Cute. Cute. Rachel & Sarah

Rachel & Sarah are cousins. Lucky lucky cousins. They turned 10 this year, a month apart. They are good friends. They are cute and funny and have imaginations that never end.
We had a Friday night sleep over at my house. We packed a picnic and went to Wheeler Farm, where they posed for picture after picture and got sillier by the minute. We went to the dollar store for treats, went to my place where they watched AND performed Mama Mia in my living room. Saturday morning we picked up Grandpa for yard sales and breakfast.
Here's just a sampling of the fun at Wheeler Farm. CUTE CUTE GIRLS!!!!

They thought this picture in the out house was such a FUNNY ONE!!!

GOOD FRIENDS.....almost sisters!!

WE LOVE JULY!!!

Thanks to the Mormon Pioneers we have 2 July celebrations every summer! The first on the 4th of July for INDEPENDENCE DAY. Then on the 24th, we celebrate the pioneers entering into the Salt Lake Valley. Both parties are always, lots of fun.

This year on the 4th there was swimming, a BBQ and fireworks on Grandpa's driveway.

For the 24th, Mom & Dad hosted the combination Birthday party and 24th of July celebration in their backyard. The kids swam in the kids pool and slid down the slip and slide, then we had a watermelon eating contest, a balloon tossing game and a delicious meal of pulled pork sandwiches. After dinner we had our annual 24th of July parade. The kids decorate their bikes, wagons and, this year, their rip sticks and march around the block carrying grandpa's giant USA Flag. Cottonwood Heights has a firework display every 24th that ends the month of celebration perfectly.

It was especially fun to have Brett and Jenn and their family here for the celebration.
ENJOY THE PICTURES below from the festivities!!

HAPPY JULY BIRTHDAY's to ADAM, MATT & ERIN!!!

Hola! It's the Junio Cumpleanos Fiesta!!

Amy & Cliff

hosted a Mexican Fiesta for the June Birthday Party!! Amy is an amazing party planner and always out does herself with the decorations and food. She made a delicious menu: Southwestern Egg rolls with Avocado Ranch Dip, Spanish Rice, Carne Asada, and Mexican Lemonade.

Jessica made THE AMAZING Sombrero Birthday Cake....CUTE HUH???

JUNE HAPPY BIRTHDAYS to Cameron, Dan & Tyson (my Enchilada)

Dan has a part time setting up jumps and has been willing to bring them to several of our parties. It makes us the envy of the neighborhood. THANKS DAN!!

To the MOUNTAINS for MAY BIRTHDAYS!!

Jeff and Jill hosted our May Birthday party.

Jeff and Jill's family love everything camping and the mountains, so it was perfect that they hosted the first official cookout of the season up Millcreek Canyon. We are lucky to have so many great campsites, literally just a few minutes from our house. It's always so great to be in the Mountains! We had a good old fashion cook out, complete with SMORES. We found a waterfall, the perfect photo spot, and the kids ran up and down the mountain side and were all covered in dirt by the time we were finished. Nothing better then sitting around the campfire with the BEST FAMILY on EARTH!!

HAPPY MAY BIRTHDAYS to....

Laura and MacKenzie

Memorial Day Bowling

Nothing like an afternoon of bowling to celebrate the

MEMORIAL DAY holiday!

Most of these kids had never bowled and it was hysterical to watch them lugging the balls around. Of course watching the adults bowl was funnier, but because I worry about pay backs I won't post any pictures of the back side of all the adults bowling. I'll save those pictures for black mail at a later date!!

Lisa loves her NIECES TO PIECES weekend!!

When I first started getting nieces and nephews it looked like the girls were going to take over. The first was my nephew Kevin, and then came 5 nieces within 5 years; Chelsea, Jessica, Kristen, Erin and MacKenzie! They are now all teenagers and growing into beautiful, wonderful, amazing women! How blessed I am to be their aunt and have them in my life. They will never understand how much the relationships I have with them means to me, especially over the last few years. I decided it would be fun to plan a slumber party with just us girls. I found a great deal on a condo in Park City right on Main Street; complete with a kitchen and a hot tub on the deck. What a BLAST!! We walked up and down main street looking in the shops and posing for funny pictures. We went grocery shopping and bought steaks and made dinner and dessert in our kitchen. We played games, sat in the hot tub, talked and laughed. It's so fun to listen to them talk about boys, school, church, dances, texting, clothes and all the important things in the lives of teenage girls. I hope they will always know that I LOVE THEM so much and will ALWAYS be here whenever they need me for anything!

It was amazing how many animals they found to hang on and kiss, up and down Main Street.

What a bunch of HAMS!!

Mamma Mia---it's a DISCO Birthday Party!!

The Megli's

planned the Family Birthday Party for March/April. DISCO was the theme and DANCING was the thing! What a blast!

The party hall (Dad's garage) was decorated, complete with a disco ball, bubble machine and dance floor. We were instructed to come dressed in our best 70's attire with a dance routine. I've attached a slide show to show off the funky dance moves of the night. All the boys in their tye-dyed t-shirts dancing the YMCA was quite the treat! Jessica, Kristen and Erin won the evening for the most choreographed number, but Brad's Lisa gave them a run for their money. Chelsea was the funniest when she joined Kenzie and Jill's routine and how cute was Jana with all her kids dancing the routine they had practiced all afternoon. Matt even jumped up and did a little solo with Sarah. Laura and Bill get the award for the best couples dance. For the final group dance when everyone was dancing even Grandma got up with her long blond hippie hair and busted out a few moves. I opted out of the dance routine and played the part of the disc jockey....okay I found the songs on the I-Pod and controlled the volume! We had a potato bar with all the fixings for dinner...YUM! You can't beat a potato bar! Laura and her girls decorated two darling cakes one was the 60's Flower Power and the other had a Peace sign.

HAPPY MARCH & APRIL BIRTHDAYS to

Dad,Ryan, Kristen,Jeff,Jill,Emily & Kaleb