Camping

This last weekend we had a bummer week so we decided to do something fun, so we went camping. We have never been so it was interesting, especially since I am 7 months pregnant. We went up Farmington Canyon to the Bountiful Peak Campground. We got a great spot where no one could camp near us and there was a table and fire pit. We got started setting up the tent and then made some yummy tin foil dinners. It was a lot of fun I think the kids got a kick out of cooking over the fire. But all they could think about was the marshmallows that were in the food crate!?! So we finally got the mallows out and they had so much fun roasting them and starting them on fire but not eating them. I enjoyed eating them for them so it worked out good, I like the fire ones!! They could not wait to get in the tent and play but we told them they could not get out till morning and they had to get in their Jammie's. They had no problem with this. So we started to get ready for bed and they were in their Jammie's and playing on their beds. They started chanting pat pat pat pat pat, and patting their legs. After this they took off like Rocket on Little Einsteins, their favorite show. They seriously were hilarious that weekend. It took a while to fall asleep but when we did it was fantastic, I have never slept that good, it was freezing out and it was perfect for a pregnant lady. The next morning we woke up and ate breakfast and went home. The kids had a great time that morning watching the "bunnies" they were some type of vermin. They loved it and I think we might do this again!!

Spencer trying to figure out Randi and Colin's tent!?!

The kids playing in the tent after we got it all figured out, very nice tent I am getting one this big when we invest in one.

For some reason this was very exciting, George and Scarlet visited this about 5 times each in the first 20 minutes!

Waiting for Spencer to get the fire started.

The kiddies roasting their mallows.

Watching for the "bunnies" while we got everything packed up.

Throwing some graham crackers at them.

They went exploring to find some too!

After we got home we took naps and got ready for the day and went up Big Cottonwood Canyon to Silver Lake for a Canoe ride. The kids loved paddling but I don't think the fishermen liked us very much. We were out on the lake for a while and then it started to rain so that ended the canoe fun. We had such a great weekend!!

Scarlet paddling with Spencer, she was very serious about it, she would not look at me.



She liked siting in the front with me!!

On our way out we saw this Moose, George wanted to feed it a Muffin(If you give a Moose a Muffin book).

The Moose is the black dot to the left of Scarloo.

Surfing!!

We went boating the other night for a few hours and we had great water. Spencer got to ski and we did some surfing. We were even able to get George out there and he did great. He was not so sure about the temperature of the water but be was a good sport when he got up on the surf board. I don't think Spencer could be any prouder of Georgie!!

You can not see it very well but George is posing with his arms out like surfers do!

4th of July

So this year was a lot of fun. We went to Mimi's Cafe for breakfast with my family and then went to the Kaysville Parade. It was actually quite good this year there were 5 or 6 real floats, kinda fun. George and Scarlet loved it and the weather was fantastic, you can not beat constant cloud cover during a parade!! Scarlet loved to point out the horses and wave at the princesses as they passed in convertibles. George was loving the Helicopter that flew over a few times and he liked watching the bands go by. He does a great air trumpet and trombone.

I don't know why we continue to invite him!?!




Scarlet waiving to the Princesses




Then we had a BBQ at out house with the Little's. It was a lot of fun to be able to finally have a back yard to play in. We had a bounce house set up for the kiddies and Spencer was able to set up his volleyball court. We ate and played volleyball till dark then watched some good fireworks and called it a night. I think the 4th is my favorite Holiday because it is so relaxed and just full of fun stuff!! Can't beat it, till next year America it was fun one this year!

Boating

We went to Jordanell to take the boat out for the first time this year. It can be interesting what happens the first time out. Last year the boat was chugging because it was out of transmission fluid and this year the only problem was that the battery was dead. Good thing we have the portable jumper box. Otherwise we would have just floated on the lake. George and Scarlet loved it. We did some tubing and whenever Spencer's sister would scream Scarlet would get so worried about her. When they fell off too she had to make sure she could see them in the water to make sure they were OK. And she would ask them that "Okay??" She did have a little accident on the boat, when she gets busy she does not think about going potty. Spencer's brother Austin was so grossed out, he is quite squeamish. Here are a few good picts from the outing.

Scarlet showing us where he bum is, after her accident, we left her Jammies in the car.

Gotta Love Summer!!

I am so happy that summer is here, finally, the rain is done and sickness is gone. Well it should be. Just so happy to announce that George has Pneumonia for the 4th time since October!?! I am ready to move to a deserted Island and not have any more human contact so I don't have to deal with Mr Fever. We are dealing with it here at home so we don't have to get all the other stuff that is going around in the Hospital so I guess there is an up side to this!! But a bit of good news our little Scarloo is potty trained and yesterday she made it through a whole day with the same pretties(what she calls underwear) on. Kinda weird to not have anyone in diapers till October.

My Pneumonia boy aka Mr. Fever!!

My big potty trained girl!!

Just a cute picture of the kiddies before Church around Easter.

Race for MLD

This last weekend we were able to participate in a race to support MLD. Our friends little girl who is a month younger than George has it. Her parents set up this foundation to raise money for research on this fatal disease. It was a 5K in Bountiful and there was a raffle drawing with great prises and even giving away a Jeep. It was a lot of fun to be able to support them and can't wait till next year. This is a very sad disease if you want more information on it you can go to www.teamgive.org or to just check out his organization. There is also www.elizaswish.org that is their daughters website that has a place to donate books to the Make a Wish Foundation. Hope to see you all there next year!!


It was such a long race that Spencer needed to wear his wrist bands!?!

Ruby

Ruby is here and there will be more pictures to follow but I only had my phone. I am sure Randi will post better ones but just wanted to get the word out. Ruby and Randi are doing great!!