June 2014

June was another busy month for us.  At the beginning of the month we had cousin Makenna stay with us for 5 days.  We had a great time with her.

We played lots of Skip-bo

Went rock climbing at the Freestone Park Rec Center

went to the movies and did lots of other things.  A week after Makenna left our house we left for a 3 1/2 week long vacation to Utah.  One of our first stops in Provo was the cougar.  The girls love going there.

They also enjoyed rolling down the hills at the BYU football stadium.

The main reason for going to Utah was the Ferrell Family vacation at Aspen Grove.  We love this family reunion we get to have every 2 years with Ryan's family.  We of course had family pictures taken.

The whole family

The grandkids and grandparents

Our little family

Peyton

Hailey

Alexis

Addison

My 4 favorite girls

Peyton had a great time doing their ropes course.  I was so proud of her for making it through the whole thing.  It is super hard and she never gave up.

Addison loved playing outside all the time.  

She spent a lot of time with her 2 cousins Jack and Aiden.  They loved playing with each other (and fighting with each other).  The twins are only 3 weeks younger than Addison.

Hailey celebrated her 9th birthday during our vacation.  She enjoyed being able to share cupcakes and open presents with all of her cousins.

One of the best parts of the trip was my 2 childhood best friends being up at Aspen Grove at the same time I was there.  I spent so much time at the Ellefsen house growing up that they were like my second family.  I adore Brenda and Lisa and am so glad I got to see them.

Peyton loved her group and had a good time taking pictures with them during their hike to the waterfall.

A big highlight of the vacation for my kids is that it snowed while we were there.  They loved going out in the snow and dancing around.

The family dance is one of the best parts of Aspen Grove.  My girls love dancing with their family.

Hailey and Jaxon

Addison and Jonathan

Our family of 6.

Saying goodbye to cousins can be so hard.

Thanks Mom and Dad Ferrell for the amazing family reunion.

While we were at Aspen Grove we announced that we were expecting baby #5 with Addison wearing this shirt.  Everyone was excited for us.

After the family reunion we spent 2 1/2 weeks at the condo in Provo.  We were able to see lots of our friends we have made over the years.  We saw Carrie, Beth, Stacey, Keri, Catherine, and Lauren.  Here I am with my good friend Lauren who I met while living in Irvine, CA.  Hailey is with Lauren's daughter Claire who was her best friend in California.  

We also spent lots of time with my brother Andrew and his family.  Andrew was actually extremely busy with school and work so it was mainly me and Michelle hanging out with the kids.  Michelle took us to the Herriman Reservoir and the girls loved it.

We went bowling at BYU.

Went to a splash pad.

Went to the Provo Beach Resort 

The girls talked me in to renting this bike for an hour and riding around the Riverwoods.  It was a lot of work.

We got hot and tired after 30 minutes so we stopped to play in the splash pad for a little bit.

We were able to celebrate the 4th of July and watched "Stadium of Fire" from outside of the stadium.

We also went to Seven Peaks about 8 times while we were in Utah along with going swimming at the Provo Rec Center which was super fun.  We had such a great time in Utah and can't wait to go back.