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    treasure hunt, birthdays, and the draft

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    Megan turned 30 on the 30th

    Megan turned 30 on the 30th

    We celebrated Christy, Joel, Megan and Kelsey all being born in July.

    draft

    our fantasy football draft!

    the final board

    the final board

    Josh brought everything for us to do a live draft!

    Explaining the compass treasure hunt that Dad made.

    Explaining the compass treasure hunt that Dad made.

    Ryan was in charge of the kids treasure hunt.

    Ryan was in charge of the kids treasure hunt.

    And these pictures are at the beginning of the treasure hunt. They don’t do justice to the hopping and skipping, backward walking, slow motion that was going on but thats what you get when the photographer has a nursing baby.

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    Mehrtzen Creek

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    One of our other main activities was to drive to Mehrtzen Creek. We went on Tuesday and Friday. It is a creek with a great swimming hole and a rock that we could slide down or jump from and a rope swing. We had a lot of fun just hanging out and watching each other swim and watching the kids explore.

    Down at the River…

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    Maddy, Ella, Cali, Scar, and Lilly

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    Mike, Jaydn, Packer, Payton, Carter, and Benji

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    The Older Generation 🙂

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    Rose and Ray and Cedar and Kinley and Bubs all played in this part of the creek for hours!

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    My mom and Dad always get in! I hope I’m still that fun when I’m older. They don’t just jump in because we make them – they are sometimes the first ones in and they enjoy it.

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    Sean and Brady showing off

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    Jaydn and Benji doing a train

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    The 2nd time there we diverted the water so that we had a longer faster slide…

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    The kids loved these huge leaves… Cali and Brinlee 🙂

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    Ray and Thomas were down at the swimming hole exploring and playing and just having a blast together:

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    The big boys stuck together. Braden, Bryce, and Camden took turns entertaining them.

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    Boba Wars

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    Really I don’t remember what this was called but … Kelsey’s activity was to spit some sticky bitter tasting balls at each other through big smoothie straws. Luckily Tiago was hungry right at war time so I sat and watched everyone get attacked and injured and messy. They had a blast 🙂

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    Tie Dye

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    Mal taught us all how to tie dye! It was fun. The kids each made their own shirt. I failed at my attempt but it was fun to see all the different patterns and colors.

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    On this day we had a full carnival going. We were racing between Face Paint and Tie Dye and Waiting our turn to get a pedicure… good times 🙂

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    babies

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    babies, babies, everywhere… the next set of cousin friends:
    Me and Gus

    Me and Gus

    posing with the babies

    posing with the babies

    Laynie Girl!

    Laynie Girl!

    the monkey chairs reenactment pirture

    the monkey chairs reenactment pirture

    6 months - smiley Gus

    We had lots of baby helpers  :) 4 months and 2 months

    We had lots of baby helpers 🙂

    all 3

    2, 4, and 6 months!

    and MIllie

    and MIllie 23 months

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    The Princess Play

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    My mom wrote a play for all of the girls to perform. It was an Annette Robertson original. Each princess had a special power and all of the princesses had to come out and dance the dragon back to sleep. When the Camden Dragon came out Millie freaked and stood in the corner the rest of the time 🙂 The girls had so much personality and Grandma wrote it to fit their personalities. They had face paint and crowns and wands! The only bad part was that we waited too long to start the show and the lighting was really bad 🙁
    the dancing princesses

    the dancing princesses

    The Cast

    The Cast

    The boys performed the “worms in the mouth” and the “guys doing several retakes while making a movie” They also had lots of personality!

    the boys performed to scout skits for us!

    the boys performed to scout skits for us!

    My dad was talked into doing his Fiddler on the Roof dance and teaching the kids.

    grandpa taught the If I were a Rich man dance

    grandpa taught the If I were a Rich man dance

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    Face Painting

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    Liz brought stuff for face painting and the kids loved it:
    Cali chose a butterfly

    Cali chose a butterfly

    Rose with a rainbow mask

    Rose with a rainbow mask

    uncle michael working on Tommy's Batman

    uncle michael working on Tommy’s Batman

    The face painting headquarters

    The face painting headquarters

    It looked like we had a small fair going on.

    It looked like we had a small fair going on.

    look at that hair batman!

    look at that hair batman!

    happy kids

    happy kids

    Benji does not like face paint but he let Jaydn paint him in the end.

    Benji does not like face paint but he let Jaydn paint him in the end.

    samers

    samers

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    SILVER LAKE

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    Kayaks and SUP’s and FUN. There is a little lake off of Highway 88 that we drove to on Monday and Thursday. The water was cool and refreshing and the weather was hot and we had a blast hanging out on the beach and taking turns on the boats.
    older cousins are awesome

    older cousins are awesome

    and a pano of the lake

    and a pano of the lake

    This was our beach

    This was our beach

    I had a full kayak this time out

    I had a full kayak this time out

    Jaydn giving the boys a ride across the lake

    Jaydn giving the boys a ride across the lake

    Josh believes in swimming fully clothed

    Josh believes in swimming fully clothed

    chillin

    chillin

    just hanging out at the lake

    just hanging out at the lake

    this little lake is beautiful

    this little lake is beautiful

    Rose and Cedar getting paddled around by Tracie

    Rose and Cedar getting paddled around by Tracie

    owning the lake

    owning the lake

    Walking on Water

    Walking on Water

    Cesar?

    Cesar?

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    the kids were entertained for hours

    the babies

    the babies

    the kids loved exploring across the lake on the big rocks

    the kids loved exploring across the lake on the big rocks

    Ben and Benji out on the Paddle Board

    Ben and Benji out on the Paddle Board

    boats are fun on the shore too

    boats are fun on the shore too

    Millie loved being in the boats - all of our kids did

    Millie loved being in the kayaks – all of our kids did

    My mom is the queen of the boat.

    My mom is the queen of the boat. Yes, I let her paddle me around the middle of the lake.

    Ray, Tommy, and Rose

    Ray, Tommy, and Rose

    Cali was cruisin these kayaks with her cousins

    Cali was cruisin these kayaks with her cousins

    Grandpa trying out the SUP

    Grandpa trying out the SUP

    Cali and Sean

    Cali and Sean

    Hanging out on the beach Take 2

    Hanging out on the beach Take 2

    Look at the Cute babies!

    Look at the Cute babies!

    and then we needed sleep

    and then we needed sleep

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