Big Horn Mountains, JC Burgers, Playing with Cousins ~June 24th to 29th


On our way home from Lovell we drove over the Big Horn Mountains.  They were beautiful and we were lucky enough to see several moose along the way.






One of the kids favorite activities is watering the flowers every morning with grandma and grandpa. On this particular morning the kids had extra fun with grandpa and got slightly wet. I loved watching them laugh and enjoy the water from a safe distance on the front porch with grandma.




Grandma often takes us to JC Hamburger, a burger joint owned by her friends.  The kids love the ice cream, especially the "baby" ones. We also enjoy the burgers, chicken nuggets, and seasoned fries.



We also liked taking JC Burger on the go and meeting up with Uncle Lane and his family at a park. We love cousins. It was pretty hot, so we didn't stay as long as we wanted to, but we'll take any amount of time with cousins.








This handsome fella is my nephew Easton. We attended several baseball games for my cousin Cody and men's softball league games with Uncles Chad, Brian and Lane playing. Audrey and AJ's favorite part if the games were the Icee push-ups and playing in the dirt.



They were really desperate to watch a show since they all gathered around a small DVD player.

The "beach" nearest Casper is Edness Kimball Wilkins park.  We had a great time there with Aunt Jessica, Jordan and Finley. Aaron especially loved trying to catch small fish with a bucket.  Aunt Jessica got the idea to use a net that held some toys and then they started catching lots of fish. They kept the fish in a bucket. When we left Aaron gave them to a group of kids there on a field trip since they were having a hard time catching their own fish. 





Grandpa bought some Snakes and Smoke Bombs for Aaron and cousin Cael. We weren't able to do many fireworks because of all the fires that were around the area and in Colorado.


AJ was really happy when his little cousin Finley would laugh and smile at him.  We definitely have some cute baby cousins in Wyoming.


Audrey had some serious fun at cousin Bella's birthday party. The girls made some beautiful flower clips for their hair and painted flower pots. But Audrey's favorite part was jumping on the trampoline with Bella and Aaron while the sprinkler was on underneath.  




Audrey loves spending time with her grandma and grandma somehow manages to keep up with her. She is pretty amazing!!

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