Moutain Man Rendezvous

Labor Day weekend we went to Fort Bridger to the rendezvous. Ryan insisted that we go there and we thought it was a good idea so we went. Ryan wants to be a mountain man for Halloween and so wanted to get some leather for me to make him some pants and a vest. We shall see how that project goes. While we were ever so patiently waiting for Ryan to look at a booth, (they had money from our yard sale and Ryan was being very picky about what he spent his money on) Julia and Sawyer were watching a lady play this music thing and the lady let Julia play it. Julia thought that was very cool. And as always Sawyer was along for the ride.

MESSY PARTY

Our good friends the Eatchel's hosted a messy party. It was a great last days of summer activity before they all had to go back to school. It was a lot of fun. Some of the activities were apple bobbing, eating a powdered donut off of a rope, pie throwing, body painting, and digging a worm out of pudding with no hands. Ryan was all over this activity gettng as dirty as possible. Julia had fun also, but did not like to get as dirty, and Sawyer jsut thought everyone was crazy. What fun!!!

My Sweet Boy

I had been really tired and sick for a few days and I guess that I was very good at letting the kids know. On the tail end of my crappiness I had a really bad day and being the sweet boy that Ryan is, he noticed it right away and was the sweetest boy ever. From the moment the day started he was all over helping me. He swept the kitchen flor, picked up the entire house and was just so helpfull all day. During the middle of the day I was on the computer and he came in and said that he would take care of the kids, (like he was all grown up) and that I should just go lay down and watch some TV or something. I thought he was cute so I went into my bedroom and this is what I found waiting for me. I will tell you what, this kind act of service and affection completely wipes out any rotten thing he has ever done.

Potty training

When we went to get Ry and Lu's school clothes, Sawyer was feeling a little left out. We really do not need to buy him clothes because we have all of Ryan's hand-me-downs. I decided that we could get him some new underwear and I could tackle potty training when the kids went to school. Sawyer had a big thing for trains right now so he only wanted train underwear. We came home and he wanted to wear them right away. He stayed dry for two days when mommy was home, but he is back in diapers, because I am not ready. I know that I might miss his window of excitement, so I plan on getting that done soon.

summer's end

all good things must or at least seem to always come to an end. Now that summer is over it seems like it just started last week, but it is over. We had a lot of fun and did alot of things this summer includding finally moving into the house we had built. (photo of house coming soon.) This is a picture of my darling kids taking a break at our town splash park. We have a great time when we go here, a park and a splash park. Too fun.

Sawyer the Master Mimic

Sawyer is into copying everything that everyone does. When Ryan cries and we tell him to stop he tells us that he is trying, so now when Sawyer starts to cry and we tell him to stop he says in his little 2 year old voice, tyin, tyin. It is too cute. One day we were in the video store looking for movies and we turned around the corner to check on Sawyer and saw him with his hand on his head resting on the shelf, we thought that was cute, but then when we noticed the movie that he was looking at, it was even cuter. He was mimiccing the boy on the movie. What a ham!!!

Soccer Ryan

Ryan loved soccer again this year. he loves to learn and is constanly trying to learn the best way to do things that will make him better. He loves the theory, "practice makes perfect". It was really fun to watch him try and manipulate the game with his head. Sometimes I think he is a little ahead of himself. He scored many goals this year and loves to win. The thing that I was most proud of this year was his sportmanship. He was very aware of his actions and tried real hard to include everyone and work as a team. He also was very compassinate toward the others that got hurt. One time he kicked the ball real hard toward the goal and it bounced off the goalie's face and into the goal. Ryan's normal reaction when he makes a goal is to jump up and down and display the score, this time he went immedialty to the goalie and made sure he was okay. It was awesome.

LuLu Soccer

Julia had a blast with soccer this year and we were really proud of her. We also learned that she has some speed on her legs. Her first game she score two goals and that set the premise for all her next games. She loves playing and would ask her coach to let her play front all the time so that she could score. We were so impressed with her determination to try so hard to make goals. We also loved watching her beat all the other kids to the other side of the field, just pumping her arms like crazy. Her last game was against a little boy that is in her primary class, he was real good, but Julia was determined to beat him. She stayed right with him and did not let him score,(he was looking a little frustrated) her face was the most red that we had every seen after that game. I was proud she stuck with him and worked hard.

Rayn's favorite activity

All summer long everyday Ryan asks if we can go hunting for crawdads. WE were not able to at the beginning of the summer because there was so must run off from the mountains and the water was just to deep and fast. So finally the last month of the summer we were able to get down to the green river and hunt for crawdads. Ryan will spend hours searching for the crawdads and he is always on the look out for the big ones. He is convinced that we are going to let him cook one sometime and eat it. But I am pretty sure that it will never happen. We shall see though. He like to invite friends to go hunting with him, but Ryan usually does all the hunting and his friends usually watch wondering what is so fun about this event, but Ryan loves it.

