July 2018

July 4th - Parade in Idaho Falls.  Blake, Courtney, Ryder, Molly and I found a spot behind the fence at an elementary school.  Jared and Nikelle were in the parade with Miss Bonneville and Miss Hillcrest.  Jared was a good sport to let them put a crown on his pickup.  It was a fun parade, the kids loved it.

After the parade, we went to Jared and Nikelle's house for some hamburgers and fun.  Molly and Ryder had fun playing baseball and jumping on the tramp.

While we were celebrating the USA, Brian and his family were taking a little trip in Canada.  They had fun hiking, and even got to ride a horse.

July 6th - Boating at Blacktail.  Blake went with Randy, Courtney, Ryder, Jared, Nikelle and Molly.  They all love the boat.

July 7th - Mini Golf in Pocatello.  Blake and I went with Randy, Courtney and Ryder to a mini golf course in Poky.  We had a great time. Ryder thought it was fun to run and put his ball in the cup.  I got a hole in one on the first hole.  Blake and Courtney got one on different holes.

July 8th - Sunday dinner -- Everyone came for Sunday dinner.  The kids love the swings.  Such a cool thing that 4 of them can swing on one swing.  Everyone loves Jared, too.  How many people can sit on Jared?  Looks like 6!

July 13 - Jared took his little family camping at Lake Walcott. Molly loved fishing with her little pole.

July 14 - Blake, Randy and I met Jared, Nikelle and Molly at Lake Walcott, it was a beautiful morning for being on the lake, no other boats and no wind.  

Brian, Celia, Maden, Annie and Clark went for a hike in the Darby area.  They said it was beautiful, they even found a dog.

July 21 - Party at Dr. James cabin in Island Park.  This is always such a nice occasion.  Dr. and Mrs. James are the best hosts, and their cabin is so beautiful.  Celia and Annie did a little swimming and canoeing. Maden loved the tube behind the boat, Annie got on it too. Jared was camping just across the lake, so he boated over and brought Molly and Nikelle to Dr. James cabin for awhile.  Molly and Clark liked going for a 4wheeler ride.

July 22nd - Cindy and Ken came! And we celebrated my dad, Paul Chambers or Grandpa Chin Choppers' birthday.  (His birthday is July 21st).  The kids love to have birthday cake and candles, they were all playing on the bed, and the triplets watched some Mickey Mouse downstairs.  Of course, there had to be a good game of Egyptian Rat Screw with a lot of yelping, and slapping.

July 23rd - We went fishing at the Pocatello Pond, but didn't even get a bite.  

July 24th -  We went to Rexburg Raapids.  Maden loved the lazy river, I think he probably stayed in there the whole time.  Molly is really a fish, not a little girl, she absolutely loves the water.  We all a fun time.

July 25th - We had some bubbly fun! The kids loved the leaf blower bubble maker.  Annie would make a huge pile of bubbles and the others would jump into the pile.

The driveway looked like a crime scene where Cindy and Annie traced themselves.  Clark and Ryder thought they were funny to put their stroller and trike up on the ramps.  While we were having bubble and chalk fun, Molly was being pampered.  She got her hair and nails all done.  Poor Brian had to put in a long day at Parkway, we even had to eat without him.

We got to take some Family Pictures!  We went over to the McClellan's wonderful back yard. It was the perfect setting for pictures.  We just used our iPhones, and had my mom and Nikelle's niece take the pictures.  They turned out so good, everyone cooperated so well, the lighting and setting were perfect.  I love that we included the Brody Bear!

Blake and I with our precious Grandkids.

I love these little humans so much. They all have such different, fun personalities.  It's so funny that they are all saying "cheese".

These four really hate pictures! But, they were very good sports.  Cindy told them to show their guns, that turned into a circus of sorts.

Blake and I with our 4!

Our 4 and their other halves.  This was a new group that we hadn't done before.  I like it! 

Diana and Blake

Ken and Cindy

Annie, Celia, Clark (with Kitty), Brian and Maden

Randy, Courtney and Ryder

Nikelle, Jared, Brody Bear and Molly

My parents - Paul and Beth Chambers

All the girls.

All the boys.

After the pictures, the kids were so glad to be able to play on McClellan's cute little playground.  It was a great reward for being so good during the pictures.

July 26 - Fun at Grandma Great's house.  We met up at Helen's house, and Courtney had fun taking the kids on scooter rides.  Annie is really good with a hula hoop, me not so much, for getting bad pictures of her with the hoop.

July 28 - I love getting all the pictures printed and in their frames! They turned out so good!

July 31st -We found Jared working in Blackfoot!

June 2018

June was a busy month for us.  We started the month off by going to Annie's T-Ball games and Maden's Machine pitch games.  The T-Ball games were hilarious.  This is Annie in her very first game, it just happened to be at the same time as Maden's, so I took Annie to her game so Celia could coach Maden's team.

The triplets had a great time running and playing during the game.  Celia and Maden came after Maden's game, Brian got there for the end of Annie's game, everyone enjoyed a snow cone.

Blake and I took a fast little trip to see Cindy and Ken for 3 days in June.  Blake and Ruckus met for the first time. Their new home is really nice. All the cats came and found Blake at one time or another.  Cindy and her dad both have to snuggle in a blanket if there's air conditioning on.

We went for a ride on the Saugatuck Dune Rides, that's always a fun little excursion.  We hid (or I should say Ken hid) some "Brody Rocks" up on the top of the sand dune.

