4th of July Fun

Its that time again for my favorite holiday. I love the 4th! To start the day off, instead of going to the parade like we usually do we went to the South Ogden splash park. It was my little niece Ava's 1 year birthday party. I forgot to take my camera so you are just going to have to use your imagination! The kids had a blast. Then we took the kids home for a little nap and I headed down to my little bro Jaxon's 3-on-3 basketball tournament in West Point. (again forgetting my camera). His team took the championship! Way to go Jax! Then we all went to good Ol' Fisher Park in Clearfield to watch the best firework show around. I LOVE fireworks. We went early and got our spots and had some pizza. We got some card games going and Bocci and alot of visiting done. My whole family was there as well as Tylers parents and one brother and some good friends of ours in our ward that just moved here from out of state. They were impressed!
Here we are hanging out in our perfect spot. My family is huge card game fans and we play any chance we get. My mom looks so happy because of course she winning! (she always wins, its not fair) The fireworks were as always FANTASTIC! I was enjoying them so much I couldn't even look away to grab my camera to take some shots. What a great ending to a fun day!

Cabin Fever

A few weeks ago we went up to the cabin for the first time this summer. This is my all time favorite place to be. It was so beautiful up there. All the wild flowers were in bloom and it is still very green. We cruised around on out little ride "Jenny" (that is the name my Grandparents gave it) looking for deer and moose. The kids had a great time. My mom and brother Devin also came up. This was Devins first time to the cabin since he came home from his mission. He was so anxious to get up there!!
This is the kids enjoying some time in the water. They got soaked, and the water was FREEZING, but they still had a ball. They threw rocks and splashed and still my mom managed to stay dry. She is amazing!
My Grandpa and Grandma Schiffman are so kind and generous with their cabin. They love it when we come up and were even a little sad that we were not able to stay the night this time. They love our kids and are so good to them. My kids just love them too! Thanks Grandma and Gramps for the awesome time!! We love you.
Here is "Big D" with "little d". Devin loved taking Dennin on the 4-wheeler. Dennin loved to pretend he was driving and most of all he loved seeing all the deer. This 4-wheelers name is "Big Mac" and as you can see from the picture it is not "Big" at all. It is probably as old as me but man it still gets around and it is perfect for the kids because they can hold onto the handlebars too. What a fun time we had. Cant wait till we go back!

Layton Park

Last night we decided to go to Layton Park and have some fun. My brother Jesse came with us. First we had a good time playing on the toys and swings. Then we went down to feed the ducks. The kids had a great time. We had to keep reminding Kinley and Dennin to throw small pieces of bread because sometimes they would just let the whole slice go flying! It was a great evening.

Taelor, Makinley and Dennin enjoying the slides

What a cute bunch!
Taelor and Makinley chasing the ducks.
The kids love feeding the ducks. Uncle Jesse did a good job keeping the kids out of the water!

Makinleys Birthday

Makinley turned 4!! I cant believe how big she is getting. She is a pill when it comes to taking her picture, she either wont smile, pulls a face or will not look at the camera. These were the best shots I could get from her. She had her birthday while we were in Disneyland so when we got back we had a little family party for her.
Here she is with a princess book. She LOVES the princesses.
This was taken in our hotel in Disneyland on her birthday. We did take a couple of presents there with us. She is opening her new flip-flops. She absolutely loves flip-flops. She has a hard time saying her "f " so she calls them her blip-blops.
Because of her love of flip-flops I decided to make her a flip-flop cake. They turned out pretty good. She thought they were awesome. I cant figure out how to turn the picture yet either!
Kinley blowing out her birthday cake. Happy Birthday Makinley, I love you!

Messed up!

I am still trying to get the hang of this posting thing. All of my disney posts are backwards, so I know it looks weird but I will figure it someday!! Have patience with me and enjoy the mess!

Here is our little family in front of the Castle. This was on our last day in the park.
The whole Reid clan in Disneyland. What a blast we had!
So Makinley and I had our birthdays while we were at Disneyland. Makinley turned 4!! Well if you have a birthday there they give you a pin to wear that says your name and that it is your birthday. So Makinley got some special treatment that day. We were in California Adventure and Woody came along while we were trying to decide what to do and he gave Kinley a high-5 and saw her pin and he grab her in the stroller and took off with her. I managed to get in front of them for a second to take a picture. So we followed Woody pushing Makinley and he took us to a back door and let us in this play that was about to start. So we stayed and watched it and after it was over, Woody came off the stage, grabbed Kinners again and took off with her over to Cinderella (who was also in the play with him) He put Taelor and Makinley right in the front of the line of all the kids and them brought them back to me and gave them a big hug! It was so awesome!! He was so cute with her.
The Reids taking a picture in front of the "R" at California Adventure. What a trip!