Swimming with the Fanks and Hiking to the Bridge

We love when we get to see our Fankhauser cousins because it is really rare, sadly.  So, this beautiful morning, we got to go over and Rio got the privilege of wearing Anna's mermaid tail.

Can I just say heaven?  She was in absolute HEAVEN!

Sky hanging with Jax, Blake Logan, Halle and Luke.

So fun!  Love watching kids in the water - they just love it.

We also went over another day to play there again and loved every minute!

We brought balloons and the kids filled them up and played and played with them.  So fun.

This kid...pure joy in the sun and water.

Austin loves playing and making others laugh.

My mom came with us this time and we all loved having her there.

Then, another day while Spence was gone, I took the kids on an evening hike up to the Suspension Bridge.

I really was hoping that by the "end of the day," it would have cooled off a little and well, I was totally wrong.  IT WAS HOT, HOT!

However, these kids as per usual as amazing hikers and never complain and made it to the top.

Awesome bridge right?

It is HUGE and so fun to walk across this gap in the mountain.

That's a long way down...

...but beautiful up top.

Great job kiddos.  Love hiking with you.

The kids said I had to take some pictures of the scenery and flowers...Um, this is a desert so well, this is all the scenery we got.  Not the prettiest but hey, a few fun colors.

Going down is always the hardest and scariest part for me to watch my kids do.  They slip and slide and I just hate it but they did great and so did Blake on my back :)

Super fun hike.  We'll have to do it again with daddy next time.

Splash pad - again and again...

These barely opened again for the season but man...I could be here every day.  They are so fun and I just love it for the kids.  The park is close by and the splash pad is awesome!

I love that I can enjoy my kindergartners before I don't get to have them every day, all day (boo-hoo for 1st grade).

Alicia with her cutie twins, Max & Ellie.

Sweet Jax saw that Blake was shivering so he grabbed him to warm him up.  Such a good brother to him.

*Phoenix, Gwen, Rio, Jax, Blake, Logan, Austin, Max and Ellie and Kade*

Love you cutie kids!

Fun and silly kids

These kids... always loving to goof around and make others laugh.

They got home from school one day with their "emergency bags" that were no longer needed and so of course, we had a fashion show of their items :)

Crazies!

One day, Logan had this crazy reaction to something...so sudden and so weird!

His little eyes puffed up and he got these hives so I gave him Benadryl and a little Calamine lotion and he went away pretty quick but CRAZY.

I love this little boy.  Logan is so hard at times but he has this amazing spirit within him and I know he will be amazing!  I just need to get him to the point where the "hard" is moldable and amazing.

He is such an awesome kid.

Cowabunga Bay - here we come!

So excited for many more days to come at this fun place.  

We all love it and have so much fun there.

Spence had to go out of town to England!!!  They kids were super sad and of course cried the entire way home from the airport.

They sure love their daddy!

Have a fun trip sweetie and be safe.  Can't wait to hear all about it!

Oh Logan.. This rarely, and I mean rarely happens so when he falls asleep in the car...in the middle of the day, it is documented!  Especially when he has his little sandwich in his hand too.  So cute!