Summer Fun

Summer is going by so fast. We haven't been up to anything spectacular just the same old, same old. Last weekend we went for a ride up AF canyon on the four wheelers. It was absolutely gorgeous up there. We took the road up past Tibble Fork and went up into mineral basin a little bit and then over the mountain towards Midway. It's amazing that here it was Father's Day weekend and there was still patches (some big) of snow even on the road still. It was a fun ride. That afternoon after we got back from riding we went to Seven Peaks. We got season passes and have tried going at least a few times and plan on spending even more time there! Today Kelly went to Wyoming to work with his dad so that left me and the boys home. They wanted to go to the dollar store to spend their allowance. So after the dollar store and few other stores shopping we went and got lunch and took it to the park. It was nice and relaxing.


David is always doing something to his brother.

After lunch we went home for some down time playing in the small pools in the back yard and on the trampoline. Then tonight we decided to go down to the marina for Electric Boat Parade. The five boats they had lit up were pretty fun to see but I don't know if the bugs were worth it. This was the first year Saratoga Springs has done the boat parade as part of their city celebration. Maybe as the word spreads about it there will be more boats and it could really turn into something cool. All in all we had a fun night!


I know the picture is fuzzy but I couldn't get a really clear one of the boats. I have a dumb camera. But I liked the one of the boys on the jetty with the sunset.

Monday Night

So Monday night we decided to go for a ride on the four wheelers because we hadn't been out on them for over three weeks. We found a spot out west (past five mile and the little (three houses make up the town) of Faust) that had a whole bunch of cache's. They were laid out in the shape of a baseball diamond. There was a cache for each base and a pitchers mound. Along the way to each base there were several caches with the names of baseball teams. We ended up all on one four wheeler. Kelly's kept saying that it was hot. We found about fifteen caches in just a couple of hours and made it back home. We decided that his radiator vent was completely covered in caked on dried mud from the last time we went and that is why it was over heating. Hopefully the wash job will fix the problem. All in all it was a nice warm evening and we had a good time.

Camping and Free Time

Well the last few days have been pretty nice for everyone even though we spent it apart. On Thursday the boys went camping. They went up a day early for the Father and Sons. Several of our neighbors went up Thursday as well. They stayed Thursday night and Friday night (The real father and sons) and came home Saturday morning. While they were gone I was home alone! I spent most of my time doing the Utah Valley Parade of Homes. Thursday I saw nine houses by myself then Friday I spent the entire day with Chelsea, my Aunt Roshell, and my Mom. We drove to Santaquin and then slowly worked our way back up. We saw seven house all together plus had lunch. It was fun not to have to worry about hurrying back for anything and just enjoyed seeing some really pretty and some really interesting houses. It is fun to go with Chels to because she helped with a couple houses or knew the designers on some of the other ones.

We're Done!

I just wanted to post quickly we're done with school! Yea! I am hoping this summer is a great one. Not only are we done with school but even more important we're done with day care! I hope to never again have to pay for day care. I saw a friends baby today and was so glad it wasn't me. As much trouble as my boys seem to find I would still take them at their ages over babies again!

Quiet Rainy Weekend

Well Memorial Day weekend ended up just like so many others, rainy! Friday we went out dinner. We had been looking online at a few trails to see if there was some place new to go riding. We had heard there were some good trails out by Vernon so after dinner we decided to go for a ride in the car and see what was out there. We saw a ton of people camping and they all had atv's so we decided their must be pretty good trails. So the plan was to get up Saturday and go riding. We had a slow morning and there were lots of threatening clouds and wind. We were invited to go to the zoo and decided maybe that would be better if it started to rain. We had our friends the Medfords go with us and we met up for a little bit with my family. After the zoo we went out for Chinease! The weather ended up being great the entire day without any rain much to Kelly's dismay. Sunday was Sunday, beautiful weather and church of course. So Monday was a total down pour. We ended not riding and going to Indiana Jones (okay movie). Like I said quiet rainy weekend!

4-Wheeln'

Last night we had a blast as a family. We went out on the four wheelers riding, and geo caching. It is a new hobby we are really enjoying. Last night was pretty spur of the moment. We went out to five mile pass. Although we have ridden out there more than any where else we still find new trails we have never been on. We also went geo caching as we went riding. We found nine last night. Other than a string that runs all the way down the road on the west side of the lake I think that is the most we have ever found in one night. For anyone that doesn't know what geo caching is it is one big treasure hunt. You use GPS, pick where you are going, get on the computer and download cordinants for a cache. Then you go find it. Some of them are tiny and some are a little bigger. The kids like the ones that are a bigger because they usually contain small toys. The only real rules are to sign that you have been there and if you take something you leave something. This has been something the whole family has really enjoyed doing all together.

Mother's Day

Well I hope all of you out there had a nice Mother's Day. My Mother's Day was nice. The morning was quiet. I just read (I started the new book by Stephanie Myer called The Host). It was nice to sit around and do nothing. Then we went to Sacrament Meeting. Came home and changed and went to the country club for dinner (a Mother's Day tradition). Then we went to Mom's house to talk to my brother Cameron. He is on a mission in Taiwan. I asked him about all the interesting foods he has been eating but say's that he hasn't eaten anything too strange. We went home and had some family races on Mario Kart. Then I got to read some more. Nothing too exciting, just nice and relaxing.