Anyone else see a pattern here??

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just because they're cute!

Happy 60th Birthday, Mom!

We had a big party for my mom's 60th birthday. We made a slide show of pictures throughout her life. It was fun to see pictures I'd never seen before of her. We also made a video of the grandkids talking about her. It was a fun little party!
Unfortunately I'm being forced into being in pictures...here is a picture of my whole family, 36 of us in all, or should I say 36 and a quarter! My sister in law Camie Jo is expecting in March!

rock climbing

We met Cody's parents and Leslie with her kids in Pocatello for a dinner picnic and some rock climbing. It was a good time! Corbett loves climbing! Here he is with his cousins Gabe, Matilda, and Jack.

spiderman!

I think I should get the mom of the year award...Corbett wanted to dress like spiderman, he instructed me on all the pieces of the costume he would need. I'm not a sewer but his mask resembles spiderman and he is so happy with it he's worn it for the past two days straight. He also has a toy spiderman with "wings" under his arms so he needed those as well. He's willing to wear a long sleeve shirt in this HOT weather so he can have his wings...the things that make kids happy!?!

Sorensen Family Reunion

We had the Sorensen Family reunion at Lagoon this year. The night before we had family pictures taken.




I didn't get to spend much time at Lagoon, I spent the day with the babies. I hear it was a great time. I did get to go for dinner and watched Corbett go on a few rides in the evening. Corbett loved it though!
And here's what Kennedy and Konrad did at Lagoon...

Food, Fun, Family, & Fireworks!

Above: Grandpa Sorensen (Cody's dad) with 5 of their 9 grandkids...or should I say 9 1/4 grandkids! Cody's sister Heidi is out from Virginia and this year they came out for the summer with the news they are expecting in February!!

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays...of course I love ALL holidays! This year on the 4th (3rd technically) we had most of Cody's family down for fireworks and a bbq! We were also celebrating my father-in-law's birthday. This is our sweet nephew Brode. He was braver than Corbett with the sparklers!

Cody's mom with our niece Kadence.

Heidi with a sparkler...

Bear Lake!

Every year my family goes to Bear Lake over the 4th of July. We camp at my aunt's cabin in St. Charles and spend a day on the North Shore. This year I spent most of my time in a trailer taking care of babies (we like to pull our trailers out to the beach so we have running water, bathrooms, fridges, etc). Cody went out early (like 7 am) on the boat and had a good time teaching our nephews to wakeboard. Corbett went out on the water rocket once and that was enough for him. He had a great time just playing in the water and sand.
Cody and Corbett in the tent, I got to sleep in the house with the babies!

We have a tradition at Bear Lake where we bring our full size shovels and make a sand sculpture every year. This year we made a jeep...
Cody is hard at work on the jeep!
This was one of my favorite pictures from Bear Lake this year. This is our cute nephew Coleman pulling his boat out!
Corbett had such a good time. It's so fun watching him grow up and be able to enjoy activities like this!

The best way to survive twins is the wait until your nieces are old enough to help. Thank goodness for all my nieces and nephews who are willing to hold my babies and take care of them! This is Kelsey with Kennedy and below Natalie with Konrad.