fun with the Kings

We had such a great time in Utah with both of our families.

In the midst of planning a wedding Tyler's mom and dad somehow found the time to plan some fun family outings while we were in town. Thursday (the day after we got there) we went to Lagoon (amusement park) with the whole King clan. It has become a tradition with Ty's family and my kids look forward to it all year long. On the plane they were planning what rides they were going to ride with which cousins... so cute. Lagoon was great fun Lia Jax and Maggie all liked the rides this year! Hooray! Maggie was cracking me up with how brave she was...she rode everything she could go on and loved it. Tyler...true to form won tons of prizes for the kids...because you know, it's what dads do..I suppose. Huge thanks to Katie, Scott and Kiley for riding rides (Wild Mouse apx. 17 times!) with the kids all day, and Scott again for caring Lia around half the day because she had blisters on her feet! You guys are the BEST!

Friday morning we went to the temple with Katie and in the afternoon Jim and Kathy took us all fishing at the fish hatchery. My kind of fishing....every kid pulled out a fish in a matter of minutes! Big smiles all around. My grandpa used to take us to the same place when I was young and I still remember how much I loved it. After catching our fish we went back to Jim and Kathy's and had dinner... grilled fish for those who wanted to eat them, and Kathy's recreation of Cafe Rio salad for everyone else! So Yummy!

Here are some pictures of our fun with the Kings!

Jim (Tyler's dad), Tyler, Scott (new bro. in law)

Lia holding her cousin Emmett
Jim and Kathy and all their grandkids after fishing

tyler...not so much invited to the picture..just being silly

he looks like he's surfing for some odd reason

more fishing

some help from grandpa :)
and some pics from lagoon

Lia and Maggie

Tate and Jaxon...such cute buddies

brave maggie!

Maggie and her cousin Tanner

he was so sweet to her all day...holding her hand and going on rides with her...love it

getting wet..

if you look close you can see Grandpa Jim covering Lia

he's a sweetheart...he was completely soaked when the ride was over

Jax, Tate, aunt Kim, Tanner on the train

Thank you G. Jim and G. Kathy for all of the fun. Thanks to Ty's brother and sisters as well for arranging playdates and sleepovers for Lia and Jax while we were there.

They had such a wonderful time with their cousins! We love you all!