Saturday we did the parade and the craft fair. It was humid as all get out, but the kids still had fun. Carter and Gage bought these bad boys with their money they had saved. They LOVE them. Well worth the $7.50!
Mike and I decided to try out the rodeo Sat. night when he got home, and we loved it! I can't believe we have never gone! We will for sure be taking our kids next year. The fire works were great too. It made for a great Pioneer Days!
They were all pretty good at waiting for their turn on the zipline.
Everyone getting their fill of the pinata.
This boy is all boy and has no fear. He just took off and never looked back!
And this boy had a little infatuation with Katlyn. She was loving it too!
Gage taking a turn trying to bust it open and get some candy!
The kids loved the zip line. Carter had to conquer his fear of heights, but once he did there was no stopping him!
Here's Gavin taking a whack at the pinata!
We all hung out on the porch a lot eating snow cones, cotton candy and otter pops. Who needs more than that?
All the kids with Grandma and Grandpa. Katlyn is the oldest and there are 18 kids so we have A LOT of little ones.
Mike's friend Milo has a few minature horses at his house and one unexpectedly had a baby a few weeks ago! I don't know how I missed taking a picture of the baby but it was so dang cute! No joke that thing barely came up to Gavin's waist! 
These two were loving riding. Next time Milo says he will hook up his cart and let them do that. He's such a nice guy! I think we need one of these~
Here are all the kids and the event planners. Don't they look awesome?
I love Carter's smile in this one.
The boys doing the Hakka. It was awesome! They did a great job!
Katlyn doing her dance with the girls. I didn't get a picture of them all but they were all too pretty!
Here's a picture of the banner for the year with Katlyn doing the zipline in there too. This swingset it also awesome! Really it's much better in real life. The kids will stay out there all day long once it isn't so dang hot! 
I spaced taking any pictures but this on the 4th. It was a pretty crazy weekend, but we had a good time. The parade was the best. The food was awesome, and the company wasn't that bad either.
Mike decided that we should sleep on the trampoline to celebrate. We took the T.V. outside and watched Little Rascals.
This was not Gavin's idea of fun. It was a long night for me.
Mike never knew what was happening. This was him about 10min. after we got outside!
This is how Gavin spent the days. Always with a sucker to make him happy!
Gage was a little hesitant at first but after a few minutes he was in heaven.
This one is just a regular fish! He loves being in the water. His dad taught him how to do a front flip off the edge in the deep end this year. He thinks that's pretty dang cool.
Gavin loved every single second of it. The cotton candy was his favorite. 
Here's Katlyn on the rock wall. She and Nicki took their fair share of turns on this one. In between climbs they were looking for cute boys. They say they didn't find many in St. Johns. We will see what they say about that when they are in High School.
These girls are pretty dang cute!
Mike will probably want to shoot me if he ever sees this picture but this is him to a T! He's a goof and a blast to be around. We laughed more than we have in quite a while. We took the 4wheeler out to try to find some elk and he decided to play a trick on me and acted like it died. It was pitch black outside and I am such a chicken of the forest at night! Don't laugh! You never know what's out there! He laughed a little too hard so I punched him in the gut! 
This was our campsite. Nobody at all around us. I think we found the perfect spot! We are going to keep it our little secret! We were able to literally do nothing the whole time. Mike took a 3 hour nap every day and I read my book for those 3 hours. It was funny because Mike would wake up every once in a while and say, "You aren't mad at me for sleeping so long are you?" Normally at home I would be waking his rear up after an hour and a half telling him to come help take care of all the kids he created! I wasn't mad at all! I was loving reading my book without him saying, "I am home for the day and all you are going to do is read your book?" Or the classic, "Turn you dang spotlight off and rub my head so I can go to sleep!" 
I married a real man! With his little tiny chain saw! We did dutchoven and it was heaven! I love camping. Sometimes I secretly wish we could just live in the woods like that and stay far away from the rest of the world.
My parents neighbors bought this tractor to help to build their house and they let Mike take the two little boys for a ride. They both had a blast and cried for another ride.
Next year it's off to 5th Grade! I can't believe it! They grow up way too fast! 
Gosh she's beautiful! This little lady is quite the "nerd." I might have called her one in school! She loves it though and so do we! She was on the Superintendent's list all four quarters this year! That means straight A's all year long! 
Mike and I were such proud parents sitting in the crowd watching her get all her awards! She is doing so good in school! I hope that she will always strive to do her best and make her education important in her life! I can't wait to see what the next few years bring!
I adore this picture! Track and Field Day was quite the success this year. All the kids had a blast. Even in the heat!
These shirts are awesome. They have each classmates handprint and their name on the front and the teachers handprints on the back. Such a perfect way to remember everyone!
Here are a few more friends. They are all such good little guys!
These are two of the best ladies I know! They are just amazing! Carter did so great this year and is ready to head to 1st grade. He learned so much and had an amazing time in this classroom. They spent so much time of their own making this year special for all of the kids. I don't know if you could find better teachers.... He was a lucky boy!
Here are a few of Carter's friends from his class. They are all silly little boys! Carter has good friends! 
This is Carter getting his diploma. The lighting in the cafeteria is not that great so you have to look super close to see him!
Isn't he so sweet and handsome standing there so still and quiet with his arms folded? It always makes me tear up a little to see how old and responsible he's getting.
Here's the handsome boy himself. I don't know a soul that doesn't just love this guy. We had such a fun night together. We almost froze our tooshies but we had a blast. I can't believe he is going to start 1st grade in a few days! I don't like it! I wish they could all just stay this age forever!
It's a very looked forward to event for all these cute little kids and their moms. All the kindergarten classes perform dances and songs and do the limbo for their moms. They also make the most fabulous mothers day book. They all have the best teachers! 
If you ask Gage or Carter what the name of our truck is they will both proudly say "Smokey." If you ask Gage how much horse power the truck has he won't waste a second to tell you "five hundred and twenty."(he does this in the most redneck way he can.) He can also tell you that it has a turbo that makes it "soooooo powerful we beat everyone in a race." When they want Mike to blow smoke at someone they all yell "roll the coal dad!"
Katlyn had to do a big project this year about something in Arizona that means a lot to her. She decided to do the Andrew Locy Rogers cabin. She and Mike worked and worked to make a cabin that looked just like the original. It really turned out perfect, and I totally spaced getting a picture of it. When they finished the cabin they decided that they needed the tree that used to be in front of the cabin. At Christmastime Andrew would sit in front of the cabin dressed like santa and give presents to all the kids. The tree is now in Mike's dad's house here in Snowflake. Very cool!
