Our Summer

We had a busy and eventful summer- Ryan traveled here and there and the girls and I tried to swim whenever we could. We went to Starlight to see The Little Mermaid- after Disney World it's hard to impress these girls.  I love this pic because I can see the beginning of my baby bump.

My BF Jayme moved into a neighborhood with a fancy pool and slide.  All the kids had a blast all summer long.  It's been interesting to think about how different next summer will be with a 5 month in tow.

Ryan wanted to teach the girls how to play tennis- Emerson was a total rock star and would ask him all the time to go play.  I secretly think it was just so she could wear her new tennis shoes we got her for kindergarten.

Easton wearing her hair clips she calls her "rainbow gwel" hair.

At a friend's princess birthday party.

We went swimming at the "club" with Amy for my birthday- it feels like being on vacation.

Easton LOVED the diving board right away.

Emerson took a little coaxing but watching her little sister do it helped.

Amazing how a sprinkler can still keep these sweet girls entertained.

Montana

We took a trip to Montana over the 4th of July with Jonathan and Amber, my mom and the boys. We drove and on the way out it took us about 3 days because none of us had seen that part of the country before. We saw the Badlands, the Rockheads as Emerson and Easton call it (Mt. Rushmore), Yellowstone and Old Faithful. The kids really were great and being in a car for up to 8 hours a day wasn't as bad as we all thought it would be. I was about 8 weeks pregnant (!) so I didn't feel great but we made it work.

Once we got to Montana, we met about 15 or so family on the Braby side.  My cousin Dan and Susan have a beautiful cabin on about 750 acres so we were able to do lots of fun outdoorsy things the girls have never gotten to do before.  The landscape was beautiful.

The kids went rockclimbing on the property (there's literally a massive boulder the guys took the kids to.)

There was a lake nearby we went swimming in one day.

One of the last days we went horseback riding which was Ryan's first time.

My mom was showing off and almost fell off.

Emerson, not so much.

We spent a lot of time hanging out at the resort and swimming, it was awesome.

Emerson got reacquainted with her 2nd cousin, Maddie.  They had an absolute ball together.

My cousin Dan and my Uncle Howard took the boys out to shoot guns.  Very Montana.  Ryan's first time shooting a gun also.  How did this guy grow up on a farm and not do any of these things???

The last night night the kids put on a show for us- it was priceless.