We also stoped by one of the parks I loved as a kid, Giant Springs. I took the kids there when I came up from California one time
so it was fun to take them back now that they are bigger.
It is such a pretty park I wish Billings would get one like it.
We then went up to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and learned about how they made it across what is now Montana.
We even had a few minutes to stop at the Veterans Wall to pay our respects to all of our men and women who have been in the military.
Of course we had to stop and look at the falls that are around Great Falls, on the way to one of the falls we got to see some wild life.
That weekend we also went to our daycare, they were having a three year anniversary party in the big gym. It was a blast and was even better when we ran into a friend of mine. My kids and her sisters kids played a little and really had a good time.
After words we headed out to Dads for a BBQ and the kids played the good old classic game of splash out. 
We were able to make it to the Home Depot activity for August and the kids made book ends for the project, which were just perfect as they are both into reading chapter books now so they fit in book ends much better then the other kinds. 
The next weekend we went out to the fair and that was a blast like always. The kids rode every big kid ride they could get on and we rode everyone with them. I am so happy that both the kids and Dave enjoy the big rides, it gives me excuse to get on them.
My sister, the four kids and me headed out one night to look around and it was so much fun, reminded me of when I was a kid and we would all go with our cousins.
We also made it out camping one more time, this time we headed out by Columbus and went to a nice little camp ground there.
The weather was perfect and it was so much fun. Cody got lots of fishing in and Emily got lots of playing in. My sister and her girls even joined us for a bit which was prefect because then Emily had someone to play with that didn't want to go fishing the whole time. It was going to rain one night so we came home early and hit the water slide park up with my sister and her two girls. I haven't been on a water slide in forever but it was a blast. We all had so much fun, we will have to do it again this winter. Last two weekends were full of races. On Sunday we took the kids to the rubber duck races, we didn't win any of the races
but the kids came home with brand new fishing poles.
I'm going to have to learn how to get the fish off a hook so we can take the kids fishing next summer, on second thought I think Dave needs to learn that so I don't have to touch the fish or hook. Then on the next Sunday we took them to the last day of the horse races, this is where we did much better at the winning part.
The kids each got to pick a horse in a few races and we placed a bet on them. We ended up coming home with almost everything we took and the kids had a blast. We had dinner last weekend with a bunch of family including my cousins husband who is getting ready to head overseas for a year. I would like to take a moment to thank him for keeping this country safe for his kids and for mine. If it wasn't for the sacrifices the military men and women and there family's make for us I might be able to sit here and wright with such freedom. We went to my sisters little girl Lexi's birthday party a few weekends ago, it is so hard to believe she is already a year old, where does the time go. The kids also started school this month, I cant believe how big they are getting. 
They are both in second grade already but so far they are likeing it. They had a big change a few weeks into school and put all the second and third graders into 3 mixed classes, I wasn't very happy with it at first but so far it seems to be working. We will see what the kids report cards look like next month to know for sure. Other then that change the kids seem to be doing very well, Cody is doing amazing with his math and his reading and Emily got a teacher that is really pushing her this year. We are going to have a great school year I just know it. In fact the cat has also decided to head to school for some fun.
Cody has decided to do boy scouts again this year so we got him all signed up for that and as soon as I get the patches up I will post up his picture with his shirt, Emily is doing girl scouts again and this year she moved up to being a brownie. It is crazy to see how my little babies are growning up to be such sweet and caring people. This weekend we have been out selling cookies for girl scouts and yesterday we went to Saturday Live. Its a fundraiser for the schools and alot of fun, there was tons of games to play and things to do and the best part was the weather was perfect.
We have been lucky to do a lot of simple things the last couple months like hang out with family, go on walks and whatever other random things we have had time to do. Here is the link to my facebook photo book that has all the fun photos of this summer, it was a blast of the summer and I couldn't have asked for something better.
