Day Two Reunion: Jackson Hole

Day two was so much fun! We started the day white water rafting down the Snake River. That evening, we went to the Bar J Wrangler dinner show. This is my mom and I.

My cousins Robyn, Jonnette and I before we got soaked on the Snake. It was soooo fun! Uncle Jack had some friends that took us FREE of charge. We even got to go twice. This is like a 2 hour excursion each time. The rapids were so fun and scary too. My Uncle Jack and his tour guide got flipped out on Big Kahuna ( a 6 foot water fall). You really do fear for your life on these things. But never enough not to do it again and again. This is one of Adam and I's favorite activities.
Jerry, Janet (long lost relatives), Uncle Jack, my mom and long lost relative friend Sandra.

Nipko Family Reunion!

We had a family reunion at my moms in Idaho. It was so much fun!! We started Friday night with a luau. My mother of course pulled out all the stops and the cutest decorations. This is Cole with the pinata.
Limbo contests.
We even had a family skit. This is my cute cousin Renee playing the part of cat woman.
This is my cute cousin Robin who put the skit together. She plays the main part as Jose the bee.
Adam enjoyed kickin it by the Hawaiin luau music. He rocked in this chair and felt cool because he was playing the lazy islander part.

My grandmother and cousin Chet.
Jansin, second cousin.
My cousin Robin with the fruit flowers my mom and I put together. We were trying to copy Edible Delights creations. I think we did a pretty good job.
I won the hula contest (between the adults). We had water balloon volleyball that ended up in an all out water war. Wow those cousins can get pretty feisty.

My cute island children.


Ariah enjoyed hangin at the buffet table the whole time. She wouldn't let go of this bowl of chips for anything.
My mom and cousin Robin.

Camping Trip!

I have been aching to go camping this year. It has been a rough one with Adam traveling so much. We finally got a chance to head. We camped at Memorial Park just below Causey Dam. We had a blast. Walks, hikes, bike riding, playing in the river, swimming at Pineview, camp fires, eating... I love camping. It rained on us the first night. It really felt like we were in WW2 with all the lightning and thunder. Wow, it woke us up and kept our hearts gripped in fear. Good thing we were in our tent trailer and not a tent. Not a drop inside our cozy beds.

This is Ariah, 2 mintutes after we were there. There was this terrible dirt on the ground. It was like the entire site was covered in black powdered sugar. Really. 10 minutes after we were there, the children were another race. We switched sites the next day.

This is what I was doing when I LOST MY WEDDING RING ON THE BOTTOM OF PINEVIEW RESERVIOR!! Oh my gosh, that is the worst feeling ever. It has been really loose lately and I have been meaning to get it sized. Well I haven't. I had an impression that I needed to take it off while at the lake. Well I didn't. Next thing I know I am playing ball with Adam and off it goes. Down to the bottom. I about died. It just so happened that there was a beach comber on the beach using his metal detector. He had been there for hours and I just knew he was there to help me find my ring. We searched for 2 hours. He combed the spot where it came off and I was on the bottom of the lake with goggles. We had all the lake comers near us searching too. (I lost about 5 feet out). No luck. I am sick about it. Tears, sobbing, and wailing have accompianed this tragedy. It is insured thank heavens, but it is not the ring I was proposed to with. It is not the ring I was given in the temple. Sad sad day.
Then there was Ariah.

Pineview Reservior

Miss Ariah in all her curly haired glory!... We went to Pineview with some friends and it was sooo fun! I love watching the children have fun with other children. Its the best when you get a good sized group and the kids just do their own thing and have a blast. We had a great time, lots of sun, swimming to the buoy, floaties, and food. We stayed for like 4 hours and could have stayed longer. I love going to the lake even over pools. Their isn't many people around and you can just sit back and relax vs. constantly doing a head count at the local pool. Going to the lake is one of my favorite summer time activities.
This is friend Joshua. Don't you love his floatie.

My friend Chalyce, her little girl Bailey and Ambra.
We had friend Carrie and fam, Julia and fam, Chalyce and fam, Jen and fam, and my little family.
Mr. Colie sportin Scooby Doo.
Ariah and Brighton, they are 1 month apart in age.
Ambra's good friends Autumn and Bailey.

Thanks everyone for coming! We had a total blast.

Happy Happy Birthday!

So, Adam's mom turned 65, and she was up for her BDay. We all went up Little Cottonwood and had prof. pics done. We are going to get her a 16x20 framed picture. We also had a few family shots done and this was one that Adam's bro took from the side. Not exactly looking at the camera but, just to give you an idea.

Glenda on her 65th!

We ate at Chili's. Ariah and daddy sharing a drink. My kids love to eat or drink anything daddy does.

Fourth of July!!

Ambra and Cole with thier faces painted.

This is back at our house at our BBQ. The kids were so funny. They wanted to put on their own little parade. They tied their bikes together with jump ropes and threw pretzels to the crowd (instead of candy). They sang and clapped and played drums. We had quite the entertainment.

Well I have officially reached dorkdom! Actually I probably reached it a long time ago. We wore matching shirts for the fourth of July and guess what!! I loved it! We had so much fun making them and the kids thought they were the coolest things ever. It really was fun. We started the day at the Layton parade. I love parades! We went with our good friends the Loosli's and the Hadley's. Glenda, Adam's mom came was up for the holiday too. We had a wonderful day! After the parade we went over to the carnival in the park and then back to our house for a BBQ. That night we of course did the fireworks. The kids liked the ones we did in our yard better than the big ones the city puts on. I thought that was weird. They were kind of getting bored. I bet it was because we weren't right under them. We have a pretty good view from our house and so we watched them on our lawn. It is always more exciting when you are right in the action. Anyway, it was such a fun day and it was wonderful to have Adam home.

Adam's mom brought Ariah this cute little dress. Perfect for the fourth.
Adam's mom, Glenda.

My good friends Kandice and Chalyce.

Slip n Slide Fun!

So Kamie, Mariko and Kaia came over to play and she FORCED me onto the slip n slide! She is sooooo immature!!

Just Kidding, I think it was the other way around. How can you not love doing kid stuff. It is too fun. There is something about being 29 though that makes it really scary and almost impossible to go from standing to belly slide in one motion. My knees was the farthest I got. OUCh, slip n slide rash.