von Niederhausern Family

Annual 4th of July bash at Fred and Norma’s house…we ate yummy food, watched the fireworks, watched “Kung Fu Panda” outside…this is my favorite party of the year

Trip to “The Place” in Driggs, Idaho with Steve’s family…the biggest windstorm I have ever experienced one night…many tents were ruined but it was fun watch Mother Nature unleash her fury…we got to see the old schoolhouse where Grandma Norma went to school as a young girl…Ava and Lauren drew pictures of their favorite parts of the trip…Ava said her favorite thing was seeing the hot pots in Yellowstone…Lauren said her favorite thing was having a bonfire at the cabin

24th of July reunion at the farm in Pocotello Valley…all of the Whitney siblings were in attendance…we slept-over at our farmhouse and had great fun shooting fireworks, eating, watching Forever Strong…in great Whitney style my dad got an “event grill” that I think could cook 70 hamburgers at once…below are pictures from both events

Cache County Fair…there’s nothing like the fair to take us back to our farming roots!…my brother Jacob and his lamb, Richard, won first place in their class for Showmanship and second place in another category I can’t remember right now…Ava, Lauren, Lily, and Meg all got to walk Richard and Dolly around the ring in the Pee Wee Show and received a blue ribbon and $3 for doing it!

Ava and Rachel’s  first violin recital…Emly Harvey is our teacher…the recital had a western theme and I was so worried about finding Ava cowgirl clothes to wear…it turns out only about four kids wore western gear and the rest wore skirts, there was even one child in capris and flip-flops…and that pretty much sums up my life…I usually worry WAY to much about things that DON’T matter!…Ava did two numbers with another little boy named Tyler, they plucked the “Ant” song and used their bows to show Up Like a Rocket, Down Like the Rain, then Ava played “Here We Go”…Aunt Emily gave Ava the violin pin she is wearing in the photo…Rachel played “May Song” and was by far the oldest student…