Low Key

When we haven't been in Utah or Nebraska this summer, we have been pretty much chilling at home. We've taken in a baseball game and reintroduced ourselves to our pool.

Nebraska 2016

A lot of our family members were unable to come to the ranch this year, so it was a pretty small group relative to other reunions. Neal, Charlotte and Georgia's families were there, along with Daddy and Gail. We spent some time doing the regular things: tubing in the river and taking rides on the Kubota at sunset; gazing at stars and lighting fireworks; roasting marshmallows and playing ping pong. It was lovely!

Daddy has been renovating an antique chuck wagon (that likely was taken on many cattle drives in the American West). He turned a large portion of it into this incredible bed and I couldn't believe how gorgeous it was!

Testing out the lighting for family pics.

The porch. Many silly things happen on this porch.

Also a great spot for a quiet read slash nap.

Heading down to the zip line.

Such a fun addition!

Wading/tubing in the North Loup River, which runs along the southern edge of the ranch.

The fishers caught some pretty huge fish in the ranch's ponds!

Daddy and Gail with the grandkids in attendance. L-R: Miles, Audrey, Oliver, Parker, Tucker, Johnny and Emmaline.

Can't wait until next year! The ranch is so relaxing and remote, a great place to recharge.

Sundance Summer 2016

We always love spending time in the summer in Sundance. There's nothing better than cool mountain air and cousin time! We drove up to Utah together and then Neal flew home for the week while Audrey went to EFY with Mabel. The rest of us just did the usual Sundance-y things: hiking, resting, reading. The boys made good use of the basketball court at the base of the hill behind my parents' house and we were able to enjoy the beautiful baseball field at the Dastrups' amazing house in the canyon.

It was so fun to stop by cousin Meredith's house to see her new little guy, Tate! Oh he was delicious!

Pa and Bramma are having a squirrel problem, so the men and boys took things into their own hands. This was really fun to watch from inside the kitchen.

Breaking all the hiking rules is the Parker way.

This place was unreal!

As are Waffluv waffles. As usual.

One day, we took a trip up to the Olympic Park in Park City. They had lots of fun stuff to do; ropes courses, zip lining and extreme tubing. Super fun!

Audrey had to miss a lot of the fun because she was at EFY (which was also super fun), but she got to go back later in the month to spend time with all of her girl cousins!