Running through the sprinklers!

Our kids love running through the sprinklers. I turned our sprinklers on so Calee and I could run through them. Before I knew it, Cambree and Avery were there running through them with us. Calee kept wanting Cambree to carry her through the sprinklers. They were playing so cute together and having so much fun.

Dube' Family BBQ

Sunday, July 4th, we had Christy's whole family over for a barbecue. I was excited to try out  my brand new grill and we were happy that everyone could have the day off and be together as a family. The kids all had a blast playing together and we had fun just eating, talking, and enjoying spending time with each other. As soon as it got dark, we had a ton of fireworks to light off. Dan had some illegals that we lit off first. Being a firefighter and knowing how well our neighborhood gets patrolled by Harrisville City Police, I was a little nervous, but it was fun for a change. Our friends Chad, Jen, Josh, and Mccale came and hung out with us too, and watched some fireworks. Josh even got out his guitar and played some music for us. It was just a really fun night!

Tavyn and Emmy

Calee, Cambree, Emmy, Carter, Tavyn

Dan, Juggling the Bocce balls

Cambree

Sparklers

Fireworks show

Natlalie, Emmy, Misty, Calee

Josh, playing his guitar for us

More sparklers

Our Trip to Yellowstone

Last week we took a family vacation to Yellowstone. We pulled our trailer up and stayed at Fishing Bridge which is in East Yellowstone. My parents and sister shandi, my grandparents, and my Aunt Judy and cousin Megan all came up with us. Kevin and Mandy and their kids drove down from Montana and met us there also.Our campsite was awesome. We had Buffalo wander through camp every evening and deer wander through almost every morning. Our kids had fun with their cousins building a teepee and having nerf gun wars in the forest. In the 4 days that we were there, we saw just about everything there is to see in Yellowstone. We even got to see a bear up by Mammoth. We are lucky to live so close to Yellowstone. It is such an amazing place.

Cambree plugging her nose at the stinky mud pots

the kids at Dragons mouth

grand canyon yellowstone

the kids built this teepee across from camp

Mammoth Hot Springs

Cambree and Owen

My mom and all the kids

Carter, Eli, and Owen in their coon skin caps

the brown bear we saw up by mammoth

Us at Yellowstone Lake

Firehole river and falls

This buffalo wandered right through our camp on evening

Calee and the swim goggles

Last night the kids were in the back yard swimming and Calee kept insisting that we help her put on goggles. She looked so silly running around the back yard in her little swimming suit and goggles. Half the time her faced looked scrunched up and she couldn't see too well out of her goggles.

Camp Kiesel!

Yesterday, Christy and I had the opportunity to go to Camp Kiesel with Carter and the rest of the cub scouts in our ward. The weather was perfect, the scenery was amazing, and the kids had a blast. I hadn't been back to Camp Kiesel since I was a kid, so it was fun to go back. I forgot how beautiful that canyon is and what a neat place it is. Carter was really excited to go and he had a lot of fun.

Carter crossing the rope bridge on the obstacle course

Carter shooting a bb gun

Carter and his buddy Josh

Carter and his buddy Tayson

Carter at Archery

Arts and Crafts

Me and Carter in a row boat

The whole group of boys

Closing flag ceremony