My birthday/ Conference Weekend

This year, my birthday fell on the Sunday of Conference weekend. We had my whole side of the family over to our house for the whole weekend. It was pretty crowded and chaotic with all of the cousins running around, but we had a really great time. It's these memories that my kids will remember. Here are some pictures of my birthday celebration. My neice, Bella turned one two days after my birthday, so we had a cake for her too. The picture of all of the kids on my bed is all of my neices and nephews watching a movie in my bedroom. They were so cute! Notice the picture of Joe and my brother-in-law, Boyd really getting a lot out of conference. They claimed that they were still listening, but they looked pretty relaxed to me!

More fun at the Blackfoot Fair

Eastern Idaho State Fair

On Labor Day this year (yes, I know, I'm a little behind on my posts), we went to the Eastern Idaho State Fair in Blackfoot. We try to do this every year and we always have a blast! The weather was perfect and the kids had a really great time riding rides, petting the animals in the petting zoo, eating cotton candy, and of course enjoying the famous tiger ears. What a great way to top off the summer!

Big Elk Campground

Shortly after school started, my sister Tiffani invited us to come and spend the day with them at Big Elk campground up by the Palisades reservoir. We took the kids down to the reservoir and found what we thought looked like a great beach. However, it was just a huge mud pit! The kids had a blast playing in the mud, but they were sure hard to clean up. We ended up going home right after this because I hadn't brought my kids any swimsuits or spare clothes and even though I told them to only wade in the water, they completely got drenched and filthy. The shirt Andrea was wearing never came clean, even after spraying stain remover on it and washing it. Oh well . . . I guess they had fun!