More on Mel, Shawn, Sara and Brandon

I wanted to add a few more pictures from the week we spent with Mel, Shawn, Sara, and Brandon. Like I said before, Sara has been out the past three years to visit us and watch Jean play soccer. Each year at least one of my sisters has joined her, and this year it was Mel. She brought her fiance Shawn along, and it was fun spending time with them and getting to know him better. They are getting married in October, and I'm so excited for their wedding. Mel and Shawn left on Thursday but we got to keep Sara and Brandon through the weekend. We had such a fun time with all of them, and thankful they could come stay for awhile. So sad they're gone, but it was fun 
while it lasted!

We went to a Bee's game...

Sophie ready to go in her Bees hat

Catching a ride in on Daddy and Jean

Mel and Sophie at the Bees game

Me and Soph on the train

Mady and Silly Sara

Sara and Brandon

Mady and Jean

Mel and Shawn

Me and Soph with her finger:)

Hung out at home....

Jack with "uncle" Shawn

Sara and Sophie

A picture Mady drew for Mel..."people watching fireworks"

Shawn and Mady bonding over bug catching

Playing Michael Jackson Experience on Kinect

Drinking Busch in the mountains

And after Mel and Shawn left we set off our own fireworks...

Love this picture:)

Daddy put on a show in the rain:)

Took the girls to an RSL game...

Silly Soph

Mady with her new jersey and hat

Mady girl

Jean's biggest fans

She had a ball getting autographs after the game

Mady with her favorite RSL player and the mascot

And hiked up Timponagas Cave...

Waiting for our cave tour

Jean with the girls at the top

Mady and Jean in the cave

Me and girls in the cave

York and Jack in the cave

Family pic

Sara, Brandon, and Mady

Family pic with all our gear

Hiking down in the rain

4th of July

We had such a fun 4th of July. We got to spend it with my sister Melissa, her fiance Shawn, my cousin Sara, and her boyfriend Brandon whom were all waiting for when we got back from Star Valley. They had nicely staked us out a prime location in front of Davis High for the Kaysville parade in the morning. We love the Kaysville parade, and Mady could hardly sleep the night before because she was so excited. York's parents met us there too, and we all had tons of fun. The girls loved watching all of the floats go by and racing to pick up as much candy as they possibly could! Afterwards, we headed back home for a much needed naptime:)

The girls with Mel and Shawn

Sophie

The girls with Grandma and Grandpa

Our beautiful daughters

Me and the girls waiting for the parade to start

My Mads

Discussing their goods

Excited about their ice cream "tickets"

So sweet

In action

Soph in her new shades from Sara

Love this happy baby

Soph and Jack sharing a moment...or a snack

York's parents took our girls to fireworks in Kaysville that night, and then Mady got to have a campout sleepover with Grandma and Aiden that night...so fun! I had a sitter come to stay with Jack after I put him to bed, and then me York, Mel, Shawn, Sara, and Brandon went to a Real Salt Lake game. Although I was a tiny bit sad that we missed watching fireworks with Mady and Soph, it was a really fun adults night out.

Sara is Assistant Athletic Director at Lynn University in Florida, and one of her former students, Jean Alexandre, plays for RSL. She has been out the past 3 summers to visit us and catch a few of his games. He always hooks us up with great seats, and Lion's Den passes to hang out with the players and their families after the game. That night he also gave us a tour of their locker room and press room, and we had a little too much fun with that;). The fireworks after the game we all agreed were pretty lame (and we've seen good fireworks there before!), but all in all it was a happy 4th, and fun to spend it with company!

Me, Sara, and T-Rex;)

Take two

Fireworks!

In the Lion's Den

Ok, this was fun:)

The whole gang

Star Valley

Last weekend we headed up to beautiful Star Valley, Wyoming for a weekend with York's extended family. His grandparents live there in the summer and its always a great time catching up with them and the rest of the fam.

The kiddos with Great-Grandma and Grandpa

Sitting by the fire-pit at the grandparent's place

Family pic at lunch counter

Floating the Snake River is also a tradition, however this year a lot of us stayed behind because of its extra cold and extra raging conditions. We did get to watch the excitement as they came through lunch counter...and here is a picture of the crazies;)

After watching them survive lunch counter, we headed to Jackson Hole for lunch and shopping.

The girls loved posing by all of the animal statues

Strolling through Jackson

Me and the kids:)

Mady and sleepy Jack

On Saturday we drove to Yellowstone. The girls loved seeing Old Faithful, and all the deer, antelope, and buffalo roaming about. The highlight of our day though, was seeing a grizzly bear - up close and personal! Crazy to think we saw one when there are only 150 in the whole park...not to mention York's many years of visiting there and never seeing one. Also crazy that after we got home we found out that a hiker was killed by mama grizzly protecting her cubs. So sad, and now I can't believe we dared get so close for a picture.

Grizzly Bear!

Sweet Sophie...it was a long day in the car!

Sophie and Grandpa in Yellowstone