And then there was August

We started August with a visit from Auntie Bethany...and decided to brave the 100+ degree weather at the LA Zoo (craaaazeeee...oh, wait, it was my idea.)  We also watched A LOT of Olympics.

 

 

Of course we enjoyed general horsing around and playing house.

 

And lots of time at the beach.  Especially with visitors.  Here is Isla with cousin Sydney (well, 2nd cousin? I'm not sure.  She's my cousin's daughter...what does that make them?)

 

And actual cousin Annie.  (Somehow I didn't get many pics of our week with the Shepperts!)

 

We did have a HUGE event before we left for Utah...but that's another post.  So then we went to UTAH!  Here Grandma whipped out new dresses for Isla and Kenzie (according Isla's exact choices). 

 

And we all pretended to camp by roasting marshmallows in the back yard.

 

Campbell was reunited with Grandma's awesome K'Nex collection.

 

And we went on a bug hunt...a BIG success!

 

We did SOOOO many more things...but, alas, we had left our camera at my Mom's house and these were the only pics we thought to snap on our phones.

 

We were there for sweet baby Tate's blessing and got this great pic of all of the (current...we're expecting 2 more cousins pretty soon!) Madsen cousins.

 

 

Then we had to pack up the van and wave goodbye.  They look happy...but they were really bummed. Isla kept saying the whole trip, "This is a GREAT vacation!"