Fun at Lake Tapps...

Cousin Kannen had his birthday party at Grandma and Grandpa Kilstrom's house on the lake. It was a nice, hot day so the kids had a blast. The little girls really wanted to go for a little paddle boat ride so Megan and Atwood came with to help out.

Dilan is making his slam dunk. Gotta love the nose plugging!

Atwood has had so much fun this summer because he can float and swim all by himself. Now, all he wants to do is swim.

Then of course there is cute Megan showing her floating skills.

Grandpa decided to relax for a bit in the water. The kids loved having him in the water to play with them.

Moses Lake waterpark

When we go camping in Moses Lake, we have also been spending time at the city waterpark. Why you might ask? Because of the Flowrider. It is the latest passion of Aaron. Dilan loves to use the body board, but hasn't yet tried to standup.

He was so great to look over for a quick pic while riding.

This is Aaron. You start by holding a rope.

Then, after you feel comfortable, you let go of the rope and go nuts.

And then...WIPEOUT! It looks like it hurts a lot more than what it actually does. (At least that is what Aaron tells me)

And while we watch dad and Paul on the flowrider, the girls eat ice cream. Kendall didn't get near as messy as Dallis, but she sure loved it.

Little Miss Dallis did not care how messy she got. This girl just loved her ice cream. Luckily there is a little sprinkler type area where we could just rinse the girls off after they ate.

Megan didn't make as big of a mess as the little girls.

Poor Atwood was done. He sat down to watch the Flowrider and next thing I knew, he was fast asleep sitting up in the chair. He was a good trooper though and didn't get cranky or anything for being so tired.

More fun at Moses...

We were able to spend another five days in Moses Lake with the White family. We of course had an amazing time. They are just fun people to be around. The smile on Kendall's face is pretty much how she was the whole time. She loves being outdoors and just being free to play.

I had to get in a little snuggle time before heading out on the boat!

Again, another child who LOVES to be outside. Atwood loved riding his scooter around the camp grounds.

Megan was such a help with the younger kids. Here she is holding Lexis so Deanna could get ready to head out on the boat.

While we were there, we stayed in a trailer that they have there on the campground. It was not anything fancy, but it worked great for us. It was a smaller trailer, but had such a great layout that we all fit without any problems.

Dilan is giving Dad a thumbs up for such a nice breakfast. (Notice I am still in bed!)

In the morning, we would all just lay around for a bit before getting ready. Everyone would pile on mom and dad's bed and relax for a bit.

One morning, we took the kids for rides on the Seadoo. Kendall absolutely loved it. She would have stayed on all day if she could.

Here are just a few pictures of the kids on the boat.

Here is Dilan, Dallis, and Hunter.

And of course, my sun beauty! She always looks so cute!

Dilan was such a good flag boy whenever anybody would fall.

Here is Aaron. It has been quite some time since either of us have wakeboarded. Aaron being the stud he is picked up right where he left off.

Here he is on the way back down from his jump. Yes, he did land this one!

I don't do anything impressive while I am up, but hey, at least I can get up right?

The boys had a blast going on the tube together. Hunter, Cooper, and Dilan would have stayed on the tube all day if we would have let them. There were a few close calls when we thought they might have been going head over heels into the water, but they managed to pull through without any wipeouts.

Even though it was not quite as exciting, Dilan was so good to go with Atwood on a little ride.

By the end of the fifth day, our kids were thrashed. This is them on the car ride home. Poor Kendall was so tired when we left. She slept most of the way home though so it all worked out.

Cute little Ava

During out time in Moses Lake, we were able to meet up with Aaron's sister Amy and her son Ethan and daughter Ava. Ok so she is not so little necessarily. Kendall is like 14 months older than Ava, but you couldn't tell just by looking at how big they are.

It was cute to see the girls together. Too bad they live so far away. It was great to see them though!

Silverwood!

The first week of August, we took a trip to Silverwood in Idaho. SherRae's parents came with us and it was so great. The kids had so much fun spending the week with Grandma and Grandpa. Here are the kids packed in the car ready to go pick up Grandma and Grandpa Kilstrom. Originally they were going to drive separate so they could take a little detour on the way home, but the morning we left, Grandma and Grandpa's car got broke into and a window broken. As unfortunate as this was, it was actually great for my kids. They had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa on the drive there and home.

We decided to stay in a family suite at the Holiday Inn Express. This is the room we stayed in. It had a great layout for what we needed. It had a nice little fridge and microwave (although I don't think we even used that).

It had the two queen beds with the pull-out sofa bed as well. It also had a separate bedroom with a queen bed. Aaron and I slept there with Kendall in that bedroom in her port-a-crib.

My kids loved that they could lay in bed at night and watch TV from their beds. Actually Grandma and Grandpa slept in one of the beds and each of the kids took a turn sleeping by themself on the sofa bed.

The first night we got there, we went to KFC and Grandpa sat down by the Colonel. Then all the kids joined him for a picture.

On Tuesday, we went to Silverwood Theme Park. At Silverwood, there is a waterpark called Boulder Beach. We spent the first 3-4 hours of the day at the waterpark. They had a little kiddy area where Atwood and Kendall spent most of their time. Grandma stayed with them for the most part so Aaron and I could go on some of the bigger rides with Megan, Dilan, and Grandpa.

Here's Dilan thinking this is all pretty cool.

After spending the morning at the waterpark, we changed clothes and spent the rest of the day riding the "dry rides". Megan was very brave on this trip. She actually drove in these bumper cars by herself. Aaron and Grandpa also drove their own little crazy cars.

There were a few rides that Atwood was a little too short for. So instead of just sitting around waiting, we opted to get ice cream cones with Grandma.

Atwood did manage to get in a few rides though and had a blast.

The day after going to the theme park, we spent the day at Triple Play. Right next to the Holiday Inn Express, actually it was attached with a skybridge type thing, was a fun little place called Triple Play. This included an idoor waterpark with a little wave pool, three water slides, and a little kids play area. The kids had a blast going on the toilet bowl tube ride. We spent quite a bit of time here. Triple Play also had bumper boats, mini golf, laser tag, arcade games, bowling, and go-karts. We had so much fun with all of these. In fact, one night, we put the kids to bed and Grandma stayed with them while Grandpa, Aaron, and I went to ride go-karts. We even talked to the workers into stacking up the "fast" cars in a row so we could really race. So I was kind of trash-talking to Aaron and my dad thinking I am all that. Well, I got stuck behind this stinkin' pop-off of a driver. He was totally screwing around big-time and being just abnoxious enough that I couldn't get past him to win. Oh, I was so irritated (obviously still a little upset about it!)

Anyway, we also played a few games of laser tag. Grandma Kilstrom totally got into this. She was so funny, I had to take a picture of her shooting at one of the boys.

We also played some rounds of mini golf. My kids had lots of fun (it was kind of hot though). Here is Dilan doing his thing.

Atwood and Grandma stuck together for golf.

Grandpa gave Megan quite a few pointers to help her out.

Even I got in on the fun and when I had trouble...

Kendall was right there to make my ball go where it was supposed to go.

It was such a fun time for all of us. The kids are already talking about everything we are going to do when we go back next year. Evidentally they have made some plans for us!