Joslyn and Todd Wedding

 A wonderful thing happened on June 10!  Clay and Laura met up in Boise (without the kids) and were able to have a wonderful weekend away....during that weekend away, Clay's Sister, Joslyn, got married to Todd.  We are so excited for them and were glad that we could come and celebrate with them!  It was fun being able to see family and spend the day together. 

 The neighbor helped entertain all the kids (and bride and groom!!!) by giving them rides in this amazing train that he made!!!  Everyone had a great time...it kept the kids happy for a LONG time!!!  Clay and Laura almost missed their kids, almost!!! (Of course we did, we just enjoyed being together too!!)

The ribbon was picked out special for Joslyn from CJ....he made it very clear that it was for Joslyn and it was a gift.  We were to make sure that she got it!  So, we had to take a picture to prove that it got into the right hands, and Mom and Dad didn't snag her gift!!!

Shane goes to the Temple

As Shane continues to prepare for his mission...we are excited to be here so that we can be apart of some of the excitement! Shane recieved the Melchizedek Priesthood and went to the temple. His report date is coming quickly!!!

Miniture Horse

 A wonderful family in the ward, the Jones', let us come over and enjoy their miniture horses.  We loved them!  They came right up to us, let us pet them, and then ate right out of our hands.  The boys followed them around the field...Aparri would pet them, but only in the safety of Nana or Mom's arms!  They also had a great play area set up for kids that had a huge blow up ball that you could crawl into, a helicopter ride, playset, and several riding toys...the kids were in heaven!!!

Who likes water balloons??

 Aparri learned from the pro water balloon man himself....Preston's face doesn't give away the fact that he is enjoying himself does it?

A Day at the Firehouse

 For Hockinson Fun Days, we went to the Firestation and participated in several fun events.  The boys got to use a fire hose and "put out" the fire in the house, got to watch the medivak helicopter land, sit in the helicopter, meet smoky the bear, and then watch a fire demonstration - they had two rooms set up one with overhead sprinklers and one without....pretty amazing demonstrations.  The one without was a blaze in 2 minutes, everything ruined and heat like you wouldn't believe- kids cried; the one with a sprinkler lasted seconds before the sprinklers came on and in the end only had the curtain burnt...pretty powerful deomonstration.

Family Fun

 Whether we are making homemade rootbeer, shooting guns, riding the lawn mower, driving the four wheeler, or buzzing around on the motorcycle we are having a great time with family!!!