My family/July

I will be the first to admit the obvious. I am really slacking on the updating my blog! We have had a pretty exciting July and I'm not sure why I haven't shared. So below is lots of fun pictures of Nathan and I spending time with our wonderful kids. They really are pretty great!

ZOO

I can't believe how big the kids had gotten since our last zoo trip. Just scroll to the bottom of this page and that is a picture of them standing out front of the zoo also. Of course Tenley is just an added bonus to this picture

Everyone but Cody was able to make it to this zoo trip. It was so much fun! I hadn't been to the zoo with my parents and Derek since I was very little. Of course there is a bunch more of us now.

For some reason every zoo trip they have to check out this gorilla, they really love their picture with it for some reason!

CAMP OUT

As you have seen in previous posts, Nathan and I bought a fire pit last year. It is one of my very favorite things! I love to have dinner in the backyard. Kids cook their own hotdogs and smores....hand out bags of chips and a juice, all is well. No kitchen clean up and it is a great time to hear everything going on in everyone's lifes. I love this picture of Landon....the fire in his glasses just strikes me as funny for some reason.

Bailey was at a birthday party and Courtney is gone for the weekend. That left just Tayler and Landon. I'm sure we will do it again with everyone.

THE WII

This was one of the best presents Santa could have given our family. We have so much fun playing bowling tournaments or opening a new crazy recipe.

MINI GOLF

Nathan and I decided the morning of this adventure that not only the kids needed to get out of the house but so did we! So we went out for ice cream and headed over to Mulligans.

We chose the Haunted House course so of course all 4 kids needed their picture in front of the haunted house!

It was a long 18 holes in the sun....we made the mistake of ice cream before when we really needed it after. But we had a great time and can't wait to do it again!