Once Upon a Trip to Bear Lake......

My mom's cute cousin, DeAnn invited our family up to Bear Lake with her family.  After a very rocky start (she rolled her trailer pulling it up Parley's Canyon) we all made it there safe.  We are so thankful that no one was hurt in the accident.  Miracles really do happen:)

On our first day, we spent it playing on the beach and making sandcastles.  The kids had a blast hanging out with Grandpa Tom all day.  He really is just a big kid at heart.  I'm not sure who had the most fun... him or them!

Clint lathering himself up with sunscreen. Think he has enough???

A trip into town for some famous raspberry shakes.

A MUST!

We did lots and lots of boating.

All three of my boys tried wake boarding this year.  It was so fun to see them all get up.  

  And lots of tubing....

My only complaint was the stupid mosquitoes.  I think we all came home with lots of bites. Poor Carter got bit on the arm and it swelled up and itched like crazy.  Poor dude!

Look at the size of that bump...

After a night of rough winds and big waves, our boat was pushed in shore a little too far and we couldn't have gotten it out without the help of this tractor.  We were so grateful these men came along.

 Every night this little creature and his friends would make their way through our campground. They freaked us out!  We were told that the skunks make the same path around the campgrounds every night.  They usually don't bother anyone but with our luck one of them would probably spray us if we got any closer. (I took this picture while standing on top of the picnic table.)

While we were cleaning up and getting ready to leave, Clint and Blakley climbed on top of the trailer.  She was so excited to be so high up.  Funny Girl!

 Wait a minute......

Was my mom there that trip????

Oh there she is! Glad we got at least one picture:)

Thanks for hiding behind the screen door mom. Silly Girl!

We had such a great time up there.  I really hope that we make it an annual trip with the fam. Love them all so much!  We really missed Cody and Wendy's Family though.  Maybe next year:)

Working Time

Tanner is growing up WAY too fast!  Seriously!!!  Where did my little boy go??? I swear he was just born not to long ago.  And now look at him.  Time is flying by and I'm not so sure I am liking it.

During the summer, we have given all of our kids daily and weekly chores that they had to do.  Tanner's weekly chores have included mowing the front and back yards. Which he is now a PRO! But recently he has learned how to trim the yards as well.  He has picked up on it really fast and does a good job.  I am so surprised (shocked really) that he doesn't complain when we ask him to do it.  Another fact that he is growing up....

  

The other day, one of our neighbors stopped by and told Tan that he does a really good job on our yard.  He also said that he would love to hire him to do his yard next year.  Tanner was beaming when he came inside to tell us.  He now has big plans to have people hire him for yard work next summer.  Yay! Maybe I can get him to make enough money to pay for all our fun plans next summer! lol  

It's hard work doing both yards in the HOT summer!

He's a Trooper though!

Now Tanner stop growing up so stinkin fast! Will ya?

Cub Scout Camp

Troy has been counting down the days/years till he could go to scout camp.  Tanner has gone for the last couple of years and had a blast.  He would come home and tell the other boys all about it and they would  get so excited  and couldn't wait till they could go.  Well, this year was Troy's year.  Carter gets to go next year!!!

Troy was lucky enough to have his daddy-o tag along with him!  I know that Troy LOVES having one on one time with his dad.

Look at the guy in the corner of the picture.  He looks terrified.  I love the expression on the his face!!  Guess Troy was kind of crazy with the bow shooting:)

These boys came home soooo dirty but they had HUGE smiles on their faces:)

My favorite little girl!

Can I just say I LOVE this little girl!!!

I am so LUCKY to be able to be the mom to this little one.  She is such a cutie pants.  She definitively is a keeper. She has everyone in the family wrapped around her finger and can pretty much get us to do whatever she wants.... Boy, are we going to be in trouble when she grows up:) 

Love you baby girl!

Pinewood Derby

 Troy had his very first pinewood derby.  He was so excited to work on it with his dad.  He came up with the design all by himself.  I think he had a rocket ship in mind when designing it.  He worked so hard on that cool car of his.

The only problem was his silly parents didn't read all the instructions to find out that the car could weigh up to 5 oz.  The more it weighs the faster it goes.... Who knew?!?!  His car weighed in at 3.2 oz.  Needless to say, our little man's car didn't take first place.  I think he was a little bummed.  But, we still had a fun time watching all the races.

 Good Job Troyster!

Love you Buddy!

Cousin Time = Fun Time

Bentley and Kenli came over and spent the weekend at my parent's house while Cody and Wendy went away for a fun vacation to Canada.  (btw, totally jealous of them)  Living next door to my parent's, means that we got to see them all weekend long too.  Blakley couldn't have been any happier:)  She LOVES cousin time! 

These kiddos were so funny.  They couldn't get enough of the pool and the slip-n-slid.  We would get them all dry and in new clothes just to find them wet again.  But when they were actually in their swimming suits they would stay away from the water and just play in the sandbox or on the swing set.  Silly kids!  

Lagoon

Clint's work party was held at the one and only

The party happened to land on the same day as his marathon.  So what does he do??  Runs the marathon, takes a nap and then heads to Lagoon for the rest of the day/night.  The kids were so looking forward to it.  I was still recovering from my surgery (another post) so I decided to stay home and let my dad have my ticket and go up with them.  Cause come on who loves a theme park more than my dad???

Shane, Brooks, Benson, Cody, Wendy and Bentley all went to the big shebang too!  From what I heard, everyone had a GREAT time!

Thanks

Utah Valley Marathon

He did it again!

26.2 miles

This was Clint's 2nd marathon this year.

I am so proud of him!

This was about 1/4 of a mile away from the finish line and it looks like he could run another 5 miles.  Really babe??? Can't you make it look like it was a little hard for you???

Finish Time 3:58

Clint and Brent

So glad that it is over!

(June 9, 2012)

Last Day of School......

School is finally over.  Yay!! Yay!! Yay!!  Not sure I can say it enough.  We are so excited to be done with school and for summer to begin.  No more going to bed early and no more waking up early.  Yay! We love summer!

My little boys are growing up so fast.....

Tanner's last day of 5th grade

 Troy's last day of 2nd grade

Troy's class made these tie-dyed shirts to wear for the last day.  They were all so colorful:)  He came home with everyone's signature on it.  What a fun way to finish off the school year.

Carter's last day of 1st grade

Carter and his little fake smile:)

We have a whole list of to-dos for the summer!

camping

swimming

Lagoon

picnics at the park

zoo

sleepovers at grandma's house

movies

Trafalga

boating

sleepovers with cousins

going to the library

lemonade stands

slip-n-slides

watching daddy at his races

bike rides

bees games

blaze games

Now lets see how many we get checked off!