The best part of special occasions...

is all the family that comes to stay!  We had my mom & dad, Brady & Jody & Kevin & Gina & kids come into to town just to celebrate with us. It was really awesome!  We decided pretty quick to bail on this heat and go up north to the family Cabin. It was cozy, because this is a SMALL cabin, but it was about 40 degrees cooler, so I don't think anyone cared!

We went to a Rodeo. It was very muddy and miss Independant wanted to walk by herself. Unfortunately, there were horses everywhere, she loved it, I was scared to death she'd get trampled!

 Here's ladybug finally warming upto Grandma. She's telling Grandma a very tall tale.

 The boys did some fishing at the pond. Squirt gave up after about 2 minutes and gave his pole to Grandpa. Little Man hung in there though and loved it.

 We went to the petting zoo. Here's Ladybug telling Grandma the proper way to talk to a goat!

Grandpa took a ton of naps, as grandpa's do. Squirt decided to have a little fun:)

 Squirt got to walk the dog all by him self. It was such a big boy thing to do!

We did some exploring of the forrest



 



 We hunted for lizards

 The cabin

Ladybug "cheezing" it up for everybody. That's her new word too: "Cheeze"

We were silly

And thoughtful

Clothing was optional for some of us

We fished at Lake Kinikinik. And caught nothin'

And then everybody left and things went back to the normal boring summer we are enjoying!