Bits of July

Saturday July 9th

 My father-in-law, Jim, is in the YM presidency in his ward in Yamhill.  Their youth group had an activity to go ride horses.  He knows of Maggie's great love of horses, so invited her to come on their activity.  She was beyond thrilled!

 Some of the group.  I guess they had to split up and ride in two separate groups since there weren't enough horses, so she didn't get to ride with grandpa Jim.  

 That's one happy girl!!

 It was beautiful scenery!!

When they returned, Jim went with the next group.   

 Isn't he cute?  He's the best!

Monday July 11th

 Garrett playing Pokemon with Noah.  He is so patient to play with him, because I have no clue what's going on in that game.  I've tried, but I just don't get it and don't ever really want to learn!  Ha! Noah sure loves it though.  

 Kids playing on our long boards...I don't think they'll ever stand up and try to ride them the correct way, but at least they are outside and playing.  

 Tuesday July 12th

 Today was a day spent with friends... This is Brooke and Paige.  They've been friends since they were like 3 I think.  They are so cute together.  Today they were taking pictures of the things they like to do together and were planning to put the pictures in a book.  Not sure if they ever did, but it was a cute idea.  

 These pictures were all at Brooke's house.  

 This is their cute friend Lily.  

 Having a picnic

 Playing piano

and doing their nails.

 Maggie went on a group date to Chic-fil-a.  I guess if they dressed up like cows they got something for free, so that's what their date was.  Pretty cute...I can't remember if they did anything else or not.

 And Bella had her friends Lauryn, Katie and Brooklynn over and played on the trampoline.  

 I sure love my kids' good friends!

 These other things happened in July too, but I will post about them later because there are a lot of pictures...

Posts to come:

 Our stake had it's 2nd trek and it was the 2nd time to be Ma and Pa McKibben.  That was quite the adventure!! July 13-16th.

 We drove to Utah on the 18th and 19th, and then had a Hansen family reunion in Yellowstone from July 20th-26th.  

Garrett had to fly back home the next day, but we stayed in Utah till August 6th.  On July 30th, we spent the day at Bear Lake.  It was a fun and busy month!!

1st part of June

Wednesday June 1

 Paige was learning about the Oregon Trail and they had brought in this covered wagon and supplies to give the kids a better idea of what they were learning about.  

 Friday June 3rd

Garrett flew to Iowa the day before to watch Meggin's graduation from dental school.  He flew out Thursday and came back on Sunday.  His parents and his brother Josh also flew out to Iowa.  

 These are her girls, Amelia, Celeste and Hazel.  All red heads...so is her husband Jake.

 Jake and Meggin...what an accomplishment for Meggin!

 Josh, Georgia, Meggin, Jim, Amelia and Celeste

 Meggin and Garrett

 Josh, Meggin (twins, by the way) and Garrett

Saturday June 4th

Our Primary had a popcorn party that we decided to have at the park.  The kids earned it by bringing their scriptures to primary every week.  It was fun...we just had them play at the park and then we let them eat popcorn for the last 10-15 min.  The whole thing only lasted about an hour.  

 It was such a hot day that some of my kids' friends, who live in the neighborhood, decided that they wanted to have a water balloon fight.  So they all came over to our house and filled up balloons and ran around throwing balloons at each other.  When the balloons ran out, they played in the sprinklers.  I am so grateful that we have so many good friends that live close by!

 My friend Ashley came over to help with the balloons...she had two boys over here playing.  

 She started throwing buckets of water onto the kids...they loved it!

 Paige and Bella's friends stayed and did Just Dance 

 and karaoke

Meanwhile, back in Iowa...Jake and Meggin rented a pontoon boat and everyone was out on the lake cruising around.

 Little Miss Hazel

Tuesday June 7th

 I don't even know...

 Maggie got her braces off today and this is the only picture I have of her that day.  Look how beautiful her teeth are!  She had braces on for 2 1/2 years.  Her teeth were really bad.  

This is from the day that she got them on.  

Saturday June 11th

 We were driving home from dinner somewhere and someone took these amazing pictures...from the car.  Impressive, right?  We live in such a beautiful place!

 Tuesday June 14th

 Lydia had this big project due in Social studies and had to dress up like the person she was doing the project on.  Garrett was out of town and wanted to see it.  

 That night the youth had a Temple Trip.  Beautiful Portland Temple and beautiful YW!