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Closing night for Broadway Kidz!

Her brothers and dad loved every minute of it!

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We decided that we better update our 72-hour kits.

We couldn't stop laughing.  More pictures to come when we make the changes at an upcoming FHE.  

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After my computer was not working for over a month, I spent most of the day catching up on my blog.

I was glad to take a break and watch her third performance!  

 She really wanted some pictures with her BK friends.  

Today the boys rode to a beautiful waterfall.

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 She was very excited for her second performance because the audience was filled with friends, cousins, Aunt Kass and Grandma!

 Meanwhile, down south…someone was floating the Colorado river.

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We packed M and sent him down south for a Vasity Scout adventure.  His scout leader e-mailed me some fun pictures.

And the time is finally here!!!

Opening night for Broadway kids!!!!

  We were the ticket takers tonight but still enjoyed the show!

She had so much fun performing, I loved all her facial expressions.

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Pizzas, Rita's Gelatis, and Cake cupcakes? Three locations?

That's how we do it for my older sister's birthday lunch! So yummy!

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We had a super fun day with our California cousins! 

And the two year old's score was higher than mine, guess I need to bowl more often.

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So glad to have this cute girl home!  I have missed her.

I spied this banner on the road coming out of Costco today!

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Wisdom Teeth - Bye Bye!

Although this picture was taken last night I thought I would post it today.  I set the bear in his lap for the picture.  He was so funny on his medications.

 Today, however, on our 9 hour drive home...nothing was funny.

He was so swollen and in pain.  He was able to sleep most of the trip, poor buddy.  The good news is…it's over, they are all out.

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Cousins Camp: Day 6

Uncle Sam drove these three boys 4 1/2 hours to play in a Lacrosse tournament together.  Apparently they had a great time. I finished my back to school shopping.

That night we attended Becca's ward picnic and the kids canoed all night long.  

It seemed a little crazy to just let them go, but they managed just fine.

Later that night Z had his wisdom teeth pulled.  One of the purposes of the trip was to have them taken out, but Z didn't want to ruin his vacation so they waited until the last minute.  9:00 p.m. Saturday night.  The cousins have some pretty funny video after he returned still a little sedated.  

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Cousins Camp: Day 5

Around 10:00 a.m. they came in and asked me to come out and take pictures.  Which I did!

 He was voted best boat driver of the trip.  They claim he produced the best wake.

 He may or may not have wake boarded in his underwear.  Don't mind me, I'm just your mom.

 I did go out with the girls for a minute until the rope broke during one of their "toilet" moves.

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Cousins Camp: Day 4

One of our favorite things to do in Montana is go camping and boating at the lake.  It was so nice to have the older boys there to take the younger kids on the boat.  We prepared to cook foil dinners on a fire but learned that they had just banned fires.  So I paid for a cube of butter from the camp host and we made hamburgers and fried potatoes in the camper.  We also found some Top Ramen in the camper for those kids that couldn't wait to eat.  It's all about how you handle plan B!  Hopefully our blaring fire alarm didn't bother too many neighbors.  The three boys drove home and slept and returned at 6:00 in the morning so they could wake board on the best water. I was surprised they made it back so early.  The rest of us snuggled in the camper and slept pretty good.