the gardens... finally!

No...we did not wear balloon animals to the gardens...
Last week, Tim's new school district had a carnival.
They seriously go all out!
Bounce houses, face painting,
balloon guys who make amazing creations,
all the high school mascots,
and about a dozen small carnival games...
Jace and Lady were in kid heaven!

Lady sporting her butterfly face paint,
matching butterfly balloon wings,
and balloon puppy dog.

Jace showing off the tiger face paint,
balloon sword,
and swordfish hat...hilarious!

The gardens at Thanksgiving Point are one of the places
we visit every summer with grandma & papa.
It was a perfect weather/picture day,
clouds and about 80 degrees...perfect.
With all that loveliness,
I tried for the perfect picture.
After about 25 shots,
I got the one above,
but the one below is my favorite!

Looking for frogs...

cousin love!

frog and snake huntin'

Little game of tag in the roses

Feeding the biggest koi fish I've ever seen!

Kenzie wanted her own personal photo shoot...
I'm still editing, but these two
are some of my favs!

love these kiddos!
and their silly faces make me
laugh right out loud!

my boys

me and my beautiful girls...

Kenz, Brit, & Hunter showin' the love

Summer, summer, summer!
I can't believe school start in two weeks.
I really need another month...or two...
but since that is out of my control,
I guess it's time to finish up
the back to school everything,
get new haircuts & backpacks
and start prepping for another school year.