Family Fun

We enjoyed seeing family and friends on our trip out west. We were really lucky to be in town while our family friend Erin was there with two of her kids.

Erin's son stole some soda, he was so cute.

Playing football with the kids. The kids loved it!

Jumping on the trampoline. (and there weren't even any serious injuries with that many kids!)

Grandpa, John Lamont, and Ryan

My kids with Nana, their great-grandma June.

Kissing Cousins... almost

Brylee developed a big crush on Cameron and chased him all around camp trying to kiss him. I happen to catch a little of it on camera.

Brian face plants

Dallin Kneeboarding

Camping- TONS of pictures

We went camping to the dust bowl of California. It was a beautiful campground, tall trees, nice weather, but tons of dust. Despite the dust we still had a great time, and wonder of wonders we did not get any ticks!! (In MO you are pretty much guaranteed to get some ticks) The kids loved the dirt, and they were just thrilled to be outside for so long. There was no way I could have done Brylee's hair with how dirty it was, so she went 4 days with no new hair do. It looked great! :) We had a great time with the cousins, Grandma and Grandpa, Nana, Aunt Casey, Uncle Ryan and Aunt Cathy, Uncle Juan and Aunt Kayla, the Lamonts, and Charlie Judd. What a fun camping trip we had.

Halle and Brylee

The quads (I think we had 11 total)

Katy and Halle

Alex- hey you got a little something on your face...

Ryan

Alex and Katy- some tough girls! They rode those quads all over the place! And there was NO avoiding the dirt.

Brylee caught a bear (about 300 pounds) and tried to eat it, notice the blood around her mouth.

Watch out for those chompers! (More blood)

Katy, Brylee and Saidi

Wow, those are some tough warrior faces! All the kids made bows and arrows. They loved it!

He is supposed to be making a tough face.

Cody with his bow. Watch out!

Alex doing homework. What a smarty pants!

Brian was brave enough to ride with Cody, I think Grandpa is giving them a push start. (or a pep talk, or a shoulder massage... not really sure)

Dallin driving BIG RED all by himself.

Grandma and her girl, Brylee.

Dallin giving Dad a ride.

Grandpa and Brylee snuggling.

Love the hair!

Dallin loving the dirt. (They refused to be bathed the whole camping trip)

So dirty and she is still so cute.

Halle, she liked the dirt too.

Grandpa and Tate

The hammock was a big hit, until it broke...

Brylee on the quad... again.

Brylee LOVED the quads. We couldn't keep her off of them!

Carter Family tradition- we always have a teeter-totter (or tater-tot, as my kids say) when camping. (We also had a swing and a homemade shower! Thanks Grandpa!!)

Swimming

The kids had a great time swimming at Grandma and Grandpa's house. They liked it the best when their cousins were there to swim with them.

Cody about to jump!

San Fran

On our trip to CA we went to San Fransisco. It was a beautiful day in the city and we had a great time at Pier 39. The kids rode the two story carosel, and we watched a comedy show (kid friendly) and Dallin even got to participate in it. (Funny story, I'll see if I can get the pictures from it and post them too)

Cody

Casey and Brylee (Thanks for helping her Casey!)

Dallin

Nana, my Mom, Brylee, Me, Tate, Brian, Dallin, Cody, and my Dad. (I wish Casey was in here too, but she was taking the picture)

You can see a corner of Alcatraz here on the right side.

Brian and Brylee by the Sea Lions

Dallin by the Sea lions.

John's Inedible Pizza :)

Who doesn't love unlimited pizza and arcade games? We had tons of fun at John's Incredible Pizza. One ride was a huge hit for our family. Laying on these yellow seats below, you would watch a video with a virtual roller coaster on it, and we loved it. You can see from everyone's smiling faces how fun it was. Notice Brylee's face?? I'm pretty sure she was having a great time, even Tate got to enjoy it!
My dad and I each hit the jackpot on the wheel of fortune game and each won over 500 tickets. So we did a little celebrating over that.
Brylee was trying to play the guitar and that was pretty amusing. And watch for Cody, he's got a gun!
(These captions may be out of order, but you get the idea)
We also played the Dance Dance Revolution game, which was fun, and funny to watch. I have a video of my mom and sister, Casey, competing against each other... I better not post it. But I think I'll keep it handy in case I ever need to get some revenge for something, bwaa haa haa haa. :)