4th of July Fights

We got into lots of FIGHTS this Holiday!!

Brett & the kids found these Bubble Balls. They all had Bubble Wars together. Too funny!

The Bubble Balls lastest about a week & a half then they started leaking at the seems. Shoot! 

We'll have to save up for the heavy duty ones online.

We told the kids that we would have a Food Fight with them sometime.Well... today was the day!!! We got everyone a large container of cool whip as their weapon.

Here's the end result- Seamons covered in Whip Topping:

Immediately after the whipped topping was gone- we started into a Water Fight. The kids had helped blow up tons of water balloons plus we had the little pool filled and stocked with our squirters. Good times!

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July! {Warning: Tiny pity party here for a minute----} We love the 4th of July and we just got out all our cool red, white & blue decor to deck out our home for the Holiday!!! We have so many good memories of getting people together and sharing our love for the birth of our country. This year however, we invited tons of people to come have a Patriotic Dinner with us but no one could make it. I was pretty bummed! {OK--- pity party over!!!}
But it turned out to be a good day spent with just the family.

The kids made a special fruit dish.

We got out our patriotic face paint so we could look super awesome!!!

We took the kids to Finding Dory. So cute!!!

And stay tuned for the couple fights we got into. LOL Happy 4th!!....

Later in the evening, the kids let off their own fireworks they had bought in the front yard.

Capital City Flag Raising

We attended the Centennial Park Flag raising today. We love the story they share as they raise this HUMONGOUS flag into the air. The wind was blowing hard so it made the flag look majestic. Justice got to help present the flag and hold it up. You can see him at about the (2:33) mark in his Captain America shirt. He's in front of the man in the yellow shirt.

We watched them raise the flag. Then we enjoyed free hot dogs and rootbeer floats. {Liberty slept in so she didn't come with us}

 The kids loved the Bouncy Slide. They got to go on it several times.

They loved trying to jump and hit the orange tube overhead. Silly kiddos!

Great way to start our 4th!

Guymon's Boat

Liberty & Katelynn Guymon are really good friends. They love to be together and they sure "get" each other. Two weird ducks of the same feather!! They love all the same Anime stuff and seem to speak a different language when they are together.
The girls decided to hang out today. Then the Guymons invited our whole family out on their boat with them. We had a blast! Love friends that include us in their amazing lives! Thanks guys!

Fun on the boat:

Fun on the Raft:

YW Girls' Camp

Liberty went to YW Girls Camp this week. I didn't hear about much except some silly Anti-Superhero skit she and her friends put on. She was tired and a little sunburned but she survived! The lake and scenery look amazing though! (Thanks to some of the leaders who sent me some pics)

View of the Lake

Liberty participating in some games

Liberty with Kandra Lay

 The 3rd Ward Young Women (with Bishop & member of Stake Presidency)

VBS Norway

Victoria & Glory got to participate in the Life Covenant's VBS (Vacation Bible School)  this week. Our neighbors told us about it. They were a little nervous at first [they didn't know any adults there] but... They LOVED it! 

Here's one of their favorite songs they learned there. 

I love the excitement for Jesus they get from VBS!

Ok... here's one more that we loved. 

They got a CD so we've been rocking out to Jesus songs! Love it!

Hanging Out as Long as We can

The movers came and packed up the Paynes this week. We took advantage of spending as much time with them as we could. We picked the kids up every day with Bri & Allie took care and cleaned out their home. We played, watched movies, made crafts, swam, went to the theater, ate meals and jumped on the tramp (all in the midst of a lice attack ;). Adventures I tell you! There were some long days but wouldn't have changed a bit of being able to be with them a little longer!!!

Cotton candy one last time:

A little face painting & Diva dressing ;): 

Tiny treasures- mini Pies:

Pickle Chugging Contest:

The Theater:

Hot Tubbing:

The last night was almost midnight before they finished up. Kassi was asleep on the couch. They had just picked up Kara from YW camp so we even got to say goodbye to her as well. They are off on their long road trip tomorrow morning. Love you guys! Best of Luck on your road trip and new adventure. You'll be missed!

P.S. Kara texted me a few times to let me know how their road trip was going. Love it!!!

