9 Years Today

Happy Anniversary Babe!

Wow, the things we've done........

Wouldn't want to do it with anyone else.

Fairview Canyon AGAIN!

Yes! We went up Fairview canyon for the weekend again. This time we went with Keith & Jeana Christofferson, Brion & Aimee Webb Fam, my parents, Lawrences, Broadbents, Nelsens, & us. We had a blast. We were supposed leave leave Thursday, but after Kelton & John tried to teach our 3 chickens how to swim, plans got changes. Kelton & John were grounded for the night and so we couldn't leave til Friday morning. We met up with the Broadbents at 8:30AM picked-up some breakfast and headed to the camping spot.

Camp-32 people, 3 trailers, 2 tents, 2 4-wheelers, 1 trek ATV, & plenty of food

The sheep herder and his sheep that bedded down just across the hill from us.

Kate & Beef fishing

Beef fishing

John fishing

Jared, Hunter & Drew

Brin, James, & T-man

Trey-caught the most fish at this pond

Kelton

"Red Dawn" 4-wheeler-The boys would pile on this 4-wheeler with their bb guns and shoot any pot guts they could find-They thought they had died and gone to heaven.

Tess

Kelton & Trey reeling in Kelton's fish

Dad Fly Fishing with Lacie's pole

Beefy sleeping in-Wish he would do this every once in a while at home

We left to go fishing before we headed home and when we got back it had rained ALOT! So we had to take down wet tents and then dry them out at home. Oh, well you live and learn right!

The following pictures are from around our camp. It is so gorgeous there.

Thanks everyone for a great time!

Sliding Rock

In Alpine there is a stream that runs down the mountain. On its way down it goes over a fairly smooth rock. We call it sliding rock. We hike up about 3/4 of a mile on a road and then about 20 yards to the stream and then up the rock and down the stream we come. My sister and her kids go a few times during the summer so I decided it was time to take the kids and let them give it a try. (I have gone down when I was a kid and again when I was a teenager, but didn't love it either time because the water is cold and the bump at the bottom is more than I like.) Lots of people love it and I think it is better to let the kids decide if they loved it, instead of letting my opinion chose for them. And it was a free afternoon of entertainment. Well, they liked it, except for the cold water and the bump. Isn't it amazing how much your kids are like you:)

Back L to R: Jo, Me, Drew, Sierra, Talon, Hunter Lacie

Middle L to R: Tess, Kelton, John

Front L to R: Brin, Lib, Saige, Kate, T-man, Will, Beefy (sitting )

Beefy, Will, Kate, T-man

Lib going down with John & Me catching them

Beefy after he went down with Lacie

Cleaning off down the hill from the rock

Kelton going down Sliding Rock-Sorry its sideways. I can't figure out how to rotate it:)

Fairview Canyon

I LOVE Fairview Canyon. When I was a kid we would go up there with the Christofferson's. Spend a few days fishing and camping and then come home. So last Thursday I asked my dad to drive the trailer up so Trey and I could spend a few days up there. (Yes, I am getting soft and the comforts of a trailer are REALLY nice and camping as the mom is LOTS harder than I thought). So I drove up with my dad on Thursday and found a great spot just down from where we usually stay on Skyline. Then drove home to get everything else ready for us to leave on Friday. Friday we met Trey's mom and our two nephews at Fairview and then headed up the canyon. We got up there just before dark. The next day we fished one of the many lakes just down the hill from where we were. The fishing was slow because when we got there the boys couldn't wait for Trey to get the fishing poles ready and tried to catch the fish by hand. Everyone ended up wet and somehow we lost 1 of Johnny's shoes.. Deciding that that lake had no chance of a catch, headed to a pond that was stocked just the day before and it was down the other side of our camp spot. Kelton caught a fish there (the first we have gotten a pic of). We then headed back to camp to see grandma Julie off and to make dinner. We had dinner and then headed to bed. Everyone was exhausted and fell asleep quickly. The next morning we cleaned up camp and headed home in time to get back for church.

John fishing

It was beautiful there-God is definitely good at this

Trey fishing

Camp fire with s'mores

Kelton's fish

Beefy trying to get away from the flies--He kept thinking they would sting him

The boys impatient trying to catch fish with their hands-They did manage to catch 2 small fish-impressive if you ask me.

4th of July Fun

**Very Wordy-skip a head if you want to just see the pictures:)**

Kelton's T-ball Team-Coach Mike Leavitt & Coach Rich Laudie--I don't know all the kids names but Kelton is the top left, Nathan is the Top Right and Ryan is the bottom left.

Kelton is a great hitter and we are excited for coach pitch next year

We spend most of our days in our neighbors back yard. It is Amazing-tramp sandbox slides and the ground is covered in little rubber pieces-so it doesn't hurt when they fall.

For the 4th of July we got to do a million things. We had Duane and Julie come stay with us. It was soo fun to have them here. The boys kept trying to go into their room to make sure they were still here. (Sorry for so much attention, but they just hated the thought of you leaving). We went up Provo canyon and did some hiking and fishing.

Bridal Veil Falls-Provo Canyon
Beefy enjoying a snow cone from Grandma & Grandpa Gardner

Johnny
Kelton climbing the Falls
Me & Beefy climbing the falls--Johnny was too busy climbing to look at the camera, but you can see his bottom in this pic

Trey and Kelton just after fishing!-I'm so glad Trey & the boys LOVE doing the same stuff

Then it was back home again for a few fireworks (they were ban in our neighborhood) and then into the neighbors back yard to watch what Thanksgiving Pt. had. The night was exactly what we needed. Some American Pride! shared with family and friends. We celebrated Trey's b-day, Kaden's b-day, and Cash's blessing at his sisters house the next day. Then it was time for Julie a Duane to go home. We were sad to see them leave, but so glad they got to come.

On Monday Trey had work off and took the boys to a little area to shoot their red rider BB gun while I was at work. When shooting was over it was over to Jo's house for the slip n' slide. After that they came to my house and tried to catch birds (our chickens in my laundry basket--quite a trap). Monday night we celebrated with my family at my sisters in the creek. My dad dug out the bottom of the creek so it was more like a swimming pool and the kids had a hay day. We ate watermelon, set off more fireworks, and got wet.

**Hopefully, I'll find the rest of the pictures, but it has taken me too long to even get this up**