Bear Lake '10

 This year in August, Kevin's family took a trip up to Bear Lake.  Kevin's uncle & aunt have some property up at bear lake right on the beach......it's a sweet pad they have there.  They have this big grassy area to set up tents, so we went camping for a few days.  

 It was a lot of fun just hanging out at the beach all day.  The beach is great because it is very shallow for a ways out so the kids came play in the water without you worrying too much.  The boys could have played all day& night........& they pretty much did.  Jackson would zonk out right before dinner & not wake up till 9 or so. 

 My niece Grace & nephew Mitchell

 My cute niece Caroline

Just chillin under the shade tents.  

 Kevin & his brother Kyle decided to ride their bikes one morning around the lake which is about 50 miles.  There they are in all their hot biking gear! 

 This is our lovely accommodation.  

 Our cute boys in the water!  They are really good at keeping their life jackets on.  Which makes my life a whole lot easier.  

 It was an awesome time up there.  I love being there.  The water was a bit cold, but we jumped in & went out on the tubes a few times.  The water is pretty up there.  Thanks for the fun time family!!

Ethan's 5th birthday

 For Ethan's birthday he wanted to go to Boondocks.  Lucky for me I joined their club & got a free all day pass for him on his birthday.......so off we went to Boondocks.  It was fun to be there with just Ethan.  Ethan's birthday was on a Friday....Kevin had to work & so I sent Jackson to my mom's.  

 We got there right when it opened & there was no one there for an hour or 2......so we could do whatever we wanted without waiting.  Ethan wanted to play mini golf.  We played both courses all the way through.  I was surprised that he wanted to keep going.  We did the go-karts a few time over & over....he loved it but he favorite thing was......LASER TAG.  

It was funny........ I asked him if he wanted to play & he said no.  I explained the game to him & told him to just try it.  I knew he would like it once he was playing......so I made him stand in line with me even though he wasn't too happy about it.  We got in there & he LOVED it............we played 4 more times.  After we were done with Boondocks, I asked him his favorite thing & he said Laser tag.  

He said, "Once I knew that they weren't shooting real guns I liked it!" Silly boy, I guess I forgot to mention that the guns were not real.  

Kevin came after work with Jackson & we played for a little bit on the jungle gym thing & did the video games.  It was a awesome day just me & my 5 year old! 

Happy Birthday Ethan!  It seems like yesterday we were driving to the hospital to have you.  

Time flies way too fast.  We love you very much & couldn't imagine life without you.  

We are excited to spend many more birthday's with you.  

Camping at Wasatch State Park

 At the beginning of August some of my family decided to go camping at Wasatch State park.  My brother has a trailer & my parents rented a NICE one......so we all went up there to spend a few days just chillin'.   

 One of the days we went to the lake & spent the day out on the boat tubing & having fun on the sand.  

 We had fun on the tube but Jackson wasn't too thrilled about the idea.....he just wanted to go back to the boat.  

Here are my cute niece and nephew on the tube.  

They had lots of fun playing on the small little boat ramp that was right there on the beach.  

 One of the days we walked around Cascade springs.  This is my crazy family.  

It was a fun little walk around. 

 I love taking family trips.  It was a fun time to just chill with the family.  

THANKS for the fun time.  

Boys Birthday

 I am WAY behind on my blog.  I'm in August & here we are almost done with November.  Oh....well....one day at a time.  This year on August 7th, we had a birthday party for our 2 boys with both sides of our family.  I combine them since their birthday's are only 17 days apart.  It seems a lot easier & they don't seem to mind at all.  

 This year we had it in our back yard.  It was great weather & everything turned out good.  It was a surf-beach party.  We had the kids come in their swim gear, had lunch & played games.

 For dessert we made sugar cookies in the shape of surfboards with everyones name on them.
It was pretty fun to do that!

 The picture above all the kids are playing a water game.  I took a water balloon, poked a small hole in it & had them pass it around while it squirted them.  I made the mistake of trying to poke a hole in the balloon over the kids & it broke right onto of my niece!! She wasn't very happy with me, as you can tell..... her big sister is comforting her at the top of the circle.......nice aunt huh?!?

 It turned out to be a great party.  I enjoyed planning it & having it.  The boys got A LOT of nice presents.  THANKS to all of you who came....it was great to have you all there.

 I'd say Ethan was pretty happy with what he got!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BOYS!! WE LOVE YOU & LOVE ALL YOUR ENERGY!!

My football hero

 A friend in our ward paints football helmets.  One of  Kevin's co-workers asked if he could get him to paint his sons helmet to the color of the team he was playing for.....he didn't want to spend the money to get a new one.  We had the helmet for a few days......& the boys LOVED it.  Kevin loves to play football with them & the boys love it too.  Here is my cute little Jackson getting ready to play.  SET......HIKE

Uinta High Adventure Camp

 Kevin went with the Young Men this year to the High Adventure Camp up in the Unitas.  He had a great time.  He loves all that kind of stuff.  

 This is the good looking group.  For their uniforms they decided to tie-dye shirts.  

I thought it was pretty cool.  

 There is my handsome hubby shooting clay pigeons, rockin' his shirt!

 I think that all the boys had fun up there.  I would too with all those activities......shooting, repelling, mtn. biking, mtn. boarding.....just to name a few.  I wish the YW would have done stuff like this growing up.....but now I know how to make rolls :)

Ethan sleeping

 Ethan is our craziest sleeper ever! We have a few pictures of him, since he was little, in weird positions while he sleeps at night.  This one is my favorite.  Who knows how he got into that position & stayed asleep?? Crazy Ethan.  

Jackson's 3rd Birthday

My little boys is 3 now! In the morning we went to got see Over The Hedge.  We decided to call my cute niece...Jovi......to come to the movie with us.  We meet Marilyn & Andrew there also.  It was fun, a dollar for a movie is not bad at all.  The kids really liked it.  

  When Kevin got home that night we headed off to Fat Cats for some bowling & dinner.  

 I think this is the first time the boys have been bowling....they had the bumpers up & the little rail stand.  

They had fun playing.  

 It was a great time......until about 4 fames until the end of the game I noticed that my little 3 year old was going to beat me.....I guess I need to step up my game.......well here is the results of me stepping up my game....

 ......The little turkey beat me!! I got beat by a 3 year old!! Wow.....never thought that would happen. 

 I guess that put me in my place.  Rematch time!! :)  Nice job Jackson! 

 After a humiliating game......for me at least........we went to the Pizza Factory for some yummy Pizza and Bread sticks.  I love their sticks....they are YUMMY!!

 When we got home we decorated Jackson's cupcakes.  I asked him what he wanted for his birthday dessert & he said little cupcakes.  I thought it would be better if they decorated them instead of me.  

They really had fun decorating them.

 Here is our cute birthday boy!!

 & the handsome brother.  

 It was a great day.  I am so happy to have my 2 boys! They make every day an adventure.  

Jackson~ We love you very much & are glad you came to our family 3 years ago.  Even though it was a roller coaster ride with you getting here.....it was well worth it!  You are a very happy & talkative boy!

We are excited to share many more birthday's with you.

Love You Forever!!