Rachel came to visit!!

We're back in Texas!! And guess who came with us! My niece Rachel! It was so much fun having her here...it wasn't near long enough. Come back to Texas Rachel! :) Enjoy the pics of her stay with us

An early present for Steven's birthday from my parents was put to good use :)

And of course you can't come to Texas and not go swimming right? My co-worker friend Shanelle joined us with her little girl JoJo. And the bottom right pic? Well lets just say I can't keep Steven's swimsuit up when he wears his life jacket :)

Steven LOVES McKenzie and is always asking to hold her-I'm so glad he loves her this much!

We made shirts with tape and bleach while she was here-so fun! :)

We also stopped by the Dallas temple, made a nursing cover for my sister Angela, and Rachel made Mike's favorite dish-sweet 'n' sour chicken (which he loved and said was the best ever-good job Rach!)

And on the last night we went to the Nickel Arcade, had some fun, and shed some tears :( You're a sweet girl Rachel-my kids sure miss you as well as us ol' folk :) Thanks for the good times and memories-I'll never forget this visit with my Lil' Sista ;) 

And here we have Idaho...

Yay!! I love spending time in Idaho-Always fun and always an adventure. The kiddos and I were able to go for a couple weeks the excuse being a family reunion at the end. Before the Reunion we were able to go boating, to Niagara Springs (where we camped) and just spend time with the fam. My sister, Marjorie, was also visiting from Chicago and it was so fun and nice getting to spend time with her and her boys. Sadly Mike wasn't able to come :( He was planning on it but then a great opportunity and responsibilities with work didn't allow him to. He was missed thats for sure. Anyways-lots of pictures (not of the family reunion though...oops!) Enjoy!

Boating...and I got to slalom ski! Wahoo!

And my parents had their sidewalk and driveway poured while we were there. Steven and Marjorie's boys loved watching them-so cute :)

We'll always remember that-especially since their footprints are in the driveway :)

Niagara Springs is such a pretty place-we had so much fun! And as you can see Steven just loved his cousins... 

As did McKenzie-neither of my kiddos lacked in attention this trip thats for sure :) And I tried to make sure McKenzie didn't get eaten by the bugs :)

Lovin' on the baby :)

Fun in the sun-Steven really became my Dad's buddy while there-he spent a ton of time outside with him walking around, playing on the tramp, swinging, four wheeler rides, everything! Thanks Dad for being a good support and letting him tag along so much!

I love dressing my kids up for church-I think they look so handsome :) And while in Idaho we had to take four generation pictures with my grandma...who knows how many more opportunities we'll get? Steven sure loved her and would call her "great" due to us all calling her Grandma Great. I think she liked all the hugs she got and Steven would often bring the animals he was playing with and run them up and down her legs or on the arm of her chair. He also liked to push her in the wheelchair-we tried to keep it monitored and under control no worries :)

Before heading back we stopped and saw Mike's sister, Stephanie, and her husband, Brent...they were great hosts and took us out for snow cones that were GINORMOUS! Holy Cow is all I have to say! Rachel, Steven and I shared one (Steven also shared with Brent and Stephanie the little mooch) But we still couldn't finish it! We got Captain America in honor of Mike-it was really pretty good and the ice was nice and finely shaved. It was so good to see so much family-we had a lot of fun and like always, it went by way too fast. Until next time!