Bear Lake

A couple weeks ago we met Brandon's parents, Jeremy and Angie and kids and Jordan and Erin at a condo in Bear Lake for the weekend.  It was so much fun!  The condo was fantastic and the kids loved running around with their cousins.  We played at the lake, went swimming, went through the Minnetonka caves and Brandon and I "played tennis".  Yes, I put that in quotes because I'm not sure you could really call what we were doing tennis.  But we looked cute doing it.  Or so I like to think.  It was a really fun weekend away!  That's Stan and Mary!

The kids were SO excited to see their new aunt!  They swarmed around her the minute she walked in the door!

 Poor tired girl... Who's head is about to fall off...

Surfin' USA!!!

 This 4th of July we got to go see the Beach Boys preform on the 50th Anniversary Tour at Stadium of Fire!  It was SO much fun.  We prepped the kids by having them listen to beach boys pretty much non stop for a couple weeks before the concert.  I'm so glad we did because they knew a lot of the words.  Even Aubrey was singing, "Ba, ba, ba, ba, barbara ann".

Stadium of Fire has cut out a lot of the beginning stuff that they had last time we went.  The still had a few things before the Beach Boys but it was much shorter than I remember it being.  The most amazing was of course the fly over.  The did a few fireworks right as the jets flew over head.  It was awe inspiring.  Even Brynley said, "THAT was AWESOME!!" right after.  And I may or may not have teared up a little.  Ok, I did.  You got me.

Anyway, it was such a fun night!  Enjoy a little beach boys live:

Payson Lakes

On Saturday we took our raft up to Payson Lakes.  It was beautiful up there!  The weather was gorgeous and we had a fun time rowing around seeing all the little fishing spots around the edges of the lake.  I even fell asleep on the raft!  I was really tired.  It was a fun afternoon!

Kelly and Cason's Visit

We had SO much fun when Kelly and Cason came to town!!  Even though Cason was not too fond of Aunt Lindsey, I wasn't too bitter because he was so darn adorable.  

The kids did awesome at their piano recital.  

 In the dog house...

Start of Summer Adventures!

We have started up some fun summer activities!  We tried heading to Seven Peaks one day but it was SO crowded that these kids were not in the best of moods.  Not super happy with how cheap Seven Peaks gave away those passes...  The place will be a zoo all summer long.

We also went to Springville's Art City Days Children's art festival with our friends.  There are a bunch of booths where kids do fun little art projects.  It was really hot and crowded but the kids had fun for the most part.  Actually they whined.  A lot.  But it was still a good experience.

I think I am the only mom on the planet who would have a birthday party for a doll.  Ever since Brynley got Kirsten (american girl doll) for Christmas she's wanted to bake her a cake on her birthday.  I didn't want left over cake.  So we turned it into a birthday party.

On Monday night we hiked the Y.  We weren't sure how that would go with Aubrey but she did great!  She hiked the whole way and didn't complain once!  She was so cute and strong.  We were so proud of her!  The big kids had a great time and practically ran up the mountain.

 Oh and we got a bunny.  Our neighbor found it in her back yard.  She (he?) is so cute and we named her (him?) Fufu.

We are excited for the adventures the rest of the summer will bring!

Jordan and Erin's Wedding

We have been up in Washington celebrating Jordan and Erin's wedding. We had such a fantastic week!

We drove up to the Tri Cities in Eastern Washington on Monday for the sealing on Tuesday. Monday night we went to Red Robin with people who had come into town for the wedding. The wedding was on Tuesday in the Columbia River Temple. We remembered about an hour outside of WA that we had forgotten our temple recommends! Now they can just look up your records so it wasn't a big deal but we had a little scare for a few minutes!

The sealing was so nice and was done by Brandon's Uncle. Erin looked so beautiful and they were so happy and excited to be married!

After the sealing and pictures the Mathews' Aunts put on the most amazing luncheon ever! Those ladies are seriously amazing. Who am I kidding, that whole family is just incredible!

After the luncheon we drove over to Seattle to spend a few days at Brandon's parents house. We went to the mall (of course the one with the Nordstrom Rack in it) and let the kids plan and jump on the bungee thingy.

The next day we went to the Olympic Game Farm.  It was an amazing experience!  You drive through the farm and there are zebras, bears, llamas, tigers, buffalo, peacocks, llamas, wolves, prarie dogs and little furry bunny rabbits all just roaming at their leisure.  They come run to your car and you feed them through your window.  It is crazy!  The kids loved being able to feed these huge animals and being so close to them.  Ok, the kids actually freaked out at first but the experience of feeding them from their hands grew on them.  

We left Seattle on Friday and drove to Richland for Jordan and Erin's reception.  Is was such a cute reception with most adorable decor and style.  Loved it!  

We had a great trip to Washington and enjoyed seeing extended family that we never get to see in the Tri Cities and spending time with Brandon's family as well.