For Father's Day Kim made me a delicious trifle
Mason stole the show with his creative gift bag and contents
A new brush for the bbq
I had lots of help opening gifts
Kim kept with tradition and gave me an awesome card
The card was the kids reenacting scenes from my "Bad Dad" videos
Here is our reactions to me opening the card
I got to grill some ribeye steaks
And had a delicious dinner
We had some friends over after dinner and Mason was excited to hold their baby (he didn't drop her either)
The kids have been enjoying the summer book buses where there is a bus at a new school every day and you can get free books and snacks.
Henry has been an awesome helper with vacuuming the van
To get Kim ready for Trek we had a hike as a family
The kids always like the cave
This is the first view from a cabin on the top of the ridge
You can see the cabin here
And here
Pretty flower on the trail
These two loved finding bugs
Why do flowers always end up in her hair?
The sunbeams were beautiful
Here is the final view of the lake before the trail heads back down
The panoramic shot from that point with the drone
And a tiny planet for good measure
The next morning Kim was off to Trek
She got some kisses and love from the kids before she left though
I took the kids for school lunch that afternoon with some friends
Here is Kim watching everyone else do the hard work
I like this picture
One evening I took the kids to see the Reptile Man. We weren't the only ones who had that idea (there were way too many people)
He had his African tortoise
And some other reptiles
The alligator is always a hit
Back to Trek. This is who Kim served with in stake YWs before the stake split. Now they are each the stake YW president of their respective stakes.
Here is Kim with one of her besties
Saturday morning they reached "Zion"
They were greeted by grass, trees, shade, and cooler weather
While they were at Zion we were feasting on waffles with whipped cream and strawberries
Zion looked pretty nice though
I took the kids to a familiar place to hike but the water was much higher than we had ever seen at this particular spot so I was a little on edge having the four kids there by myself, while also trying to get some drone footage ;)
My tiny planet from near the water
We have never seen so much water at this point
Another shot from higher above
The kids were really good
We made sure to have some breaks with snacks
Henry thought he was so funny on this bridge
We have also never seen water at this point of the hike before so the kids liked exploring near this little stream
I think they were tired of photos by this point
The next week Nixon started a basketball camp so the afternoon before he did some drills to get ready
The kids went swimming at an outdoor pool and had a blast
Mason turned 6!
He asked for acai bowls for breakfast
He even learned how to count to 6 on his fingers ;)
He got a cool pirate card from his Aunt Terry
He asked for corn dogs for his birthday so we used the grill to make them so we didn't stink up the house
We had a nice dinner outside
Mason enjoyed opening some presents
He wanted donuts instead of cake (because he chose cake for his party with friends)
Happy Birthday Mason!
Mason got right to work playing with his new Lego
Mason wanted a piñata for his birthday party and Kim had lots of help filling it with candy
Mason also wanted to decorate his own cake with Lego candy
Mason wanted his party to be just like the year before with water activities outside
He got a slip and slide
Henry had lots of fun with the water fight
This kid was a sniper
Mason loved the water
Henry was not very impressed with the water balloons (he really wanted a yellow one)
He got his yellow balloon, wound up, threw it...and it bounced off the kid and Henry had a melt down
Time for some snacks
The kids had fun spraying each other (and me)
Then it was time to open some presents
We had a big group of kids
Then it was time for this masterpiece of a cake
The piñata was crazy as usual. No one was hurt miraculously
The kids swarmed like ants at a picnic
And then ate a lot of candy
That evening Mason had lots of fun with his new toys. This bow and arrow set has been lots of fun.
We had a really strange little storm Saturday night, which resulted in a really cool sunset/rainbows
Take care
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