Roy Days

August 1 & 2 we headed to Roy, UT (where Richard was raised) for Roy Days! It was my first time ever going, but Richard had told me lots about it! Friday night we went to a big BBQ picnic at the park. Saturday morning we met up with his high school friends, Mark and Aleisha, and watched the parade with them and their kids! Kinzie and their daughter Emily are about the same age so they had a lot of fun!

Kinzie waving during the parade!

My dad would have loved this parade...it had lots of tractors in it ;)

Candy!
At first Cayden was content just chilling on daddy's lap, but after awhile he decided he wanted to go get candy too! But when he ran out to grab some, a float with water guns/buckets was going by, and this kid drenched Cayden with a bucket of water just as he was bending down to get his candy.  It seriously knocked him over onto his bum and scared/startled him! The boy who threw the water felt bad and came over to apologize with a handful of suckers for him! However, after that, Cayden was no longer interested in trying to get candy ;)

cool float!

 After the parade and the babies had naps, we all went to McDonald's for lunch, then to the park where they had vendors, rides, food, etc! Kinzie and her new friend Emily had fun playing in this bouncy-house there (this was Kinzie's first time in a bouncy-house)!

We didn't stay for the fireworks that night...maybe next time!

Delta

On July 24-26, we had a Stewart (my dad's side of the family, like his cousins, etc) Family Reunion in Delta, UT at my great-uncle's "lakehouse"! 

I didn't take too many pics, but we had a lot of fun visiting with and meeting family, riding on the boat, tubing, riding the wave runners, playing in the sand, going to a rodeo, and eating lots of really good food!

The view from the dock!

We went to the Hinckley Rodeo. It rained on us just a bit. 

Crazy story: during the junior rodeo, a judge broke his leg and was hauled off in an ambulance. It was during the barrel racing, and a girls's horse went around the first barrel, but instead of heading to the next barrel, it headed straight for the 2 judges standing by the time radars. The horse plowed into one man, who tumbled into the other man and both ended up rolling on the ground. One was okay, but the one who actually got plummeted by the horse broke his leg. Some of his family were sitting in front of us, and they said the paramedics had to cut off his brand new cowboy boot, and that he was more upset about that than his leg ;)

Pretty sunset!

After 10 seconds of being on a wave runner, Richard was addicted! They are so fun! I also love riding in the boat while watching people get pulled behind it! 

My mom loves tubing! My dad also tubed and was given some crazy rides--by watching him you'd never guess he's in his 50's ;)

Richard braving the waves!

The whole Gang!

swimming lessons

Kinzie's 1st year of swimming lessons! We did them at the Rec Center, and I can honestly say it helped!! She used to be so scared of water and swimming, and now she loves water and is a little fish. She still hates to bob and put her head under water, but she made a lot of progress and is now comfortable around/in water!! It's a good start!!

Kinzie's 1st day of swimming lessons!

Her teacher's name was Lindsey. She had 3 other boys in her class (who were not there yet when I took the pic...these kids shown are in the other preschool advanced class) which she said was "so dumb"! She really wanted a girl to be in her class...maybe next year;)

I think she enjoyed it!!
(Every morning she would tell me she didn't want to go, but then every day afterward she would tell me "swimming lessons was so much fun today!"

Grandma braided her hair:)

I love my little swimmer!

4th of July weekend

We went camping in Arbon July 1-5 for the Gene Stewart Family Reunion! My grandparents, my dad, and all of his siblings and their families were able to come!

We ditched out on camping on the 4th though to take the kiddos to the parade! That night up at camping we had a fun firework show! 

Happy 4th of July!!

The kids enjoyed the parade! We met up there with my cousin from Kansas and her family as well as some family friends we hadn't seen in awhile!
Kinzie enjoyed waving! They would throw the candy and it would land all around her feet, but rather than pick it up, she just kept on waving and smiling at them! It was cute:)

On the 5th, we took the canoes to Hawkins Reservoir and played in the water for a few hours!

Skylar, Tyce, and my dad had a canoe war! Tyce was the first one out. That's him in the water, Skylar's on the left, and dad is on the right.

Then skylar and my dad went at it. (sky's on right, dad's on left). Skylar was just about to lose when he hurt his toe and called it quits....so my dad was the winner!! It was pretty entertaining!

First Visit to the Dentist!

Richard's work finally decided to offer dental insurance, so on June 26 I took the kids to their first Dentist Visit! Kinzie had been anticipating it for awhile and was so excited to go! I took them to Dentistry for Kids here in Pocatello! A fun office with a wonderful and kind staff! We were all impressed!

She was so cute and kept asking/saying the cutest and funniest things to the hygienist and dentist! She won over the hearts of everyone there! Other hygienists kept coming over to see her saying, "I just had to come peek at her, she is such a cutie! and look how good she is being!" Everyone was surprised it was her first time, because she was so relaxed and seemed like a pro! She acted so grown up! 

Lucky for her, she gets to go back soon. Unlucky for us, she has 2 cavities that need to be filled. Obviously she takes after her daddy (I still to this day have never had a cavity!).

She kept saying that this "blanket is too big on me!"

These glasses had little animal pictures on the sides and she was so intrigued.

Feeling the air on her arm!

Getting the "itchies" out of her mouth!

The hygienist told her she was going to go find the dentist...when the dentist came over she was waiting for him like this--mouth wide open! His comment was, "wow, she is definitely ready for me!"

Caydo even enjoyed it. The hygienist told me the dentist would just have me hold him on my lap and lie him down, and that he might fuss, but that's ok. Then the dentist told me to just lie him on the bed but kinda hold on to him so he doesn't fall off, and that he might fuss, but that's normal. Well, I lied him down, he looked up at the dentist, opened his mouth just like kinzie did, and even let the dentist put his fingers and fluoride in his mouth (he doesn't even let me put my fingers in his mouth). Didn't fuss once and was in no hurry to get off that bed! love my little dude!

Afterward, she got to pick a toy!

There were way too many toys to choose from:)

Tautphaus Park Zoo!

On June 12, 2014, Richard had the day off because they ran out of work for him for that week, so we went to the zoo in Idaho Falls!

See the crocodile?!?

A baby lemur clinging to momma....so cute:)

Otters! Usually when we go they just sit or sleep and never move, but this time they were very active! We loved watching them dive and swim--so cool:)

Giant Turtles! SO BIG! very neat!

R-O-A-R!!

She wanted nothing to do with this tiger!  Bet you couldn't have guessed that ;)

The classic lion fountain!

I didn't mention to her that daddy and gpa like to shoot these;)

After the zoo, we went across the street to the rides and let Kinzie pick a ride! (we were going to let caydo ride too, but he was already asleep when we got there. He was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as he got in his car seat!) She chose a bench on the Merry-Go-Round! She seemed to enjoy it:)

Since it was also Father's Day weekend, I took Richard to Stockman's for lunch after the zoo! Kinzie ate a roll then lied down on the bench and fell asleep!! Cayden was still asleep...it was the most peaceful lunch we've had in a long time:)

It was such a beautiful day with lots of fun animals and memories! A few animals that I always love to see but weren't there this time were the peacock and the penguins. bummer. maybe next time. There was a baby zebra tho--that was cute:) And the monkeys are always entertaining to watch! 

I love watching my kids' reactions to the animals! so much excitement!!!

Very fun day, but we were all exhausted when we got home!