Wednesday, July 26, 2023

July 2023

Girls' night! Blindfolded making up of each other. Beautiful job, ladies!

Alex got to go to Columbia, Missouri, the campus of Missouri University, to teach FSY over the 4th of July week. He had a great experience.
Everyone else in the family went to Star Valley to meet up with the Iverson's to celebrate the holiday.

Thanks for helping with grandma's yard, Kaleb!
Beautiful sunset with beautiful girls!

Classic, Kaleb! Classic!
Fireworks party! Looks dangerous.
Cousins watching the movie they made all day. It was hilarious! Editor: Kaleb
Can't beat the view from Grandma's front porch!
Moving furniture from the basement
Loving time in Deb and Marie's backyard

Verity on Uncle Deb's horse

Cowboys off to the ranch :)




Inside the Wolfley home
Late-night basketball at Kade and Debanee's home (the boys LOVED this and played for hours!)


Marie made this towel with Verity's name embroidered on it for her graduation.
Celebrating grandma and grandpa Barrus
Enjoying a visit at Uncle Mark's house
Mark and Kaleb played some sweet guitar music together to serenade the family

Rough trip home?!?
Beautiful picture someone took of Max and Myrna Dutson at the vet hospital in St. George
Our own (late) 4th of July fireworks part in the front driveway
Dad and the kids in the street lighting off fireworks - FUN!
Dad's 44th birthday!

What's better than a mini-van? A beautifully decorated birthday mini-van!

Birthday lunch date at Panda Express
Alex's favorite birthday present is a couple of days in Island Park. Here we are at warm river.

Lower Mesa Falls



Of course, we had to go to a couple of plays at the Yellowstone Playhouse. The first night we went to "Back into the Future", and this picture was "The PrinceLESS Bride" (our favorite of the two).
This is the beautiful scenery right outside of the Playhouse
Campfire burning of homework (and roasting some treats) outside our cabin at Eagle Ridge Ranch
Hot tub on our front patio
Love time at the Eagle Ridge pond - trampoline, paddle boats, and the rope swing. So much fun!
Dad after the rope swing

Averly on the rope swing





Cabin breakfast is the best!
Beautiful picture Melanie took right outside our cabin before heading home.
Idaho Falls temple trip!
Idaho Falls Hatch reunion! This is the first night gathering in our backyard for games and Grant's devotional. 
Day 2 at Rigby lake. We had so much fun and the kids had an absolute blast! (a few sunburned bodies too). Kayaks, paddleboards, slide, and great food for lunch!

The boys burying each other in the sand

Hi Saddee!




Kerri and Saddee
The slide into the lake
The buried boys
The nappers
That night's white-elephant party at our church. Some very silly gifts again, as usual.
Dave's dutch outfit
Marcie's um....yeah
JaNae's many useless gifts from Dave's Temu order
Clarissa's new bling!
Adult sealings temple trip

On Saturday, we had a fantastic day playing at the church and doing family Olympics

This is the house that Gma/Gpa rented in the neighborhood next to ours (so everyone could fit)
Marshmallow roasting
Given, Libby, and Alecia enjoying time on our beautiful back-porch couch
Sunday night Zoom call the the Hatch missionaries, Gma/Gpa and Abby (Grandpa pronounced a beautiful blessing on all the family to conclude).

This was Kaleb's hilarious game, Shark Tank. The adults had to promote some pretty ridiculous products while the kids all got to judge our presentations and decide if they would "make a deal". 
Clarissa and Marcie promoting real-grass flip flops
Grant and Matt promoting a toilet putting green
Ava, Verity, Kammee, Saddee. Loved having everyone with us for the Hatch reunion. It was so fun!
Verity cruising around on mom's bike
Alex and Hayden went to the shooting range for Hayden's one on one
Family fun hanging out at the Chukar's baseball game (thanks, Jim Carter, for the tickets)
Loved having Allie and Steven to our house for Sunday dinner before they would leave for Nebraska