The 4th of July--#3 late post!!

So finally I will post about our fun 4th of July together! Not all our kids could come home for the 4th, but we still had fun.

Now this is one cute baby! Ivory is as happy and

sweet as she is adorable!! 

 Bret & Becki's kids all dressed up in their red, white and blue!

 Since candy is the main reason why the parade is so

much fun, I made each one their own candy can!

On the curb, waiting for the parade to start. We had a perfect day, just a little over cast to keep it nice and cool, but no rain! 

 My three beautiful daughters!

Gpa and Ivory both enjoying a little snack. 

 Bret & Becki

 Barry & Lisa

 Oh, another picture of my girls!!

Our bunch waiting for the parade to start!

Elijah with his can and...

  ....with his sucker!

Rivers, not so happy! 

 Waiting for more candy to come their way!

 Dempsey ate hers as fast as she got it!

 Tami & Colter

 Bret & Ivory.

After the parade we all relaxed and played games. Later that night we all went to see the fireworks. While sitting in the back of 

Barry's pickup, Bret & I both got stung by big black ants! One got me in the eye and got Bret on the arm. He had a reaction and his whole arm swelled up huge!! 

Saturday we all headed over to Pinetop to Lisa & Barry's house and ate some really good BBQ ribs and then made s'mores!

Enjoying all the GOOD food!

 They got a bunch of outdoor furniture which all looks really great!

 Kingston enjoying his marshmallow!

 Rivers LOVES S'mores!

 It's serious business getting your marshmallow just right!!

Gpa with these 2 little cuties!

Cute Elijah!

Gma sporting her swollen, black eye, but still enjoying

holding Dempsey and Elijah!

Their favorite Auntie Lisa!

It was great going over to spend time in Pinetop and seeing all the improvements at Lisa & Barry's new place. It was a fun 4th!!

Oops, I just found more pictures!!

 Tami made her famous french toast!

 London covered Ivory with lots of stars!

 ....and of course--Saturday morning exercises with Aunt Kari!!

The next late posting--#2 Fun at the lake house

So after Zallen's party in Mesa, LaVerl & I headed to Roosevelt to get ready for the kids to come. Kirk, Kari & kids and Mark & Holly and kids arrived on Thursday. We had lots of fun. Lisa & Barry came later and were able to bring Bret's 3 oldest kids so they could play with cousins. 

We had fun on the boat.

Elijah having fun driving the boat!

 We always have fun playing games!

Zallen & Bolden having fun?? 

Kaemon eating Oreos, that's always fun!! 

 Kirk having fun and showing off his slalom skills!

 Mark has skills too!  LaVerl showed everyone he still has skills, but I didn't get a picture.

 My two precious little grand-daughters, London and Milea.

 The grandkids LOVED the tube! Its like a giant raft!!

 They even had fun in this little pool!

 Of course, eating is always fun!!

And helping cook is even more fun!!

Navajo Tacos, always way yummy!!

 More game playing.

And FUN on the 4-wheeler!!

Going to the Lake with family is always FUN!  Its great when cousins can play together and make great memories. I love this quote I found-  "Grandma's house is where cousins learn to be BEST friends!"

The first of 3 posts-- "I'M SO FAR BEHIND!"

WAY BACK on June 25th our #5 Grandson, Zallen turned 5 years old and Mark and family came to Mesa to celebrate. Also, Kirk and Kari moved from Hawaii and so they got to come spend some time in Arizona with family before making the move to Ohio. We all got together at "Amazing Jake's" (which is really quite amazing!!) and had a good time playing.

 Little Bolden was all tuckered out!

 Bret & Dempsey having fun on the train ride along with...

 ...Elijah and Kirk.

 Auntie Lisa riding the train with??

 ...Rivers!! 

 Two really cute little boys!!

 I think the 'dad's' were having as much fun as their kids!

 And here's the birthday boy--Zallen!

 He got lots of tickets to get a prize afterwards.

 He got some money, some gifts and a....

 .....CAKE!  Not just any cake, a 3 layer chocolate

cake from Costco!!  Soooo yummy!!

 AND...SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!  They all thought

I wouldn't notice- real funny!! Of course I noticed 

Holly's little bump!! We will get #13 grand baby in Oct!!

Lisa, and Kari and Elijah!!

 Gpa and Rivers!

 The BIRTHDAY BOY!!

 All the cousins except Tami's 2 little guys!

Gma with Dempsey and Ivory!!

It was a pretty fun party and always fun getting together with our kids and grandkids.