Family Reunion Craziness

I have given up trying to load pictures in the correct order so here is our family reunion in no particular order :)
Our family goes to a cabin called The Pinnacles, it's past Strawberry and we have a blast up there every year.

We always launch balloons and this year I got to be part of the crew filling up the balloons and it was quite the wet and funny experience. If you notice Dan's hat, my parents all gave us red,white, and blue hats to wear to help us remember my bro-in-law Sam who is serving in Afghanistan right now. We really did miss him a lot, and can't wait for him to come home soon.


Evan in Davy's Mexican wrestling mask... yes my brother is werid, but it's okay, I like him that way- most of the time ;)


Christmas in "July" even though this year it was in August. We wait to exchange family presents when we are all together instead of shipping them off during Christmas time. It is always funner to watch someone open the present you gave them.


My mom had these cute little foam animal hats the kids just loved. They would trade all the time and play like they were the animal.


More balloon launching (one again, blogger picture upload-not a fan)


We made marshmallow guns! It was so fun, here is Christian sweet gun


The pipe waiting to be cut.


We also played kick ball where the bases are chairs and you have to sit in each one before you can run to the next base. It was so fun


Dave and Lara brought stuff to make hemp bracelets/anklets/necklaces. Of course the ladies loved this :)


More marshmallow guns. For reals if you want to see grown men run around and laugh like kids, make marshmallow guns. They split off into teams and shot each other till every one was feeling light head from blowing so many marshmallows. It was quite the clean up but worth it, so fun!


There is a little stream in front of the cabin and the kids imaginations went wild. This year they all found poles and tied on long leaves to them to make fishing poles. They would fish for hours.


And if the marshmallow guns were not enough.... we also made a potato gun which made a nice resounding Boom every time we fired it.



And of course we can't forget the tire swing. Evan loved it but I have to say the kid who loved it the most this year was Little Kirk, he could have swang the whole time and it still wouldn't have been enough.


Christian loves all of his cousins, but Ty and him are two peas in a pod. They were hardly every without each other the whole time, and we are really missing him and the rest of his family right now.

Camping with the Robertsons

We went camping with my sister Miriam and her family a few weekends ago. We went up Fairview Canyon by Huntington Lake and it is GORGEOUS! We definitely want to go back up again. Miriam and Raymond just bought a huge 5th wheel camper that can sleep like 10 people. So when we told Christian we were going camping he said so matter-of-a-fact, "Yep, and I know there are no potties up there, but that's okay I can pee on a bush!" We had to explain to him what a camper was and all the nice amenities involved :) Mir and Ray also have 4 wheelers and as we know Christian and Evan are crazy for them so we rode and rode and rode. We also brought up there little power wheel 4 wheelers and let them go crazy. Christian's actually worked really well up there, and he kept shouting at the top of his lungs while he was riding "This is the best thing EVER!" Evan's was low to the ground and kept getting high centered on every rock he tried to pass over, but no worries he still got his fair share of rides, even though he would cry every time it was someone else turn. Ha ha, love my BOYS!

It was cold up there, so I am glad we got to sleep inside, check out how huge, we played games at night and the kids watch a movie.

What We have been up to the last month!

Evan learned how to do somersaults so we are somersaulting fools around here



Christian dress as super man climbing the wall like spider man


Christian attempting to fly with his kite by jumping off the couch, neither boy or kite was hurt in this incident :)


Teaching my boys how to be nosy neighbors. They love talking to the doggy next door through the fence


And just general goofing off and such


And some where in between all of this we had 4th of July and 24th of July, lots of swimming and splash pad fun. And you may be saying "Beth where are all the pictures" and I will tell you that I failed miserable and taking pictures this month and promise to do better this next month :) Happy August everyone and Happy Football Season, soon to come!!!!

Uncle's Are Awesome

It's never dull when Uncle Davey is around. Yesterday I asked Dave to come over and give me a refresher course in hemp bracelets because I wanted to do them at girls camp this year. Of course Dave showed up at my house in a red morphsuit and the kids went crazy. We had to go to a couple craft stores and Dave shamelessly walked through each store holding both of his nephews hands wearing this ensemble. :) When we got back home the fun really got going when he said he would let the boys try on the suit which was super cool, ha ha!

Super Dave





Super Christian! The look more like Casper the Evil Ghost ;)

Evan getting a turn


Evan again


Evan's cute little nose poking out


Christian attacking Evan


What Fun! Thanks Dave :)

Behold! He is The MAN!!!!

Well he did it! Dan had a bout of craziness and agreed to run a company team for the Ragnar Relay, The Wasatch Back. It's a 24 race that starts in Logan goes down to Heber than back up to Park City. He has been training for it since October, but was still slightly intimidated. Th team had to leave at 6:45 Friday morning to get there in time to get signed up and ready to run at about 10:15 a.m. Each runner had 3 different legs to run through out the race. Dan's first was 7.4 miles all up hill on a dirt road at 1:42 p.m. Second leg was 4.2 miles at 10:00 p.m. and the last one was at about 9:00 a.m. for 3 miles. Both the second and third run were more moderate/mild with not to much up hill or down hill. He had a great time and only slept about 15 minutes the entire time. He came home on Saturday around 5:30, ate dinner, and then crashed into bed at about 6:30 and slept until 9:00 the next morning. We were able to go up to Heber to see him run his last leg. It was so fun. Christian kept yelling out the window, "You're doing great Dad!" "You're Awesome!" "Your the Man, Dad!" It was super cute and just what he needed to push through the last day. What a champ. Dan said that his motto was "To stop running as soon as possible" He really isn't a fan of running, but enjoyed the team aspect of the race. It was fun to have this going on during Father's Day weekend, we are so glad to have such a great husband and Dad in our lives. Love you Babe!

Dan in his last leg in Heber


Dan getting ready to start his last leg in Heber


Go, Baby, GO!!!


Some of the beautiful scenery along the run


Dan running his first leg


More of the first leg, nice dirt road to run on.


Ready, Set, Go!!!


Going in for the kills. The runners say you killed someone when you pass them. Lots of runners keep track of how many kills each runner got on the windows of the truck or van they are in.


Babe, you are so awesome! Love you :)

Summer Fest

Well we had another great summer fest. I like going out and being in crowds and having fun with our family. The boys had a great time. We went on the Ferris wheel and both of the kids would giggle and giggle and giggle when we would come up and over on the wheel.




Of course we had to ride the classic little kid rides that go round and round for forever



We did the parade and fireworks with our cousin and Devin and Holly came and joined us as well.

We had such a fun day and now we are EXHAUSTED!!! But it was worth it :)

Slip N' Slide

You know when your kid mentions he wants a slip n' slide on several occasions and always says "Pleeeeeeeaaaaasssssssse, I really want a slip n' slide" that when you find one for 7 bucks you have to get it. Christian was giddy when he found it hidden in the back of the car, and I knew that by the end of that day we would have to have our first slip n' slide experience. And Christian did not disappoint, he loved every second and didn't care if water got in his eyes.

Evan take a "ride" down the slip n' slide with Dad's help


Christian didn't quite get the motion of run and slide so Dan had to give him some help


Christian finally took up the run and slide into home base approach



And of course they loved the little pool at the end, and discovered if they stomped on the edges that the water would spurt up higher. What a fun time!