4th at the Cabin

 

Just holding up tradition by heading to the cabin for a long 4th of July holiday weekend.

So much fun playing with cousins and grandparents!

On Friday the 5th, while hubbies were back at work in the valley, we dropped by my parents' neighbors who had invited all of us over to see their baby bunnies and chickens. It seemed kind of random to just show up with all our 9 kidlets but our children were in heaven (ok I was too—those bunnies were so soft and snuggly!)

That was definitely a highlight of our trip. And the neighbor just happens to be the guy who did the voice of Thumper in the original Disney movie Bambi. He was all too kind to give us a free autographed copy of the movie since he said he had tons of copies of it. Such a fun addition for us!

 We also popped over to this fun splash pad to get a bunch of wiggles out.

That night was the annual Oakley Rodeo. 

Getting dressed up for this is no small deal for these cute posers:

 

  I sent Joseph with everyone this year and stayed home with Brigg and Luke 

(the rodeo starts at 8:00 pm—much too late for those little dudes). I think they all enjoyed the nice cool temps and even though they got a little rain, they stuck it out to enjoy the awesome fireworks show at the end.

The night was a little crazy as we had arranged with the LeBaron family to be on a conference call with everyone as Neil and Ruth Ann opened their mission call. The call happened at 7:00 pm, just before my crew left for the rodeo, and we were all so excited to hear where they'd go. Turns out they are heading to the MTC really soon, August 5th, to prepare for their CES mission in Houston, TX. They will be heading up the institute program at a small college outside Houston and will serve for 2 years. Luckily they will be around for Bob's August wedding before heading to Texas but it will be so sad to have them far away for that long. It will be wonderful experience for them though, and we are already planning a family escape to go visit!