McCall, Idaho in September

In September we were able to take a little family vacation to McCall, Idaho. A guy from church has a cabin on a lake up there and he let us stay there. The weather was BEAUTIFUL!! I wasn't sure if we would be able to go swimming because it was September, but the water actually felt really good... a little on the chilly side, but I was hot enough to want to jump in.
The girls loved playing on the dock. Jared chased them around for a long time on the dock. At one point I jumped in the water and swam each of the girls from the dock to the shore. It was fun acting like I was saving them.
It was so nice to just relax as a family. I think it was both mine and Jared's favorite family vacation ever. It was the first time we didn't have a set schedule or anywhere we had to be in a really long time. We went to the store that night and bought pizzas and popsicles for dinner.
We had heard about a hot springs so we decided to go to that the next day. It was a really interesting place... I felt like I was going back into the early 1900's. It was very rustic, but SO nice and relaxing! I'm not sure if I've ever been to a hot springs before, but I definitely want to go again. The weather was perfect because there was a little breeze so when you got out you weren't freezing, but not dying hot either. The kids had a lot of fun. We were pretty much the only people there and it was so nice.
Thinking back on this trip makes me want to do it again. This trip goes down in history as one of the great ones!

4 Little Girls

One day I put a Baby Einstein movie on for the girls and came out to see this. They were all staring intently at the screen. It was too cute. It was probably at the end of the day in the summer:)

I just love getting the girls dressed up on Sundays. I didn't get one of all the girls smiling, but you get the idea. I love having 4 girls.

Heber Valley Camp

While we were in Utah in August we had our Pratt family reunion at Heber Valley Camp. It was SO much fun! We stayed there for 2 nights. I love going in the mountains! It's so pretty up there. There weren't very many people at Camp Heber so we were able to go on the zip line a couple times. Madeline, Aliza and Rachel even got to "fly". It was really fun having most of the family together. Julie was even able to come up last minute from Texas. After our time at camp was done we went to "The Pratt Ranch" in Duschene, Utah, and then to Starvation Resevour for a little swim. Elizabeth and I swam for a while in the cold water. It felt SO refreshing! During the week we were also able to go to BYU and walk around campus. Such good memories! Go Cougars!

Utah in August -Smith's

In August we went down to Utah again for a couple family reunions. My grandparent's celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, my dad and sister had their 50th and 17th birthday, and we had a Pratt family reunion. I made cakes all weekend, which was crazy, but they turned out well. It was fun being able to be there for the momentous occasions.

Rachel's 2nd Birthday

I didn't realize until last night that I never blogged about Rachels birthday... oh more than three months ago... oops! Rachel is obsessed with babies, so she wanted a baby cake. I really like how it turned out! The girls all love dressing up, so for the outfit Rachel is wearing is the dress-up dress she got for her birthday. She's such a cutie. We love her lots!

Our trip to Utah in July

In July my sister Brianna left on her mission to Texas, so we headed down for the 4th of July weekend, and were able to stay the next weekend for Jared's 10 year highschool reunion. We celebrated Aliza's birthday with the Jared's family (it was also Jared's dad's birthday) and spent the rest of the week running around Utah County. We were able to go to the Okur Mountain Utah Temple open house with Jared's mom and afterwards went to the Dinosaur Museum and the Animal Farm. It was a very fun day.


Sometime during that week we also celebrated Jackson's birthday by going swimming and having a little party afterwards. We had a lot of fun on our trip to Utah.

Rachel puts Diaper Rash Cream on her Baby Doll

Rachel was a little too quiet while we were watching a football game. When we checked on her this is what we found.