we had a lot of fun and excitement with the graf family last summer. as i've mentioned before, nickie and her family had moved here in mid-june from philadelphia to slc for the year so we tried to squeeze in as much fun as we could while we had them around. we also had two weddings, two bridal showers and receptions!!! a BUSY year!!!
this will be a L.E.N.G.T.H.Y. post!!!
nickie and nickie move to S.L.C.-
the kids had some cupcakes with VERY bright frosting!!!
we got to meet evy for the first time (one year old)
and they got to meet zach for the first time (a year and a half old)
nickie and i did a kid swap in june and july, each for a week and i just updated that post here with some more pictures.
chris and i and the kids spent the 4th of july up in sun valley. mom and dad and chelsae were there for part of the time and we celebrated chelsae's 20th birthday together.
missing the 4th of july pics except for a few...
the kids dressed in their "sunday best"-
we enjoyed swimming-
got to go fishing!!!
grandma too! (can you see her fish?!)
chris got to drive this fancy ride home when he had to pick up a truck from his sun valley office to bring back to idaho falls!
in late july we all got together in idaho falls at our house for olivia's "Tangled" 5th birthday party, posted about here and spent the rest of the afternoon at the beach at Rigby Lake.
chicken fight?! hannah & chris vs. shawnae & tim:
oooh, i under-estimated her! that girl can fight!!!
and victory goes to.....shawnae & tim!
and what's a fun day without a motorcycle ride from Tim to end it off!!!
mom had a blast going for a quick ride!!!
we all got together at Lagoon in August and had a great time!!! (again, missing a ton of pictures).
Labor Day
Sun Valley, Idaho
August/September 2013
for Labor Day we went back up to Sun Valley. we participated in the annual duck races. if you buy a duck (each one has a code on the bottom) and it wins the race then you can win prizes.
in the park we got to meet the duck mascot and listen to a band play for free while we waited for the race to begin
nick crossed the river with the kids so they could have a good view-
we celebrated Lexi's birthday (Sep. 9th, she had turned 6)-
went to Red Fish Lake-
the water was cold (as always) and it was an overcast day but we still had a blast tubing around-
i had a hard time convincing zach to get in the water!
didn't have to convince the girls though!
lots of fun kayaking-
{mom & dad}
{hannah & chris}
{lexi and her daddy, nick}
{nick & nickie}
{olivia, shawnae & tim}
these kayaks were wobbly! don't worry, tim! you weren't the only one who capsized!
{evy & grammie}
and fun paddleboating too!
{brady, shawnae, olivia & tim}
and another trip to the fishing hole! we are so glad for all of the yummy fish that we always catch! they are the best on the grill!!!
brady loved sharing his fishing tips with chloe and lexi
lexi loved catching everyone's fish in the net
everybody got to catch a fish!
Trailing of the Sheep Festival
Sun Valley, Idaho
October 2013
Chris and I had to stay home (he had to work) and I had several projects that needed to get done (like re-finishing our kitchen table and chairs), so Tim and Shawnae took our kids up to Sun Valley for the weekend with everyone else.
they stopped at the Shoshone Ice Caves one of the days-
grammie and zach entering the caves-
they did it!
having fun on the statues out front-
lexi loves turtles!!!
what a GREAT summer!!!
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