In July we camped at Downata Hot Springs near Preston, ID with my mom's side of the family the Becks AND a few of my Dad's side of the family- the Turners. We had so much fun spending time with everyone that I hardly had time to use my camera. We spent every minute we could going down the waterslides, hanging out at the beach, or just visiting. Wyatt was the social bug of the family- he would go from trailer to trailer visiting all of the family- he'd ask them all how they slept, if they had fun swimming, etc. I'm so grateful that my family all loves him so much. He also spent most of the trip in the trees in his Power Ranger costume.
Livvy LOVED playing with all the girl cousins there- she doesn't have any girl cousins around here to play with very often, so she ate up every opportunity. I didn't see much of her as they made up dances under the trees, played tag, and rode around in the jeep.
We did also spend a day at Twin Lakes. The kids loved the blow-up jetski that we finally got working (we bought it when Wyatt was 2)
They had such fun activities- the kids made these cute hats out of paper sacks and got to decorate them all up- I know I took pictures of this, but I must have accidentally deleted them, but we kept the hats- so I'll have to do it soon.
Every year we head to Island Park for a long weekend with Shelby's extended family. It is one of my favorite traditions of our summer. For one thing- I love Shelby's family and my best friend is actually his cousin- the kids have a blast and there is so much to do. We always head into West Yellowstone- some years we take old fashioned family pictures (coming soon) and sometimes we just shop and see all the animals. This year Wyatt talked me into a slingshot in West Yellowstone- then he spent the rest of our camping trip shooting small pinecones at the trees. They love riding their bikes, canoeing as a family, floating the little river, spending time on the beach at the reservoir, and of course we EAT.
We always go on a fun nature hike to Big Springs to feed the large fish there, and usually see some wildlife- this time there were a male and female moose about 10 yards off of our trail! I was a little worried what would happen with us so close- but we just backed up a bit and they crossed the trail and run up into the trees.
Livvy and Weston having a blast in their tubes.
Livvy and Wyatt were so excited to go on the major swings with Hailey and Fallon. They had so much dang fun with their great aunts.
Ike spent most of the time on Daddy's shoulders clapping for his brother and sis. What a dang sweet boy!
Livvy LOVED playing with all the girl cousins there- she doesn't have any girl cousins around here to play with very often, so she ate up every opportunity. I didn't see much of her as they made up dances under the trees, played tag, and rode around in the jeep.
They had such fun activities- the kids made these cute hats out of paper sacks and got to decorate them all up- I know I took pictures of this, but I must have accidentally deleted them, but we kept the hats- so I'll have to do it soon.
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