Later, after enjoying some great Pizza at Silver Beach Pizza, we played some entertaining games. Yes, those are little tiny pigs we were playing with.

Saturday, June 9th we watched Ken and Cindy and a couple of friends do a crossfit workout in their garage, lets just say that I would be dead if I did what they do.  Then we took the cans and bottles back to get the refund, that's always one of Blake's favorite activities.  We took a drive down to the beach and were amazed at how little beach there is. We are not sure why the water has risen so much in Lake Michigan.

Blake and I celebrated our 40th Anniversary on Saturday, June 9th.  Cindy and Ken treated us to dinner at the Bread Bar.  That makes two years in a row that we've celebrated our anniversary with Cindy and Ken. 

All too soon, our little holiday with the Mantei's came to an end.  Blake had to hug on the dogs for a bit before we could leave.

Then it was back home to more ballgames.  Molly and Clark have a great time running and playing.  If you look close, you'll notice Annie is wearing a little bit of unconventional baseball footwear.

We made it to some of Maden's game that day too.  I wasn't as good at getting pictures of Maden as I was Annie.  The fence made it harder.  But, I did get some cute pictures of these cute triplets.

Another day, and two more ballgames. Made for very entertaining days.

We got to have Molly overnight while Nikelle went to Logan, and Jared was working.  I had fun curling her hair.

On Saturday, we took Molly and Ryder to a Jump place in the Pineridge Mall in Pocatello.  They had a blast, and ran from one jump thing to the next.  Molly was brave from the minute we walked in, ad she was able to help Ryder become brave too.

We came back to Blackfoot, went to Cal's, Rupes, Keslers, and Jensen's Grove.  They posed so cute for the picture in front of the pretty flowers.

On Monday, June 18th, this little Clark turned 3!

We celebrated Clark with a Pizza party, presents and the ultimate Krispy Kreme Donut cake.  Love you Clark!

June 19 found Blake, Randy and Ryder fishing at Ryder Park in Idaho Falls. Then, more ballgames.  These pictures of Annie's game is a perfect representation of how funny the games are! 

On June 20th, Nikelle and Jared had a Celebrate Brody Party.  We ate yummy food, painted Brody Rocks and the kids jumped on the tramp. We sure miss and love our little Brody.

We got some cute pictures of the triplets now that they are all 3 years old.

We worked hard at getting a good picture of these 5 little grand ones.  These are the best ones.  At least they were all happy and no one was crying.

Blake took Ryder to Jensen's Grove, Blake fished, and Ryder had a great time throwing rocks into the water.

Saturday, June 23rd was an interesting day.  The day started early when Blake took me to the Idaho Falls Airport to catch a flight.  I was heading to Myrtle Beach, SC for a Chambers reunion.  No one else from the Purcell Family could go, so I went solo.  After Blake dropped me off, he went to Brian's house for a little while, then he went to the Cemetery to release balloons for Brody's birthday.  They also did some other activities including Texas Roadhouse and a hot tub party.

Blake, Jared, Nikelle, Molly, Brian, Maden and Clark drove to Lava Hot Springs to go swimming, but it was way too busy, so they came back to Pocatello and went fishing.  The kids, and it looks like Nikelle, loved it!

Sunday July 24, Blake went up to Brian's after church and took a little spin on the newest motorcycle.  After we went to church in Myrtle Beach, we played a not so newly wed game, and a how well do you know me game.  Then, we went down to the beach and took a group picture, this is about 1/2 of my parents family.  Blake and I were 1900 miles apart for the week.

Monday found Blake at Texas Roadhouse again, and me playing on the beach.  We stayed in a house a block away from the beach.  It was perfect for us, and the beach and water were too.  This is my mom, Beth Chambers and I, then there's a picture of many of the kids playing in the water, and my mom and my sisters Lynne and Shauna and me enjoying the water lapping up where were sitting.

Tuesday Blake had to work, and wear a hat he hates. I had to go see some alligators and turtles and leave a Brody Rock at Huntington Beach State Park. I also had to spend some time at the beach, poor me.

Wednesday, Blake took Ryder to Pocatello.  The fish were not biting, so they waded in the water.  The Chambers clan went to Charleston, SC.  We took a carriage ride and learned a lot about the history of the city.  We ate at Bubba Gumps.  I ate 4 different kinds of shrimp.  It was very good.

Thursday was another beach day. In the evening some of us went to the boardwalk in Myrtle Beach.  It was a full moon and was beautiful.  The top picture is from the window of the room where I stayed, the bottom left and center pictures were taken from the boardwalk.  The right one was taken from my room window about midnight.  It was so bright, it seemed like the sun was shining in the window.

On Friday, June 29th while I was flying home, Blake tended Molly so Nikelle could go judge a pageant and Jared could work.  He got some really cute pictures of Molly and Ryder.  They went to the jump place again, then after naps he went to meet Jared at...yep you guessed it, Texas Roadhouse, then he came to pick me up at the airport.

Saturday, June 30, Jared, Nikelle and Molly came down, we went to Walmart, went for a bike, trike and 4Wheeler ride, and played on the swing.

It was celebrate Blackfoot days, so they had fireworks in the evening.  We did our own little show in the driveway before going down to the green belt to see the big firework show.  Molly got to wear one of my jackets to stay warm, she called it a dress coat.  It was a fun day, and a fun month!