Mammoth Family Trip Extravaganza!

Our trip gift for Christmas 2011 

was an adventure week in Mammoth! 

Adventure with a capital A.

Wow, what a wonderful week.

We came up on the 4th of July.

So obviously we were sporting our red, white, and blue.

Small town patriotic parade? Count us in. Duh. 

(Don't worry Bear Valley. You are far superior.) 

Men spectating.

How cute are they in their matching stripes?

Red, white, and beard.

We are meant to be together on this day.

First bike ride of many. 

Graham is really starting to love his trailer. 

I promise we bought you a helmet, Grahamy.

We just forgot. And we got plenty of judgy glances.

How fun would this picture have been? Dang.

Trolly ride up to the Lakes bike ride. Cutsie Bells.

Twin Falls photo opp.

Love this man of mine.

So thankful for this best of friendship. 

So thankful for this dare devil and all the

 adventure-seeking she has instilled in us.

We love Mom.

Matchy slop braids. 

Wind blown.

Independence day BBQ means burgers, 

corn, and sparkler straws.

The best.

Let's fish the Owen's River.

Let's all catch fish.

Check it: 2 casts each, 2 fish each.

Boom.

Although our guided fly fishing tour 

didn't quite go as planned, Kyle caught a beauty!

It was pretty awesome. 

We hiked. Happy little campers.

Picnicing and bubbles. Graham you did SO great. 

You can't beat that smile. You just can't.

Think of all the places Jaffy has been with us...

BFFs.

Ok. This picture is to prove that we did it.

Carolyn, Chad, Zach, Caitlynn, Kyle, and I took the lift up to the tippy top of Mammoth Mountain and biked 

the treacherous, gorgeous, thrilling 

ride down to the Village.

There were crashes upon crashes upon crashes.

 There were screams. There were laughs.

Broken glasses, broken bikes, broken skin.

One of the best things we've ever done in our lives.

I told you, Adventure with a capital A.

Kyle's First Father's Day

Special day. Special men. 

Graham Thomas was dedicated at Living Grace 

so both sides of the fam were together 

on Father's Day this year.

It was SO fun.

A little corn hole action...

Of course it's June in Bakersfield. So a pool day was a must.

We played some mean water volleyball.

(It was just a little Winco guy!)

Kyle made bomb ribs! And Graham got his first taste...

Shots around the table. Classic.

This guy. Such a sweet, precious, incredible dad. Truly amazing.

Ok, family pictures galore. 

Ready. Set. Go.

Gang's all here! Not the best picture. 

But documented all the same.

And to top off the day...

At least he's smiling, right?

Happy Father's Day, Dads.

You are a gift from the Lord.

Memorial Day Getaway!

Caitlynn and Zach let us crash their friends weekend 

at the cabin for Memorial Day weekend!

By the end of the weekend we had been 

invited and accepted into the cult.

It totally snowed. Woops.

Meet Cassie and Chelsea. 

And Crazy Cait in the mid. 

Now jump to the last day...sigh. Beauty.

We had a picnic before us Underwoods said adios.

We were sad. We loved this fun filled weekend. Fast friends.

I love seeing new friends love on our son. It warms my heart.

Thank you Noah and Cassie for playing with the boy. And for a bomb dance party.

It was SO fun to have another little one around. 

Hi Amelia. Sweet thing.

Speaking of sweet...And looking a little bewildered.

Ridiculous that this is the only picture I have 

of Caitlynn and Zach from the weekend.

Love these best friends. 

Thank you for including us in your tradition this year.

We talked about how wonderful it was for days afterwards. 

That's real.

I am so thankful that the Lord has blessed you with wonderful, encouraging, understanding, hilarious, godly friends. 

It's a beautiful thing.

I cannot wait for him to make a million memories here.

Thanks little family for an amazing weekend.

We sang. We danced. 

We hid in the dark. We laughed.

We love the cult.

Can we come next year, too?