Make-up Father's Day

With Brett back in town, we celebrated our Make-up Father's Day. We made his favorite BBQ rib dinner with mashed potatoes & gravy, and broccoli. The girls made him chocolate chip cookies for dessert. And we also had a Turtle Pie. Yum!

We spoiled him with presents and cards as well.

You are such a great dad! 

We're glad you're back! Love you so much! XO

"Best Goodbye Party EVER!!!"- quotes Kassi

Time is flying by way too fast!! Our dear friends, the Paynes are moving to Oregon for a job position next week . Their move will greatly impact our lives. First- they were our 1st Helena friends. We have spent many holidays and weekends and trips together. They have become like our family. Almost all our greatest memories have involved this little family. Next, Bri has been Brett's boss & workout buddy for about 3 years. It will be so weird to not have him here. Also- we have had the kids over every Wednesday night during mutual for over a year. What are we going to do without them??? We are surely going to miss them!!!

We wanted them to have the opportunity to say goodbye to friends and let them know how much we will miss them. So we threw them a little goodbye party. I went through all my pictures and printed off almost a hundred pictures of things we have done with them over the past years. I put them all over our house. It was so fun to look back at our memories together! I let them take all the pictures as a gift. Allie & I spent quite a bit of time writing on the back of all the pictures so they can have all those memories to take with them. 

I also know all of their favorite treats so I made sure they were all over the place in candy dishes. At one point during the night- Kassi said "This is the BEST goodbye party EVER!!!" She made my day! Sure hope they know how much we love them and will miss them. 

We had yummy food, and a bunch of good friends. Thanks to those who came to say their goodbyes!

I made sure to get pictures of them with their friends. The Payne kids were teasing me that I have more pictures of them than they do. LOL

The Payne family stayed late and the kids enjoyed one last time of the tramp & capture the flag with the Dads. We sure are going to miss them!!! Good Luck on your new Adventure, dear friends! XO

BackPacking Trip Boy

Justice got to go on a Backpacking Trip with his Scout Troop. It was overnight. They experienced every kind of weather. Super hot, windy, rainy, hail and even snow. Crazy!!!

Cosplay Craziness

Liberty got together with some friends to practice for a skit they're going to do at the end of July at Nagu Con. (It's like a Comic Con but for Anime fanatics)
They crack me up! I think they're acting out something from Doctor Who.

Also she tried on her other cosplay for Nagu con as well. They are dressed up as characters from BBC Merlin.

Father's Day Minus the Father

Brett unfortunately had to go out of town for 10 days. AND it had to be over Father's Day. So we were on our own to make the weekend special while we missed our Dad.
We found the Exotic Fruit section at Super One & the kids had a fabulous time picking out fun things to try.

Then Justice BBQ-ed us up some shish-kabobs. Delish!!!

Missed you, Brett! Wish you were here!

Seamons' Kid Day 2016

It was time again for our annual Kid Day celebration.
We met Dad for lunch &  took the kids to subway.

We got them gift cards at Walmart for them to buy a gift. They would not cooperate for a picture but you get the idea!

P.S. I was informed that this was a "LAME" kid day. I obviously have set the bar too high in years past because they felt I didn't do enough. LOL Oh boy!! What other kids get special meals, gifts, and the flag hung in their honor every year???

Scones with Lybberts & Heinitz

We had the Lybbert & the Heinitz families for Scones tonight. It was so fun to get to know them better. They are some awesome families. We made and ate yummy scones!

And the ladies visited while the boys played some ball.

Dear Edwina (Victoria's Date with Mom)

The Paynes are out of town for a house hunting trip (grrr! to them for making plans to leave us! ) so they gave us their tickets to the play "Dear Edwina". So...
Mom got to take Victoria on a special date to the Grandstreet Theater tonight. We had a great time!

Freshman Seminary

Liberty attended Seminary Graduation on June 8th. She was awarded her certificate for completing her Freshman year.

She then attended a big Luau that evening that the Holmans hosted for the youth. (She never gets me any pictures. Grrr!)

A couple days later, she threw a fun Seminary party for her class. She had several people come. They seemed to have a great time! I'm proud of her for being a planner!!!