Summer Fun!

One reason my kids love Idaho, is they can just go outside and play for hours. Alot of that time is spent riding the gators at my parents house. They love it and wanted Devri to have a ride too.


This time Bentley was the driver, so that Kierstyn could hold Devri.



Occassionally, he gets stuck and has to push out the gator.



Still going!

Chappell Family Party

Last month we were able to have a little get together with Blake's family, here's a sneak peek. . .


Here's Uncle Casey with his buddies!

My favorite place . . .

Island Park, Idaho


This is my all time favorite place to be on the 4th of July and here are some of the reasons why . . .



Celebrating milestones- because we live far away from family we miss out on alot of family events but in July we were able to help my grandmother celebrate a little belated 80th birthday!!!!



Entertainment- Not everyone's family is willing to participate in games like my family does and this year we had a Minute To Win It game night, it was a good laugh!






Four Wheeler Rides!! I have never been real excited about riding the four wheelers but we did take some rides this year that were alot of fun! We rode over to Big Springs to feed the fish (or really the seagulls because the fish didn't eat much) and over to Ponds Lodge for Huckleberry shakes- YUM!







Candy Cannon- Oh yes the annual shooting of the candy up in the air for all the kids to gather up, they love it!


Boat Rides! All the grandkids love having a boat ride. And my fam, well we would love to have our own boat so we love the boat for rides and for waterskiing! Devri, had her first boat ride and loved it- I thought she would hate wearing the life jacket but she didn't seem to mind.



Tubing and Waterskiing- Blake and I love waterskiing and this is our chance to go! This year we also were able to help some of the grandkids learn how to ski- not my kids- but it was fun. And of course tubing, Blake had fun going with his nephews. My kids didn't dare go with him, not quite the dare devil their dad is.



Playing with Cousins- This is the best reason of all, my kids LOVE playing with all the cousins. I'd say they love to swim but really they don't like the cold water and play around it but don't really swim. They loved the super soakers to spray each other and also love the paddle boat!


Even Devri loved to play, and she didn't seem to mind the cold water!




Storms! That may sound strange but storms come all the time in Island Park and sometimes they get pretty exciting. This year there was a storm on the 4th of July which resulted in no fireworks in the boat this year (bummer!) but was quite the excitement as the adults run down to the lake to make sure the boats are okay! Blake ended up all wet this year helping my uncle with his boat.




Fireworks! I love watching fireworks from the lake, even though we didn't get to do that this year we watched them from the car and you can even see the lightening in the distance from the passing storm.








We loved it and can't wait for next summer!!!!!!

our holiday projects

Rocket Poppers

Star Paint Cookies
We made these with Ben's friends and they all really liked it.

Decorating our 4th of July shirts

We used potato stamps for the stars

and pipe cleaners to make fireworks



Not bad!

A while back I said I had planned all these activities to help keep my kids busy this summer, well I haven't gotten them posted since we've been out of town but here was one of the kids favorite. Piggy Pancake Night!! Yes, so easy but they loved it. And earlier we had made strawberry syrup a request from Ben.

Happy Fathers Day!

The kids had a great time making gifts for dad, too bad he didn't get a good breakfast- I was just too tired from our late night!

And a Happy Father's Day to my Dad!!! Thanks for all you have done and still do for me!!!

Way to go slugger!

Congrats, Ben for finishing your first season of baseball! We look forward to many more.