Cousin Celeste and Isabella give each other loves during Labor day weekend.

The boys get ready to take a ride of their life on "The Throne of Power" during Labor Day weekend. (Left to right: Hayden, Garrett, Josh)

Evan, the boy I watched this summer, took this photo of us as a family.

The boys enjoy a drink outside on the deck during the 4th of July holiday. (Left to Rigth: Isabella, Tyler, Garrett, Heyden, and Josh)

Isabella sits next to her cousin Kyla at the Poyfair lake house (July 4th weekend).

Izzy plays in the pool during the 4th of July break.

The adults get ready for some serious water skiing (July 4th weekend).

Isabella makes brownies.

Josh and I take a walk with Isabella and cousin Kyla at the lake.

Isabella has her backpack on and can't wait to go to school. It's too bad that she'll have to wait a couple of years.

Josh in Utah looking tuff on his friend Roy's Motorcycle.

All of the cousins posing for the "perfect" picture at the lake on Labor Day weekend.

Bella shares a hug with cousin Shaylee in Utah this summer.

Izzy just loves Grandma Draper.
Josh and Nikki goof off in Utah at our brother-in-law, Cameron's studio.

Uncle Cabe and Bella tell stories to each other in the car.

Jalene teaches Izzy the value of hard work.













Cousin Domique and Bella played so hard this summer. Isabella can't wait to go back to Utah and visit him again.











Shaylee and Isabella take a wagon ride with Aunt Jody. Izzy had a blast playing with all of the girls.












Great Grandma Draper and Isabella. Bella had fun snacking on grapes, watching the humming birds outside her window, and absolutely loved feeding the horses in the backyard. Aunt Hazel and Grandma sure know how to make this little one happy.







During the summer we all went to Nikki's parents lake house for the 4th of July and also for Labor Day weekend. It turned out that most of the family showed up too. We all had a great time visiting with each other, playing in the Water, Boating, singing Karaoke, eating yummy snacks from the magical refrigerator that never gets empty, and loads of other stuff. Celeste and Isabella had the same pajamas....how embarrassing (ha ha). They didn't seem to mind. It was fun to see all of the family getting to know each other more.

Our family was able to take a trip to Utah in August to visit Josh's side of the family. We had SO much fun. Time flew by so quickly. We wish we had had more time to see more people. One of Josh's sisters (Jalene) recently got married (to Kenny). It was nice to meet him as well as other "friends" of the family. We already miss everyone so much. We can't wait for another opportunity to make another visit.