Hiking in Zion

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day we spent hiking in Zion National Monument.

Avery and Ava, hand in hand.

Quinn and Cailyn

Matt, wishing he'd left the double stroller at home (:

Shellie and Liam

 The kiddos loved playing in the puddles from the little waterfall at the end of the trail!

Sadie

The McDonalds. Bad lighting...but cute picture!

Our little family. I think this is our only family picture from the trip!

 After the hike, we played in the stream

Cassie, Ava, Emma

Scott and Avery

Cole and Stephanie

Katie and Roan

Cassie and Colin

Colin tempting fate

Joe, Colin, Cassie, Shellie

Me, Cassie, Shellie

Love these two cute ladies!

Then it was lunch time on the grass.

Eating her Twinkie cream first.

Happy Roan and his Happy Grandpa

Silly Sassy Girlies

Liam loved the leaves!

LOVE!

Racing

I had fun taking pictures of these cute Shurtleff kids.

Big Sister, Priya

 Baby Brother Oliver

Oh! How I love those cheeks!

 And their cute Mama, Hillary.

Tackling Grandpa

Sleepy Liam

Do you see it?

How 'bout now?

 Payton caught this little lizard; Rylee wanted to hold it and it ran straight up her arm, around her shoulder and into her hair, then up towards her face. She thought it was so funny!

Then Halle spent some time admiring him..

And then we set him free and headed back to the cabins. Such a beautiful place and a fun day!

Baby, You're a Firework!!!

I'm finally into my July pictures! So now I'm only a month behind instead of 4 months behind...hopefully I can close the gap and keep it there, but we'll see; we're going to be moving in a week and a half from now into Quinn's parent's house since they're in Utah for a temporary work assignment, so things will be a little crazy for a while.

Anyway, Fourth of July was fun this year! We girls all painted our toenails red

and Rylee and Cailyn got to wear the fun pillow case dresses that Grandma Karen made for them to church on the 3rd. The were super cute and we got LOTS of compliments on them!
(Cailyn's face as she's blowing bubbles cracks me up. She blows through her teeth rather than making an "O" with her mouth.)These girls are such goof balls.On the 4th we had patriotic star pancakes for breakfastand then got in the car to go on a little hike. Lady (well, I guess technically she was still "Cassie" at this point) sat in Cailyn's lap for the drive.Of course, the girls had to pack their backpacks for the 1 mile hike.It got pretty hot out,

so we cooled off a bit in the stream.Cailyn was nervous and didn't want to come in at first,but eventually changed her mind and was glad she did.Back at home, Rylee decorated a fruit pizza while Cailyn napped.Colin, Cassie and some of their friends came over for a little barbeque and then we walked over to Brengle Terrace Park for the Fireworks show.

The girls had fun with their flags, courtesy of Gran.The girls sang the Firework song all day long. I tried to video Rylee singing it back at home...but she decided to change the lyrics up a bit:

Ever since then, she prefers to sing this song about Uncle Colin. Funny girl.

Either way, Boom! Boom! Boom!

Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon!