Matty Turns 11!

For Matty's 11th birthday, we had a family party at the park with a My Little Pony theme. We enjoyed cake, hitting a piñata, and watching Matty open her presents. (that's always the best part - she gets SO excited over all of her presents) Matty is such a blessing to us! She's SUPER!!!

Super Matty!

Idaho 2015

At the end of May 2015, we decided to take a trip to Idaho to meet up with our friends, the Adams family, and go to Bear World! We had so much fun! We got to drive through Yellowstone on the way there and back, which is always wonderful. We saw license plates from every state except two!

Mason petting the buffalo:

 We went to Idaho Falls and saw the Falls and went to the zoo. The kids had a great time.

We stayed at a hotel in Rexburg and swam in their pool.  (The side story with that: They had waaaaaaay too much chlorine in that pool. We all got out with stinging eyes and burning skin! And I'm pretty sure I ruined my hair - like fried it!)

Bear World was AWESOME! There were tons of bears, of course! Wolves, elk, and deer also. We fed the ducks, and they had a petting zoo that the kids loved. There was a little amusement park with rides for the kids. They went on several of them over and over again. I even got to feed the bear cubs...that was the highlight for me! They were adorable!

The best picture of the trip was caught by Alexis of herself on her mom's iPad. The bears were getting really close to the vehicles. She was trying to take a picture of the bears and took a picture of her face instead! Lol! Priceless!!