4th Fun

Cute Girls in their Red, White & Blue

 Ward Breakfast at the Park

Playing Horseshoes

Party Time!

We had 36 people (20 of them children!) at our house for dinner and fun times.

The kids enjoyed jumping on the trampoline with the sprinkler underneath.

We also had 2 wading pools and our little slide set up in the backyard.

Russ grilled all the sausages and hot dogs.

Dinner Time

Games

And we made all of our party attendees take a turn with Just Dance. :)

When the party ended we headed to the fields on campus to watch the fireworks.

We brought some glow sticks for the girls to play with while we waited.

Another great Independence Day!

Cousin Time

Russ's niece Bekah is 13 and old enough to fly alone, so she came out to Texas for a week long visit! 

The girls loved playing games, listening to Harry Potter books, and especially watching videos on Bekah's iPad. :)

We planned one activity and one special treat for each of the days of her visit.

Tuesday: Bowling, "Taste of the Tropics" Smoothies

Wednesday: Swimming, Daylight Donuts

Ignore the large thumb on the left. Clearly my photography-in-really-bright-light skills need some work.

Thursday: Movie Theater, Snow Cones

Friday: Globe Exhibit at Texas A&M, "Spoons" Frozen Yogurt

Bekah's was flying home from the Austin airport on Saturday, but since she didn't depart until 5:00 PM, we decided to head over with the whole family and find something fun to do first.

We chose The Thinkery, which is a fairly new children's museum.

There were a lot of really cool exhibits/play areas, and we were glad we went.

     

Time to say goodbye. 

In the car on the way home McKell kept saying, "I'm really going to miss Bekah."

Father's Day 2016

During Primary the girls all decorated these adorable "shirt & tie" bags filled with cookies.

Our family enjoys "The Gruffalo" movies, and now that Russ received the books for Father's Day we enjoy those as well.

Kisses from McKell.

Brenna found a bottle of Gatorade featuring Russ's favorite soccer star.

These kiddos sure love their Dad.