A few months ago Jeramy and Rebecca called to say that they were going to make a summer trip to Utah for a visit. It had only been THREE YEARS!!! Rebecca got some cheap flights from Charlotte North Carolina to Utah. So she says cheap, I know it had to be a sacrifice on their part to make the trip. They arrived on the 4th of July. We all went to Ash and Dave's for a barbecue and then off to the Pleasant Grove Junior High for some 4th of July fireworks.
The cousins reuniting. They were all so excite, Jake, Keagan and Lily could hardly wait for them to get here. Isn't it amazing how they can not see each other for years but as soon as their together again it's as if they had never been apart. Rebecca and the kids were here for about three weeks and Jeramy got here the last week of July. Rebecca and the kids traveled a lot of Utah as well as Idaho while they we're here. I've never meet anyone with so many friends as Rebecca and Jeramy! I mostly have pictures of them after Jeramy arrived. While they were here Rebecca attended a wedding dinner for some friends of hers, she was actually their match maker and responsible for their getting together. They gave her a very LARGE trophy which had to be carried back on the plane. Must have made for a great conversation piece! I will have to leave the rest of the story for another blog because it is quite a lengthy and detailed story!!!
One of the first things Jeramy wanted to do with the kids after he got here was take them hiking up where he use to hike as a kid, just up above our house to what we called the falls and Tarzan's bath tub. It has been a lot of years since I hiked up to the falls but I decided it would be fun to tag along.
Isaac is a fun 9 year old. He has grown up so much in the last year since we had seen them.
The gang chillen in Tarzan's bath tub:-)
Brynlee and Jaron.
One of the falls. We couldn't go all the way and see all the falls because you have to cross over some logs going across the water to get to the opposite side. There was more water then usual this year. The water was washing over the logs and with the little kids we didn't want to chance it. Well, if truthful be known I think it was because they had Nana who already had bift it and almost gone into the water. Jeramy had to grab me or I probably would have.
Another day while Rebecca was off to lunch with her friends, Jer, the kids, Lily, Keagan, and I took off for some fun in the sun and COLD water to the Alpine splash pad.
Hayden
Lily and Brynlee.
Our crazy fun loving Jaron! Their last Saturday here we had a family barbecue and water games at our place. We started off with a squirt gun fight.
I think they turned out well with that many people in the photo. Teresa, Doug's daughter wrote me and said just think gram if me and my family and Josh and his family would have been there as well. I really wish they could have been it would have been great! Maybe some day. Samantha and Aubrey did a good job with everyone. They did one of the whole group and then did family groups and individuals.
The kids always want to take a silly picture. They think that's great!!! Another silly ones with the grand kids and us as well. 
The last time my kids had a picture of just them was at Ashlyn and Dave's wedding.
The four girls wanted their picture taken together. What beautiful girls!!! Although I wish I would have had one taken of just the boys also.
Even though this is a silly one of Jer and Bec and their family I love it because it is so them!!! Just always having fun together and being wild and crazy:-)
I think Aubrey and Samantha did a great job. If you looking for a photographer I highly recommend them. If you go on the internet you can find them under everylittlemomentphotography.
Then we played Beach Ball Volley Ball, even the little kids could play this.
This is Tandy sliding home. We played water base ball. First base was a kiddie pool. Second base was an ordinary base. Third base was another kiddie pool and home was a slip and slide. At first some of the older kids thought it wouldn't be cool to get wet but it didn't take them long to warm up to the idea. I think two of the biggest kids enjoyed it the most and made it more enjoyable and fun for the rest of us...that was Jeramy and Rodney.
I think this was Rod sliding in home after Keagan trying to get her out. But it turns out she was SAFE!!!! Last but not least to top off the day we ended with a shaving cream fight!!! Yep you read it right ...a shaving cream fight.
Lily...Let the fun begin!!!!! We had the shaving cream fight years ago when Lily was to little to really get involved. First thing she said when we were planning what we would do when the cousins got here was, "Can we have a shaving cream fight? This time I'm old enough to play. (I'll have to post some of the first pictures as well.)
Uncle Rod...Oh yeah! 
The group shot after. Papa wanted to make sure that the kids had some fun games to play so that hopefully they would have some wonderful memories of our time together as a family. 