South Carolina trip

We were in South Carolina for most of July visiting my parents and brother. Lots of great fun was had.

Earned Junior Ranger badges at Fort Moultrie

Pirates and underground jails and storage in Charleston

Big guns in Battery Park

Big guns at Fort Moultrie

Picking and eating blueberries

My brother was a champion picker!

Grandpa and Princess

Fishing in the canal at Great Grandma's

Hi Great Grandma!

Hugging Grandparents

Bonding with Reggie the dog

A lovely grimace from Fixitman

Baby in his new church vest I finished crocheting. At the 1st beach house before it flooded...

Playing at Folly Beach

Playing in the sloo

Trainboy and his sand castle

Baby loved eating the beach

Princess had lots of fun too

So we went to Fort Moultrie, to downtown Charleston's Battery Park and the museum with the underground jail and pirates that used to be the coast but is now several blocks from the ocean. We picked blueberries, visited Great Grandma several times and spent a week at the beach. My parents got a beach house because my brother was doing a lifeguard camp all week and instead of driving the hour to and from the beach every day it was a chance for a small vacation that we enjoyed very much. Though there was the adventure of the rain that caused the beach house to flood and we had to move to another beach house! My sister came out from Utah to play at the beach too and that was fun.

Temple Square visit

 July visit to Temple Square with kids. Dinoguy & Trainboy don't remember going before when they were little and Princess and Baby have never been. So we made the rounds and had some fun with family.

At the tabernacle

Family photo attempt

Better I guess

At History museum the boys sailed with Nephi across the sea

Princess and Fixitman had dinner with the missionaries

Aunt and Baby had some laughs

Touring the conference center (other Aunt was there too see?)

Utah Family Visits

Pictures with my brother and sister in Utah. My other sister who lives in Utah was not there when we took these.

I really like this picture.

Independence Day fireworks

We were in Idaho for Independence day. Fixitman's brother went and bought some fun fireworks and set them off. The kids enjoyed playing with cousins as much as seeing the fireworks. We also had delicious food of course.

Princess in pigtails.

Peach pie I made my Sister in law for winning Baby's birth guessing contest.

Getting ready to eat her pie.

Playhouse

Fixitman built a 2 story playhouse for his brother while we were in Idaho. Of course the camera ate most of the pictures. But it has a overhanging balcony, flat shed roof, a window on each side and a ladder on the side. The exit on the front of the balcony is for a fire pole. As soon as it was partially built, it was hard to keep kids out of it, they kept coming out to play in their play house. We have heard that after it was finished and we left, the kids slept out in it every night for a week.