Hogle Zoo

At the end of July, I babysat my brothers 3 kids for a few days while his wife was at girls camp. It was a little stressful having 3 more kids to take care of, but for the most part it wasn't too bad because they just played with Kennedy all day and Kennedy loved it. It actually helped me feel like other kids in our family just might work out :) One day we decided to go to the zoo with my sister and her two kids....so 6 kids in total. Normally I think it would have been fine if Kennedy was in a good mood, but most of the time I was just wrestling with her. Parts of the day were fun though and she loved the bird show (seriously, AWESOME bird show at hogle zoo). The pictures look like it was all kinds of fun, but I can't remember how many times I put that girl in time out. I ended up dragging her out of the park at the end of the day 'kicking and screaming'....literally. Let me re-think this...more kids...maybe not.

Really hot day added to the fun!

Kennedy's 2nd Birthday!

Kennedy's birthday this year was a lot more fun than last year because she was SO into it. She loves singing the birthday song and loves going to parties, so having a party for her this time was pretty exciting to her. My favorite part of the whole day was when she realized everyone was 'singing to her'. She got the cutest look on her face that was priceless!!! I hesitated doing an Elmo theme, but at the time, she was REALLY into him and I decided to do what she would enjoy the most and she did LOVE it. For days she kept talking about her Elmo cake and kept singing 'Happy Birthday Dear Kennedy'. The party turned out really fun and it was a blast being able to have both of our families there.

A little help from dad!

A girl on a mission - pretty sure it involved dad.

A 6 hour detour...A 6 hour detour

The Kerrigan's were headed back to Iowa and decided to take a 6 hour detour to see us (thanks guys!). We were super excited to get to hang out with them again and decided to take them up to the cabin. So after getting down from the cabin on Monday, we headed back up on Wednesday to spend the night. I didn't get many pictures because I think we were all a little tired from traveling by that point, but it was fun to get together and the kids had fun on the tramp, hut, fort, and wagon ride to the river (although it may be deceiving that wagon was not the lightest thing to pull with 3 decent size kids in there).

Independence Day - The Utah Fun Begins!

It was a pretty crazy week for us: Packing Monday, leaving Monday

night, Driving through the night until Tuesday evening, unpacking in WJ, driving to St. George on Wednesday to unpack the rest of our stuff, driving back to WJ late Wednesday night, and then heading up to the cabin on Friday morning. It was crazy, we were exhausted by the time Monday rolled around, but it was worth it. Nothing beats the 4th of July at the cabin!!!

Heading to the Oakley rodeo with cousin Jenna. Kennedy can't get enough of that girl!

Hangin' with Gram

Kennedy discovered the 'hut' and LOVED it!

A four generation photo. Gram was a trooper and went on a little hike with us.

We are all LOVING the mountains!!!Our little hiker!

Pretty sure Brent deserved that!