July 4th

 Started our morning early at the Summerlin Parade with Grandma.

 They love collecting all the stuff being handed out at the parade, especially candy!

 As we were walking back to the car we bumped into my Uncle John, his wife and kids.  It was so fun seeing them!!

 Grandma took us to one of her favorite doughnut shops, the Pink Box.  It was very good!

 We came home and helped Daddy organize the fireworks, and of course did some afternoon sparklers.

 

 Grandma came back over for a BBQ before heading off to work.

 We ended up the night at the best spot to watch fireworks near town.  Boulder City puts on a great firework show every year.  I love the tradition that is has become for our family, and all the other families who have joined us over the years!

 Auntie BJ, Ryker and Uncle Ryan.  Ryker is such a ham, I love it!

 

 Oh man is it fun teasing these two teenagers!

 Huge group of kids!

 Everyone loves their glowsticks!

Grandpa and Grandma Marj came out to BC , the kids love seeing them!

 My friends, lucky to have them!

 And as if our day wasn't long enough, we came home and Daddy lit off a ton of fireworks for us to enjoy.  His favorite part of the night.  Lets just say the kids are grumpy today from their really long day yesterday but it was worth it, I love the 4th of July, we are so lucky to be Americans and I love the opportunity to celebrate it!

Staycation/Mom's Birthday

We had so much fun at the GVR Pool last year that we decided to do it again this year, only we decided to stay one night at the hotel to make it a little more fun.  We arrived on Monday and went swimming at the pool and then went out to dinner at Balboa Pizza.  After the kids were tired and fed, we put them to bed and left the two teenagers in charge while my Mom, Sister and I went out for a little Bingo fun.  The next day we woke up and went to our cabana at the pool and swam all day.  It was even more fun than last year since my kids are much better swimmers and they didn't mind the sand this year.  I love getting to spend time with my Mom and Sisters. 

Fathers Day

My children are so lucky to have Zach as their Dad, the love he has for his kids is above all else.  I appreciate how good he is to them, always playing and doing the fun kid stuff like slumber parties on the couch or making big messes for mom to clean up!  He is the fun parent for sure!  Thank you Zach for all the hard work you do and for all that you give to this family!

 

Wish I took more pictures of our day but this will have to do, even though the sun was really getting to Becca!

June

So far we have kept ourselves pretty busy the first few weeks of summer.  I can't believe June will be over at the end of this week.  Here are some pictures of what we have been up to.

 To kick off the summer on the last day of school we met up with the Lichy Family at a park so the kids could play at a splash pad.  Unfortunately, Natalie decided to take a ride down a hot slide in her bathing suit and ended up burning her bum pretty bad.  We ran off to the Dr.'s office and lucky for my girls they got to stay and hang with Chrissy and her kids.  Natalie, ended up with second degree burns but they healed pretty quick.

 We have been to the library a couple times this summer, our goal is to read a ton, I want my girls to be excellent readers by the end of the summer!

 We have been swimming a bunch with the Lichty family, they are so nice to invite us to go with them to their Grandma's awesome pool.  My girls are becoming pretty good swimmers this summer, it makes time at the pool much more enjoyable! 

 We have been taking advantage of our Wet n' Wild passes and have been a few times since they opened. 

 We took a trip to Boulder City to go bowling for free at their little bowling ally.  We took advantage of the beautiful parks there and had a picnic.

 We of course had to stop at A&W to get some root beer floats.

 We hung out at another park right across from the bowling ally waiting for open bowl to start.

 Finally we got to go bowling and it was pretty fun.  Both the kids and I were pretty darn exhausted by the end of the day.  Me more than them I think, it is not easy having all these kids by myself.

 

 We went to watch the airplanes takeoff and land.

 This was Leila, Auntie Sam and Gracie's dance recital.  All three did so good, it was cute to watch! 

We went to see Monsters University and then had a Monster party with our friends.  It was fun with all of our Monster inspired food and treats. 

We had a few of our friends over all day while their parents were out of town looking for a new home :(  Glad we got to hang out and make some friendship bracelets.  We will miss them when they move at the end of the summer!

 

Zach keeps telling me that I am wearing the kids out but I am pretty sure that is what summer is all about, just using up every bit of every day to have a little fun!!