Last Day of Montana Fun
Saturday was our last day of fun on the lake which was a bummer! This is Ricky and our brother in law Bill. He was out of town all week so this was the only day he got to play with us. We were so happy to have him home.
Emily, Briar & Ellie. We were there in the morning and it was still pretty chilly so the younger kids liked to wrap up in their towels.

Haley and Robin. Ashton totally pulled a Ricky. Ricky likes to jump in other people's pictures and make a silly face. Just as I snapped this picture Ashton jumped in with this cute face. We got a good laugh out of this picture.

Dalin, Ash, and Brax. They sat on the dock a lot in the morning as it was cold.

Ellie and Landon. Ellie lost her tooth the night before this and her and Landon were twins with missing front teeth. So cute!

The boys spend a lot of time this last day fishing. They never caught anything, but they had fun casting all day.

The water at this lake is crystal clear. It is so beautiful! We are standing on this area with lots of big rocks. It is about 6 feet deep so we would jump off and dive to the bottom. You could see clearly to the bottom and all around under the water. It was amazing!! This was one of your funnest days swimming!

Cedar City Fun!
We went to Cedar City a week ago for our Christianson reunion. It is always so much fun to go down and visit family. My Uncle Howard has a farm and we took the kids there to see some animals and ride four wheelers. It was so much fun!! This is my uncle getting some milk ready for a new calf whose mother won't feed it.
The kids thought it was so fun to feed them. The cow ate so fast, it was hard to get pictures.

This tractor provided some great entertainment for the kids. It is so funny to watch them have fun with things that are simple to a farmer, but a novelty to my kids.

The real fun began when Uncle Howard got out the four wheelers. It was so much fun!!

This was the hit of the afternoon. It was a six seater and the kids could not get enough of it. We drove them all around the farm which is really big and so pretty!

We went back to my Aunt's house for dinner and a fun game as a family.

This is the majority of the great grand children.

We played a white elephant game and I had to post this pic because it was so funny! He opened his gift and it was doggie diapers. It was so funny at the time and he was so emabarrased. I laughed so hard, I almost peed my pants!! Thankfully grandma had mercy on him and traded him her nose and glasses face. It was great!

Fourth of July!!
We had a GREAT 4th this year! I only put a few pics on my blog, but I put oodles on our Christianson Family blog. Go to that link on the side bar if you want the full fourth of july post!

School Fun Run- 5K
Today the school had its first 5k. I went and ran with the kids. It was so much fun! We walked and jogged on and off. Ellie ended up in the stroller most of the time, but she did well. Bradley had all kinds of energy and ran a lot. Burke wanted to run with his class so I didn't even see him. He took off like a shot and that was it!These were our official numbers!

They recorded all of their times and gave them otter pops. They really liked it!

Ashton is 5!!!
Ashton just turned 5! He has been counting down to this day for weeks and weeks! Ashton is so fabulous! He is so full of energy and life. He is my crazy child with no fear! He says the funniest things and he just makes me laugh. He is such a talker and does not like to be interupted until he is done. He is such a fun boy to have in our family!!
He loves this Buzz computer he got.This Cars wrestling match thing was a big hit with all of the kids. It makes noise and you can knock cars out of the ring. It is pretty sweet!

Ash was so excited about his cake! This is quite an accomplishment for me. I am not the cutsie or creative type so I was quite proud of myself!

For dinner we went to Pirate Island. This is very similar to Chuck E. Cheese, but pirate themed. It is really fun! He had so much fun running around getting tickets and cashing them in.

I love this picture!! Since Brad's birthday was 4 days ago, he also got a birthday ice cream

This was our server. He was great! They have to dress like pirates and talk like pirates. He was very Jack Sparrowish and he took great care of us. He called us all "captain" and "love". He made the night better for us!

Family Birthdays
We have 5 birthdays on my side of the family in May so we had a little party to celebrate! The birthday kids are in this pic with other eager cupcake eaters in between them. One of the birthday's is my mom, but she of course wasn't here because she is in New York on a mission.Ash would not smile until his candle was lit. I finally got a good picture of him.

Mason thoroughly enjoyed his cupcake as well as any others he could get his hands on!

The big excitement of the day was that we go a trampoline! The kids could hardly stand it they were so excited! I am excited to have something for them to do all summer. I will post more pics soon of the jumping fun!!