Day 186

Brooklynn was sad today and really missing McKenna. I can't imagine why though since all they ever do is fight. But, she did and went into her room and played all by herself until she konked out on the floor.

Day 185

Brooklynn and I on the 4-wheeler. She LOVES to ride and this time...ahem...she kept saying, "Mommy, go faster, faster, faster. Spenser drove me faster than this, you can go faster mom!" All I heard about was how fast Spenser drove her over Memorial Day. Spenser? Just how fast did you go? :0) (I think McKenna said the same thing about Levi!)

Day 184

Today is one of my favorite holidays, the 4th of July...Independence Day! There is no place I'd rather be than in Malad. It is the epitome of small town America as it should be on this holiday. It is also Chris' moms birthday. So we have been coming here for 10 years, since we moved here. It's a hard day because we all miss her so much but also fun at the same time knowing that we are right where she would want us to be. She loved Malad and loved the 4th.

Day 183

Chris' dad has a pasture behind his house in town and a barn. Some years he'll buy a cow and raise it for beef, but on the off years he lets friends and neighbors pasture their horses. He gets his grass cut and they get a free meal. He has three horses up there now and they are such nice horses. The owner asked if the kids would like to ride them today and of course they did. They were so excited all day. The older kids got to ride on their own. We even got Grandpa on a horse! They all had such a fun time.

Day 182

Today was the annual Malad Salmon Bake. It is a family tradition that after the Salmon Bake we have S'mores. The coals are PERFECT for roasting marshmallows. It's always the perfect end to a great day.

Day 181

Today we packed for McKenna's "two-weeks with Grandpa". We will be leaving her after the 4th of July. Every summer, Grandma & Grandpa would have all the grandkids who have turned 8 during the year come to stay with them and spoil them rotten. Most of the kids got to go to Hawaii and they would stay for about a month. Later, after they moved to Arizona the last few went there and they shortened the time to a few weeks. Now, my kids are going and it's just Grandpa and the time is two weeks. I don't know how the other siblings did it for a whole month. McKenna is soooo excited. She'd rather live with Grandpa and Uncle Jason than us anyway. We'll miss you McKenna!

Day 180

WE FOUND OUR FIRST EGG TODAY!!
Brooklynn kept calling us to come look at something outside and we being the awesome parents that we are, ignored her. Finally, she came marching in the house and was like "I found an egg!" We were all so excited.