The Williams Family: Summer Utah pics, rest of summer, and Great Wolf Lodge

Utah Vacation

Bear Lake with cousins is the best!

Cabin memories

These kiddos made Grandpa's birthday cake

Some blow-up water fun!

Happy 60th Birthday Grandpa!

We had a fun evening sharing memories of him and why we love him!

We love you!

Emmett has a cousin buddy

Game Time

Every room in the church was overflowing with people

I just love my Claire Bear!

I love her sweet spirit and her silly personality is really coming out. She makes us laugh so much around the dinner table (that is usually her silly hour).

Night time beauty

S'mores!!!

I am just so grateful for Helen! I am so glad that she was at Parker's baptism (hopefully I can get pictures from my mom), but there are so many times that I have wanted to visit Helen and share how grateful I am for her. She is one that has influenced my mothering and raising my own kids so much. I was so blessed to have her in our family's lives.

Livin' on the edge

We got up early and went to get a doughnut at our fave place Dick's Market. It was on our summer bucket list.

Ashlyn got the Texas donut and guess what...

She at the whole thing by herself (like 6-8 normal donuts)-

GO BIG OR GO HOME!!!

Parker's birthday party was a water party!

Our family looks forward to coming to the condo every summer (hopefully we can continue for many years to come). Swimming is a fun highlight and everyone is having fun!

These girls love being with their girl cousins! So much giggling and laughing with many memories being made.

I am so grateful for my kids to have great relationships with their aunts and uncles (and of course Nana and Grandpa). They have all been so sweet and playful with the kids. They make them feel very special whenever they are around. Thank you for loving our kids so much! We couldn't ask for better! Ya are the best!

I love Ashlyn and Nana's relationship. Ruth Ann teaches her so many cool things because she has so many amazing talents!

Dress up and Dancing

So beautiful and peaceful

ASHLYN DRIVING??!!

Good thing we have a couple of years to practice... ha ha

What a fun surprise to have Trevor home!

While we were talking as adults at the table, the kids were entertained by going fishing for swedish fish.

It was super funny.

I love this picture!

Seriously our kids are so loved!

I have always loved being around Granny, but since she came out in May I feel like we have really connected. She is one that I could talk to forever and I love hearing her stories. I love you Granny!

Nana and Grandpa are the Best!!! These girls got to have a special sleepover with Nana and Grandpa in their new camper! The girls loved it!

I wish I knew the story behind this....

Matchy-Matchy for bedtime

Thanks Grandma Martinson for making these shirts

We love to get new pictures every couple of months and put them on this amazing board (thanks again for the amazing christmas gift Mom and Dad).

Sunday Sundae- He sure loves ice cream!

I LOVE THIS VACUUM! The kitchen floor has been everyone's least favorite and now everyone want to vacuum! It is so lightweight, easy to use, and no cord!

No joke I was dancing in the living room with the vacuum because I just love it that much!

The girls would fight about who gets to vacuum- I hope this continues--- ha ha

It seriously is amazing!

When we got back from Utah the girls had Art Camp

Emmett loves books! It is one of my favorite things to do with him right now.

Nightime- Our kids down usually get to see the dark night because we put them to bed at 7:30 so we decided to have....

Family Swim Party in the Dark! It was so much fun and it was such a great reminder to do fun simple new things once in awhile to shake things up sometimes.

Our family has been into trail hiking recently! We have found new trails and paths which makes our weekends more exciting and eventful.

Ashlyn and Brinley were fighting and not getting along. Derek made them sit on the stair and hug each other until they worked it out.

Where we live is so pretty. We went on a different drive home from our date and found this beautiful field with longhorns.

So proud of Derek for starting a podcast with his partners Steve and Justin. Derek continues to amaze me! He has so much on his plate with work, coaching, real estate, podcast, remodeling his practice all while putting the kids and I as his #1. I love him so much and I'm grateful for all that he does for our family.

We all had our dental check-ups before school starts.

Emmett is to the point where he will only fall asleep in his bed.... so he must be very very tired.

One thing that I am going to miss about summer is our morning bike rides. We have been doing some new routines that takes us all the way up the hill to the back of our subdivision. It was a hard ride and Derek and I were so impressed with the girls. They didn't complain at all and they worked so hard.

One of my friends posted pictures of this place and we had to check it out because it looked so magical. It is called Boykin Springs. We had an amazing time and we will definitely be back again!

We did a rope swing which was fun!

It wore them out!

Derek got a drone and he is so excited! He has been making videos (thanks Grandpa Williams for inspiring him)!

There is something special when you see your littles sleep. I love how they made it so they were sleeping by each other.

Our pool water turned green. Derek took a sample to the pool store and all the numbers were good. Then another costumer said that his pool is green too.

I love how the kids will look at old pictures and memories. I will be forever grateful for these photobooks I have made so my kids and eventually grandkids can see the fun life we have created!

Swim Cuties!

Love this proud face!

Ashlyn has been going to the gym with Derek and has had a blast. She has accomplished some cool things and getting outside her comfort zone.

Two of many of my favorite things (Diet Pepsi and Creme brulee). I had the watress bring two spoons because I didn't want her to think that after a delicious dinner, I would eat a whole creme brulee on my own, which I totally did... ha ha. Derek was making fun of me and took this picture.

More hiking

Last family outing before school starts.

Daddy did a tea party with the kids while I was at a YW Presidency meeting.

Brinley fell on our bike ride and wanted me to post it...

She was so brave.

Emmett is into everything.... I need to remember to embrace this stage, but soon it will pass (hopefully).

We went to a splash before school start because it was on our bucket list. I am going to miss this girl so much. She is my little buddy. I love talking with her and spending time together. She has been a huge help to me during the summer.

Precious

Derek was flying his drone and it flew into a very tall tree. There were men working on the church roof and he asked if they could get it for them. They had to use the crane. Derek was saved and very relieved.

We decided to do Great Wolf Lodge one more time this summer because we had such a great time last time. When we walked into the room it had this fire on.... it was so cool. The girls were in love with it and pretended the whole time that it was a real fire and we were camping.

We wanted to do something new and so we did the ropes course. It was fun to see Ashlyn and Brinley get out of their comfort zone and try it. Even I was a little nervous at the beginning. The zipline was the most terrifying until you do it. We all had a blast! They did great!

Emmett loves rocks (even though his face says otherwise)

In the morning I took the girls downstairs to get some energy out so Emmett could sleep longer. It was fun. We did workouts like lunges, burpees, jumping jacks, push-ups, and running up the stairs. Then they had a yoga class they did.