Simple week

     Family Home Evening was dismantling the neighbors fence and then stacking it in our garage so we can use it for future projects. Reclaimed wood is our new favorite!

      And I scored another awesome wreath for my door. Kayli's mother-in-law-to-be, Roiann, is my new favorite person! She's going to keep me in fashion with the rest of the neighbors who always have cute wreaths on their doors.

Happy Independence Day!

   Not our most exciting week in photos but we've had fun. 

A few fun things.

    This is what happens after tent city, crash nap!

    Father's Day was a success. Charlie insisted on wrapping this traffic cone for Greg and between the two of them you just might think it was exactly what he wanted. What he really requested was the bluetooth headphones. We all think Greg is pretty awesome and about the best Dad these kids could ask for.

Seriously, I love how happy they are in this photo!

    Having Aunt Missa here with her family has been an added bonus to our summer festivities. This was how the cousins spent Sunday evening. I think they found about 3 or 4 different ways to wear these sarongs and they all had to follow trend so a few aunts and uncles became experts in wrapping and tying them on all the kids. (And if you're wondering where all these colorful sarongs came from, it's a bit of a long story, but Melissa and Garrett are selling them so they had more than a few for the kids to play with.)

These photos are going to be so fun to recreate in about 10 years.

    There's nothing better then a summer rainstorm with lightening and thunder. These kids were all too happy to run through the rain and play in the gutters for the short time that it lasted.

Brock, Carter, Charlie and McClane stopping long enough for a quick photo.

      This girl keeps insisting on painting her face every time she goes to the neighbors house. Thankfully it washes off easily.

     Thursday was another fun activity with aunts, uncles and cousins. We spent the better part of Thursday afternoon and evening at the Payson pool and had a blast.

Food, swimming and silliness makes for the best time!

Ending the evening with a group drenching.

Charlie found out she's just tall enough to touch and bounce through the lazy river this summer with a little help from her life vest and mom, of course.

     And of course Greg was unable to join us for our swimming fun so he spent some quality time with 'Big Baby' after work. She seems more interested in the cellphone, which is pretty typical of all kids, right?

     Tonight we're ending the week with a neighborhood movie in the backyard. We're planning on watching "Moana". We'll see how many people show up since the announcement was made in the ward relief society email. We'll either get no one or more than ever before. No problem either way, I'm just glad we had a fun week over all and survived another week of summer. Oh, and if you didn't see Kayli's recent Facebook/Instagram posts she and Tanner had their engagement photos taken so we're still moving forward with all the wedding plans. I occasionally feel a little anxiety when I think of all that still has to happen in just a few short weeks but I'm trying not too panic!

Tent City 2017!

      We had the privilege of attending cousin Jacob's wedding this week. These two are the cutest and it was fun celebrating with family all day.

The overcast/drizzling rain was perfect for photos.

     Tent City 2017 was a success but not as crazy as years past. We had a blast though. We watched "Beauty and the Beast" out back and had s'mores and cobbler.

Tanner got a glimpse into what 'Kmetzsch crazy' really is.

Charlie couldn't have been happier to have her cousins here.

And this is the after math of breakfast. I think I finally made enough waffles to feed everyone. I actually wouldn't have had so many left over but not everyone stayed for breakfast.

     So that's the weeks festivities. I did take the three youngest to Seven Peaks this week but failed to take photos for the second time. It's just too risky carrying my phone around near the water. Maybe next time. I'm just so happy it's summer!

It's official!

     We had a fun visitor over the weekend. Skye is the prettiest husky but unfortunately she's not a big fan of our dog so it's a little tricky keeping them separated but we enjoy her visit. (She belongs to a friend of Heidi's to be specific.)

Greg likes her so much he was sharing his steak with her. He actually let her eat right off his fork, I would be jealous but I think I'd do the same. She's got a face that's impossible to say no to.

And she makes a great pillow for McClane.

     The most exciting event of the week was the official engagement of Kayli and Tanner! The delay was due to this pretty ring. It's a long story but thankfully they got it and now we can move on in a more official capacity towards the big day, August 15!

Who knew rose gold and a morganite stone would be so hard to come by.

      We did some other fun things this week but I failed to take photos. We made our first trip to the local waterpark. It was a bit of a joke trying to use our passes for the first time but we finally got everything squared away so now we can enjoy a few more trips without all the waiting around in long lines. Another week of summer in the books!

Kayli and a little more.

     First, we'll start with the 'little more'. Greg finished rebuilding the fence between our house and the Wimmer's and I love it! Now we need to move on to rebuilding the back fence because I love the horizontal slats vs. vertical so much more.

I got my sunbathing privacy back!

    Wednesday I tagged along with Greg and the 11 year old scouts for their 5 mile hike. We hiked up to Horsetail falls, which is such a beautiful hike!

The valley was a little hazy but it was still a spectacular view.

    And to finish our week we helped celebrate Kayli's 20th birthday. It wasn't much but I think she was happy.

What all 20 year old girls dream of, cleaning supplies! She was especially happy about the plunger because she's going to need it!

And of course, a big thank you to G & G Baker for the card and cash!

     We survived our first week of summer break. There have been a few issues and maybe one pretty big one, but over all it's been good.