adorable. Can you believe this cutie?

And this kid isn't so bad himself.

Or this one.

No idea what they were doing, but it looked fun.

My sister Heather being the brilliant mother that she is, brought Emmalyn out her own little "pool".

Because I don't think she wanted to be in this one. Crazy stuff happened in there.

I ended up with a million pictures of these two because they were so cute together. If kids are going to be cute, they are going to get their picture taken. Serves them right.

Popsicles on a hot day are the BEST (well maybe second to a Slurpee).

McKay had his first Popsicle and went nuts over it. He would cry every time I took it out of his mouth. He ended up with a watermelon flavored shirt.

The Great Salt Lake

My sweet friend Kate invited us to go to The Great Salt Lake and play on the beach. The boys wanted to know all about it. I told them that the air was a little smelly and Lincoln was a little worried about that. In his prayer over our lunch he prayed that the beach wouldn't be smelly. I explained after the prayer that it probably would be smelly still as it always is. Well, once again I learned a thing or two. When we pulled up it didn't smell bad at all. Lincoln got out of the van, smelled the air and a big grin came on his face, "It doesn't smell bad Mom!" There was a strong wind blowing the smell away. I am always learning so much from my kids.

As usual a picture of McKay being a peach in his carrier. I promise we do take him out of it! I just usually don't have the camera in my hands when I take him out.

I loved taking pictures of everyone on the beach...but if you look close you will see that there were bugs EVERYWHERE!

The boys didn't worry about the bugs though, they just played to their hearts content.

Splashing like crazy.

Lincoln and Jackson are good little buddies.

Lincoln was probably the person who liked the lake the best. He was sitting in it most of the time we were there. It grossed the other boys out a little bit because of all of the bugs.

This picture gives me the heebie jeebies. Can you see all of those bugs around his legs. I can't believe that he walked through them.

Palmer's face is so awesome in this pic!

Disney Days at the Gallivan Center

We loved the Gallivan Center's "Disney Days" last year. In fact we went to two of them.

As always we got the free creamies with the milk picture (above).

This year they also gave out free water guns. It was worth it for the boys just for that. They could have stayed there for hours.

Creamies and water guns. I have figured out what boy heaven is like.

The had the water fountains on at the Gallivan Center for the kids to fill up their water guns.

It was a little awkward trying to figure out who to shoot. You didn't want to shoot someone that was going to freak out...so luckily they had each other (and mom) to shoot.

There were also some fun games sponsored by Ebay.

After they played the game they got...another water gun. But this one was bigger, and it made it so they got one in both hands. Totally genius.

Palmer explained to me that this means "rock on."

Hunter would also like you all to rock on.

Bunny ears have been discovered at our house. They are all the rage.

This game is a total dud. It seems fun, but the frog really isn't quite capable of getting to the platform he needs to be on.

Not from lack of trying, but really he just rolls over. There isn't much jumping going on.

Hunter tried so hard that he ended up hitting his own finger, which ended in tears.

They they spent 15 minutes in line for a water slide. I love that Hunter is holding onto Palmer. It is great to have a big brother with you.

The kids had a total ball at this activity.