24th of July

This year for the 24th of July we were excited to be able spend some time with Dan's family. We were blessed to be able to spend the holiday at Dan's grandpa Kemp's house in his beautiful back yard. He passed away earlier that week and we all really felt him with us as we celebrated as a family. We have had so many wonderful family get togethers and memories in this backyard and it was so fun to be all together once again to enjoy the beauty and the memories made here. We will miss our time here and especially visiting with grandma and grandpa, feeding the fish, riding on the tire swing, admiring the flowers and the garden, playing some great games of Hearts, and relaxing on the back porch as the kids play in the yard. We love you grandma and grandpa Kemp!

The kids began the day with some good old fashioned bubble blowing! Makenna got this really neat bubble holder for her birthday and all the kids loved it as it blew great bubbles and did not make a mess! The girls were excited to have their cousin Tyson there to play with as well!






The crew chillin' on the grass! Nana and Papa Kemp, Kelli and David, Tyson and little Zach, and Dan looking a little wet from running the sprinklers with the kids!




It was a beautiful HOT sunny day and the kids could not wait to get on their suits to run through the sprinklers. Makenna needed a little coaxing from Daddy and Pappa but as you can see Kaylee and Tyson jumped right in and had a blast!










Kaylee has been working on her hula hooping skills all summer and has become quite the pro! Here she is showing off her skills. Uncle David tried his best to out hoop her but Kaylee ended up on top!


Kaylee has also been working on her golfing this summer. Dan has taken her out to the course quite a few times and she is quite the little golfer! Here she is showing off her swing to the crowd! Proud daddy looks on at his little golf pro in the making :-)


We are so glad the Dan's brother David and his wife Kelli have moved back to Utah! We are looking forward to lots of good family time with them coming up in the future!


The big attraction in grandpa's back yard is the tire swing. The kids LOVE the swing and will play on it for hours. Kaylee did a good job as big sis pulling little Kenna on the swing. They are finally getting to the point where they enjoy playing with each other. Now don't get me wrong there is plenty of sisterly fighting that comes along with that playing, but they do love each other so much and love running ragged, playing dress up, giggling at absolutely nothing, having tea parties, coloring, playing puppies, and being outside together. We love our girls and can't wait to add angel number three to the mix in a few months. Our house will be overloaded with pink and little giggling girls!




We had a wonderful holiday together! Happy Pioneer Day to all!