Gettin' some sun & havin' some fun in Lake Powell.....

What a cute family! We decided to all get on the tube together. The girls just love this thing!!

This is Tim's dad trying to waterski (He's 61 and still gets out there, how cool is that?) Anyway, he would have gotten up on his first try but Tim thought he had fallen and stopped the boat. I'm sure he will get out there again next month when we go back to Powell.

Kaitlyn and Makayla just trying to be like daddy, it was so cute! Just having a good time playing with dad on the boat. They do awesome on the boat & both of them get on the tube. Kaitlyn even fell asleep riding the tube with me (guess it just wore her out!)

Here I am having some fun on the wakeskate! Too bad I don't have any wipe out shots of me, because I had some good ones.

Tim getting some awesome air on the wakeboard! His face expressions in these photos are so funny.

Brown Family reunion in St. George.....

I have to give complete credit to my dad for this photo. I was doing a back dive off of the diving board and he snapped the picture at the perfect moment. Great photography! This is our Makayla jumping off of the diving board. She had a blast hanging out with her cousins at the pool!

Here is Tim and Kaitlyn hanging out in the pool, because it was over 100* we pretty much went to the pool on a daily basis. Besides it was a great activity for all of the kids.

Here is Tim at the Park running and seeing how far he can jump. He is the shortest out of all of the boys in the family, but he can jump the farthest. That's my honey!!

Saying goodbye to Buddy

After a few weeks of serious thought, we decided to sell our dog. We are just gone so much on trips and through the week. We felt like he deserved more attention than we could give him, but we will really miss him! Last night before his new owners came to get him the girls said goodbye to him, and it was so cute to watch Makayla say, "Goodbye Budster." That is what she and I would call him. I know his new owners will take great care of him. He was a great little puppy!!

Summertime Fun.....

We decided to buy the girls a playset and trampoline this summer. They love going over to the grandparents houses and playing on their trampolines..... but they really needed one of their own. The playset and trampoline were delivered and set up last week and the girls have been out there ever since. It's still a work in progress..... the ground cover will be here this week. It's been a great purchase so far! Last night we came home to find the neighbors grandkids playing on it...... good to know that they are being used even when we're not here!

They might look friendly........

We were hanging out at Tim's parents condo, when Makayla went outside with Tim's sister to play in the backyard. All of a sudden this duck flies out from behind the bushes and takes off after Makayla. She had her wings spread out and was making this mean sound. Tim was just inside the door when he saw it happen, so he runs outside to get the duck away from Makayla. Everywhere she tried to run to escape the duck would get in front of her and trap her. So, Tim yells at his sister to pick her up, and he would get the duck away (the duck almost came in the house.) Tim finally got the duck to calm down and go back into the bushes. Makayla came in the house crying and terrified at what had just happened. We looked outside where the duck was and saw a bunch of little chicks (she was just being a protective mom!) So we grabbed our camera and went out there to take some pictures (Makayla kept telling us not to get to close, because ducks are mean) However, no one knew she was even out there, until Makayla just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. About 10 minutes after the whole thing she took her chicks and left the backyard. I don't think Makayla will be wanting to see any ducks anytime soon.

A get away to warmer weather.....

The weather and water temp in Lake Powell didn't look so good, so we all decided to go to St. George instead. Kaitlyn and Makayla had so much fun playing at the pool! They are both getting so big and so daring when it comes to trying the big slides. Makayla likes going down the big slide all by herself now. If all we ever did on vacation was go to the pool, the girls would be happy campers. It's fun watching them get older, and seeing their little independent spirits come out!