Trip to Star Valley

Towards the end of June we made a trip to Wyoming to visit my family for a few days! Nicole had family visiting in Idaho, so we dropped her and Tallin off in Rexburg and then headed on to Star Valley.

We were able to visit with my Great Grandparents and get a few 5 generation pictures!

The kiddos with their Grandma Merritt, Great Grandma Wolfley, and Great Great Grandma and Grandpa Clark

 We tried getting the kids to sit by my Great Grandparents, but Bostyn didn't want any part of it!

 This was the best we could manage, she finally sat still for two seconds.

 Kingston love, loved my Grandma. 

 She was the only one that could really make him smile and laugh. 

 It was so cute, and totally made her day.

 We were able to stay at Papa Frank and Grandma Helen's house while we were there. The girls were super excited to take the ATV out for a spin with Papa Frank.

 They had so much fun, until it broke down on the top of the hill and Grandma Helen had to come rescue us.

 Cute little Kingston always just goes with the flow.

Next up was visiting with Grandma Sherri, Grandpa Dee, and Uncle Jake.

 Wyoming trips are always super busy trying to make sure that we visit everyone! DeeJay and Shelbie also came to town for a visit while we were there.

Bostyn is always doing something silly, I love her cute little personality.

 My mom was loving being able to snuggle with Kingston.

 Brooklyn had such a fun time getting to see everyone.

 We snapped a quick picture with my brothers and sister-in-law before we left.

 Before we left Star Valley we stopped at my Uncle Jason's house and then went up to see their horses.

 The girls loved feeding the horses.

It's always fun getting to spend time with my Uncle!

 This girl sure loves animals.

 A perk about visiting Star Valley is that the kids get to see 8 out of their 12 living grandparents all in one trip. 

Great Grandma Pat came over to visit us at Papa Frank's house. She sure loves those kiddos!

 Grandma Helen thought it would be fun to roast marshmallows and make s'mores. 

 Of course the girls were so excited!

 They live in such a pretty place in the valley.

 Brooklyn has always loved roasting marshmallows since she was a little girl

 These kids love spending time with Papa Frank and  Grandma Helen

It was a super quick trip and we packed in as much as we could! It is always fun to go to Wyoming and visit our family. Greg had to stay home and work, but it was fun being to take a little road trip with Tallin and Nicole!

The Circus Came to Town!

June was such a fun busy month for our family! While Zack and Nicole were still here visiting from Arizona the circus came to town, so we all decided to go! The girls reaaaaallly wanted to ride the ponies, but $7 for a 30 second ride wasn't worth it! So Papa took them down to get their faces painted instead!

Bostyn had a hard time picking which one she wanted done.

She finally decided on a dalmation puppy, and she was sooo stinking cute!

Brooklyn has always wanted to get fancy face paint, so she was super excited!

She surprised me and picked a rainbow spider web type of design.

 

The sun was pretty bright, but they looked so cute!

Papa sure does love his grandkids!

The finished product!

Tallin wasn't so sure of the girls after they got their faces painted.

Once the circus started, their eyes were glued to it. I loved watching their facial expressions.

Brooklyn was amazed by the acrobats and laughed so hard at the clowns. I loved watching her get so much enjoyment from it.

These two little cousins have so much fun together.

And what is a circus without cotton candy!?!

And of course we couldn't leave without our traditional family picture at the end of the show! Plus, Kingston slept during most of it, so this is really the only picture we have of him at the circus!

Kingston's Blessing Day

After the zoo weekend, Kingston was blessed on June 8th! We wanted to wait and do his blessing then, so that Zack could be there before he left for his Navy training.

 Love our family!

 Luckily he still was able to squeeze into his blessing suit. He looked adorable, and Greg gave him a great blessing!

 Brooklyn is always picking flowers where ever we go!

Bostyn loves her Grandma!

 Here are a few of his blessing pictures. He was so handsome! 

 Uncle Greg and Tallin- it was so fun having these guys visit from Arizona for so long!

 Bostyn was so bummed when Tallin had to go back to Arizona, she loved having him to play with!

It was a busy few days with everyone, but we were so glad that Greg's whole family could be there for Kingston's blessing day! Everything went smoothly until the power went off after church while we were trying to cook lunch for everyone, but it all turned out great in the end!