A Splashing Good Time!

Keira's Backyard Beach Birthday Party!

Let's get this birthday party started!

Sand pail party favors and beach cupcakes! The kiddos couldn't wait to get their hands on both of them!

Bikini/Speedo Beach Bear Cupcakes! Aren't these so adorable. I had fun making them:-)

The outdoor fueling station equipped with Capri Suns, water bottles, Otter Pops, Goldfish crackers, Swedish fish, Gummy sharks and beach gum balls!

Karsen, Brooke and the Birthday Girl in the pink pool!

The birthday girl going down the water slide! The kids LOVED this slide and could not get enough of it!

That's a lot of kiddos in such a small pool!

Karsen (Pilot), Nani (Co-Pilot) and Brooke in the tail seat flying away on the airplane teeter-totter!

Keira, Sidney, Ava, Yamie and Brooke!

Rhett and Talan Slip 'N Sliden!

Cayden enjoying the water slide!

Swimming and Sliding away!

Grandma Cindy and Miss Keira!

Otter Pop time!

Look at that bikini belly on cousin Lexie! So dang cute!

Beach ball parachute fun!

Wet-n-wild water balloons!

Tropical potato sack races!

Rhett couldn't get enough of all the yummy snacks! I let the kiddos eat as much as they wanted!

Yamie, Zoe, Keira, Brooke and Carson doing the Egg on a Spoon race in the wet and muddy grass! Fun!

Musical Chairs set to Beach tunes!

Hot Beach Ball the modified version of Hot Potato!

Then there was two left standing, Cassie and Keira!

And the winner is, Miss Keira the birthday girl!

Lunch time!

Pizza, chips, Capri Suns and a hot dog for Kallin (he's allergic to pizza)! Yummy!

Time to open gifts! Keira received a ton of barbies and some other great gifts. Thank you to Keira's friends and family for the awesome gifts!

Cupcakes, candles, Happy Birthday song and a wish!

Happy fourth Birthday, Keira!

Thank you to all the kiddos for putting on their bathing suits and board shorts and coming over to have fun in the sun at Keira's fourth birthday party! It was an extra special day because of all of you. Thanks to my sis, MacKenzie, for coming over the night before to help decorate. Also, thanks to my Mom, sister, Abby and friend, Kathrine, for helping me at the party with all 17 kids!
It was a crazy, but fun party!

International Wildlife Museum

Tucson's Natural History Museum


Grandma Cindy, the kids and the GIGANTIC Lion!




The museum is in a castle-like building!

Scat. Who does it belong to? Cayden got a kick out of all the animal poop!

Goin on a lion hunt! Gonna catch a big one!

Miss Caribou County!

Crocodile Dundee!

Mama Bear.

Is it an alligator or a crocodile? Whatever it is Keira doesn't like it!

Daddy Long Legs!

Kiss me Baby!

Grandma Cindy and Grandpa George's pets!

The Woolly Mammoth

The cutest animal of the day!

Visiting a museum full of over 400 life-like stuffed animal bodies and heads was quite the unique experience! We were literally in animal heaven and loved it! The museum also had some awesome exhibits of butterflies and other unusual insects that were pretty creepy! We went in the late afternoon and practically had the place all to ourselves! It was the perfect opportunity to let the kids run around like a bunch of wild animals! Thank you Grandma Cindy for taking us to the way cool stuffed animal museum!

Fantastic Fourth Grade!

Cayden and his end of the year "State Report Poster" for Social Studies. Cayden had fun creating his poster while learning all about Arizona. Cayden researched and wrote his famous Arizona person paper on Doc Holliday (Cayden loves Tombstone and its history)!

Cayden receiving his trophy from Mrs. Shaver at his fourth grade "Red Carpet" graduation ceremony.

Trophy in one hand, a root beer float in the other!

And the award for "AR Whiz" goes to Cayden Fryer! AR is a independent reading program that encourages students to practice reading. Students choose a book to read and after reading the book, the students take a computerized test on the book and earn points for various awards and recognition! Cayden rocked his AR goals all year, won numerous awards and lots of recognition for his hard work in reading! Go Cayden!

Keira loves attending her brothers class parties!

Cayden presenting Miss. A with her end of the year thank you gift!

Cayden and his super fourth grade instructional Aide, Miss Pat!

One last hug from Cayden's awesome fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Shaver!

Cayden and his former teacher, Mrs. Hershey!

Congratulations on a fantastic fourth grade year, Cayden!