Bingham Family BBQ and sleepovers!

We had a BBQ with the Bingham family at the beginning of August. My sister in law Tara and her family were in town and we thought that it would be fun to have everyone over. We had a great time in the good old AZ summer heat...

• riding the ponies

This was the first time that we rode Jewel. Ryan had been working with her to tame her a little. (When we bought her she hadn't been ridden in about a year and was a little bit stubborn.) Keely (Tara's 3rd daughter took the first ride because she had had some experience riding animals that buck). Happily though, Jewel did just great and all the work Ryan had put in payed off and she is now a "Jewel" of a horse and loves letting the kids ride her.

Ryden in his cowbow clothes... he LOVED every minute of riding!

Keely and Addilyn

Brookie and Chad

Addilyn, Elyse, and Ryan

Haylee riding all alone with no one guiding

Reece and Chad

Keely and Chad (the beginnign of the night when they first started working with Jewel!)

Skye

Bently, Chelsee, and Scott

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Max

Keely and McKayla

• eating yummy food (chips)

Jayden and Addilyn (loving their dorritos)

• chasing the chickens

trying to get the chicken

Skye, Max, Brookie, Caden, and Ryden

Ryden and Sparkles

• just enjoying each other
  
  
  Chad, Tara (holding Elyse), Kallee, Ryan and Haylee
  Clark, Dad, Tara (holding Kaysen)
  
  Derrick and Clark
  
  Karlee and Alan
  
  Clark, Kallee, Scott
  
  Karlee and Kallee
  
  Kallee and Keely
  
  My girlies (Thanks Kallee for taking such great pictures to document the fun!)

With all of the festivities, Haylee had her cousin Reece spend the night complete with matching pjs, late movies and snuggling with blankets on the floor! They are so cute and play so well together. Here are the little cuties... after I saw this picture I realized that my little girlies are growing up! Yikes... where has the time gone.