Happy 4th of July!

It finally cooled off, my parents taking it easy with the Kohlers and Apo. What a great night!

Saige Ako and her parents (Lily and Chauncy) came for the bbq. Devin had a little competition with the biggest splash! Don't mess with the Local guys!

Always fun to have Apo, she sure loves to watch her great-grand kids swim. They in turn love to visit with her!

The little guys ganged up on Devin! He held strong for a while.....

there he went!

Our cutest neighbor ever!

Ooops, caught at a bad moment..... she had a great time with Paislee.

Old and new friends help us celebrate! Mom is talking with Roman Burk, we grew up together and who knew he would end up being my neighbor! Great neighbors they are!

Good thing for holidays, the only time we get to see everyone! Lorie, Toni, Raquel shooting the breeze with Dan. Whew was it hot!

Summer Fun!

Our night at The Lion King broadway show. A great way to end my weekend in Vegas! We went with all of my dad's cousins. We had to buy an extra ticket so dad had to sit behind us a couple rows! What a guy! The show was AMAZING!!!

Mom and I did a little shopping, and had to make a stop to the M&M store, and the Coca Cola store!

This is our cousins from Maui. Maelani, Emma and Mark (The groom).

Dad and all cousins. After the wedding the reception was at the Pub, they had the upstairs reserved so we had a very nice dinner.

Grandpa Hollowell, and Grandma Ereaux came through on their way to graduations in Oregon. It is always fun to have them here!

Taking it easy, these are moments that I love!!!

Happy Birthday Morgan!

Mom and Devin getting the cake ready for Morgan. She had a sleep over.

She is now officially a teenager! Ugh!

Garden Update!

After our nice family weeding session! Looking good! These are our potatoes & onions!

Salsa garden and tomatoes, tomatoes and more tomatoes. With only 1 tomatoe eater in the fam. good thing the Burks are in on the garden too!
15 rows of corn and counting.... more?

Wild life in the Backyard

Dan spotted a robin's nest in our tree. It was fun to watch them grow!

Although when they took flight I did not have my camera, so I missed taking their picture as they flew off! So instead I have the other wild life in our back yard....

Li Wen attempting, again, to jump off the rock...

Not today, he is very nervous and can not do it. That's okay he has a lot of time to try again!

Instead, I catch Logan taking flight!

Happy Mother's Day & Birthday Grandma!

Devin and Jenna getting the cake ready!
Lucky day, birthday and mother's day all in one. Or is it lucky?

Make a wish!

Memorial Weekend Camping

Our camping trip begins with, "I can make it through there...."

Oops, guess not. Misjudged the weight in the trailer... :) Got to love the optimism!

You got to wonder why most guys hunt with their "buddies." I think it is so one can always pull the other out of messes! Scott, Dan and Devin go to work! Scott pulled our truck and trailer through the puddle to the other side!

Jenna catching up on her "Grey's." Taking it easy.

The Hollowell's relaxing by the fire, playing games and eating somores. Burnt marshmellows aren't as good as I remember.

Put our tent up and there was no cover, guess we will be gazing at the stars. But what if it rains? "Oh, it won't rain..." famous last words. Around midnight I smacked Dan and said, "It's raining........" So out we went and put the tarp over the tent. It rained ALL night!

The boys planning out our day. We went with the Widdisions.

Kayly and her friend entertaining themselves on our ride.

Devin getting ready to go, nice muscles Dev.

What to do with my boys! Always playing around.

Hannah got to ride with Dan. Oh, she is soooo brave!

Our camping crew. At the top of the mountain. It was so beautiful. This is the area the guys go hunting, so it is nice to be able to see where they go to fill our freezers! This is up by Idaho City.

Aren't they adorable? It is so nice when they are happy with each other! Theysurvived a whole weekend with out their friends, and cell phones! Success!

Okay this is actually the top of the mountain. We found snow, and of course they couldn't resist playing in it! Stuck again!

Devin kicking up the snow himself! The weekend was great even though we got stuck, rained on, and okay, Morgan and I got lost. Made a wrong turn and oops, lost the pack! Obviously we survived and didn't die by the hand of Bigfoot or starvation. Next time her and I need to do a little less singing and pay attention. Ha. Actually Morgan's great memory helped us get back! Man glad she got that memory thing from her dad and not me!

Time to pack up! Great couple of days! Beautiful weather, and the rain made for a great ride the next day!