Fun at Fair

Dennis and I both remember having so much fun at the fair when we are little, so of course we want our kids to have the same memories. Dennis took the day off and we spent one full day at the fair. The kids had fun participating in the kid activites and seeing the animals, especially the petting zoo, where they got to feed the animals. Even Sawyer was brave enought to let the animals eat out of his hands. Ryan always loves looking at all the things that there is to buy, one more thing to add to his 8 shelves of special things. Yes 8 and he is only 7, that is more then one a year. Julia has fun riding the rides. They all loved the pony rides, Sawyer looked like he thought this was the most cool thing he had ever done. WE all had a lot of fun.

Massey campout

We returned to Spirit Lake a second time this year, but this time we wer with my family. Again we were grateful to be staying in the cabins. The skeeters were way better this time, but there was alot of rain. We had a great time with family playing games and chit-chatting all night. It is so much fun to camp with family. Julia had a great time with her cousin Gabby, and we all loved Gabby's little(big) tongue. I did not take as amny pictures as I would have liked, so if you have pictures form this event pass them on.

Camping trip # 2

We really had fun camping in July this year. This time we went with Dennis's room mate and really good friend from college, Mark peterson and his family. We had the best time, although we did learn that a 2 mile hike with children is a bit much. We both ended up carrying a child the last half mile out. The waterfall at the top was worth it though. We had so much fun hanging out with the Peterson's, we are so grateful to have them as friends.

Happy Birthday Sawyer

Sawyer celebrated his 2nd birthday July 13th. He loved that people kept giving him things and that everyone was so nice to him, giving him a ton of attention. Dennis's family had just got done having a campout together, so a lot of them were here to celebrate. Sawyer got a new bike, we had to get rid of the pink and purple one, use to be Julia's, that he was riding around. Dennis did not think that it was right. He loved his bike and cake with cars on it.

You Are Jasmine!

Independent and adventurous. You don't want much; just to break out of the guilded cage society has put you in and experience life to the fullest. Following orders isn't really one of your strong points, and you would rather live a life of poverty than being forced into something that you hate.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Cousins

We were able to go to Olivia Rose's blessing. (She belongs to Dennis's sister Rose) you would have thought that we took a picture of the one being honored, but we or I did not. I did get a picture of all my kids with their cousins that are their same ages. They all have so much fun together. I hope that they are always such good friends.

4th of July

For the 4th of July we invited some friends over for a little get together. Since our backyard is still dirt, we were not sure if everything would turn out, but it did. The guys played a little b-ball while the women gabbed and the kids played. WE had dinner and snowcones and it was a great day, to top everything off there was a beautiful rainbow.

The second weekend in July we went camping with Dennis's family. They rented cabins at Spirit Lake. We stayed there 3 nights. We went boating on Flaming gorge two of the days. The kids loved the hot dog. Sawyer spent the whole time he was on it telling the driver to go faster by sticking his finger in the air. Ryan had the most fun being a dare-devil on the hotdog, trying every trick anyone dared him to do. Julia was a little scared to try it, even though she had done it before, but she loved it when she tried it. We had a lot of fun with the fam, even if the skeeters were way terrible. WE look forward to next year.

LAGOON

LAGOON IS SO MUCH FUN, BUT IT IS EVEN MORE FUN WITH KIDS. ALL OF THE KIDS HAD SO MUCH FUN AND NONE OF THEM ARE AFRAID OF ANYTHING. WE HAD TO BE A LITTLE TRICKY TO GET THEM ALL ON THE RIDES THAT THEY WERE ALL ABOUT 1 INCH TO SHORT FOR. SAWYER LOVED THE TIDAL WAVE, AND EVEN PUT HIS ARMS UP WHEN HIS SIDE WENT UP. IT WAS SO CUTE. WE ALSO RAN INTO NATE AND MANDY MASSEY(SIBLINGS OF MINE) WHILE WE WERE THERE AND SPENT A LITTLE TIME WITH THEM. WE SURE WISHED WE LIVED CLOSER TO LAGOON, WE WOULD GO A LOT.

Flaming Gorge Days

We had a lot of fun this year at flaming gorge days. We participated in the events and had a lot of fun. I ran the 5k in the morning, which was a good but hard experience, since I did not train at all. I have been wanting to get into running more and had some friends that were doing it so they talk me into it. They signed me up , so I had to do it. Even though I threw up at the end, I am motivated to run the 10k in August, this time I wll train and it should be better. Dennis was in the 3 on 3 b-ball tournament. he hdd a lot of fun and looks forward to doing better next year. The kids loved the fair and all the activities. Sawyer's favorite was the water park.

No more training wheels

WEll Lulu finally did it, she learned how to ride a two-wheeler. We started trying to teach her last summer, but she was not very cooperative. In fact it was a nightmear trying to teach her. She really wanted to do it, but would not participate in the learning. We tried again at the beginning of the summer and same thing. I told her the she was going to have to do it herself. Well that is what she did. Once she set her mind to it, she did it. It took about a week, but she did it all be herself.