The kids went to the Arts Festival on Saturday with their dad. Is it obvious?!
I love how Kai shows off his web powers! He's so good at that! Look at the posture!
They both are so photogenic and talented... wouldn't you agree? Silly kids!
I get this pose pretty much every time I pull the camera out. Where does she get it from!
So cute, I can hardly stand it. I really love the makeup! They had faces done a couple weeks ago that were not nearly this cute!
Can you count how many girls are in this picture! These are the neighborhood friends!
The kid in the chair is supposed to be the one with the headphones... to watch the tv on the ceiling. But as you can tell, that didn't happen. But here's the 'tongue' pose again.
My kids are so demanding - "I need sunglasses!" Hello! Who wears sunglasses in the dentists chair!? Apparently MY kids do! At least they're not afraid of the dentist anymore! And they get gifts everytime. (Just add some cake and ice cream and its a party!)
We left Monday morning and took the scenic route through the mountains. (Kai got motion sickness!) We ate lunch at a campground where Brent's parents took him camping as a kid. It was so cold - and the kids were thrilled to find snow to make snowballs! Then we headed off to Evanston and then the Flaming Gorge damn, but missed the last tour by 30 minutes. It was 5 o'clock and so hot I asked Brent to let us soak in the reservoir while he put up camp. An hour later we came back to a nice stew dinner and much cooler weather. We made the fire, sang songs, roasted marshmellows and crashed at 10. We all slept great! Amazing! After a nice breakfast, we cleaned up camp and drove down to the Green River where Brent rented a boat and we floated downstream for 2 fun-filled hours. His parents had a blast, and Kasey looked like she had fun too! I was impressed. Hey, we should do this again sometime!
Minet and I have known each other for over 16 years, since we were roomates at Rick's College back in 1993! Crazy! I found her on facebook and she is just barely moving from Idaho to Phoenix, Arizona. She's lived with her mom the last 4 years and worked in Social Work, but has decided to take a break from all that. Her and her mom both bought separate houses and Minet will try to find work as a substitute teacher. Its on to new roads for her. So, while she visited me en route back to Arizona, we decided to take the kids to Big Cottonwood Canyon.
The kids loved the water and watching the ducks. But more than that, they loved taking control of my camera and snapping their own shots. We had to take turns! Sharing time!
They all posed for each other (in addition to fighting over whose turn it was next.) Kai and Keala's cousin, Tristin is here for a few weeks, so he was in some of the shots. 
Minet took this one of Kai and Tristin. If we had brought better shoes, we might have done the mile hike up to another lake. Its been such beautiful weather lately. And there are still a lot of people who fish up at this lake. (Even though we could see half the fish dead at the bottom of the lake.) Gross! But the lake was still beautiful!
This was such a cute picture! I haven't seen Minet, since my first wedding, 10 years ago. But it was nice to spend the last couple of days getting caught up. Minet joined us Saturday afternoon and stayed for the fireworks in the evening. And then we went to church together on Sunday, while she was nice enough to join my R.S. class while I taught the lesson. Monday we went up the canyon and later watched Transformers. And Tuesday we visited while I cut a bunch of Kasey's friends' hair, and then Minet and I gave each other pedicures. Nice! She leaves today to start her new life in Phoenix. boo hoo! She will be missed!
