Busy Summer

I am glad things are calming down. We have been so busy! In the past few weeks we had a UFC night at our house (a good man night for Brian), Brian spoke in church and we had a family get together to celebrate Brian's sister Dixie's birthday (40!).

Brian drove in the derby-


He survived! I was so relieved that he didn't get hurt. Oh Brian, thanks for entertaining me. It is never a dull moment with you!


Kyle's owie. It was a little chilly one morning so he put his arms inside of his shirt. He ran to our back door, tripped, and well, his poor little nose met the cement. I spent that morning in instacare making sure his nose wasn't broken. Thank goodness kids heal quick. Family pictures were supposed to be the following Monday, but thankfully we were able to reschedule.

We went to Lagoon! For those of you outside of Utah, Lagoon is a pretty good size amusement park. The boys had fun, especially Kyle who is old enough to appreciate it.


The pictures are from my phone so they are blurry. I just didn't risk taking my nice camera with me.

Also, a fun event for the two of us, Brian and I made our second annual summer trip without the children. We went fishing in Star Valley. It was really fun. Grandma Bonnie stayed overnight at our house with my two wild boys. Of course the boys were happy. Poor Bonnie though. Blake woke up in the middle of the night with a bad sore throat and cough. Isn't that how it goes? The kids get sick when you leave them with someone else.

We have had a lot of fun this summer, but for now, I am ready to not go anywhere for a while.

Mutton What?

My nephew and niece in Wyoming, who are 5 and 3, participated in "mutton busting." What is mutton busting? Well, it's the toddler version of riding bulls. Instead of bulls, they use sheep. I had never seen anything like it. Though it was fun, I am grateful that my boys are not interested.


We spent the day in Star Valley. The cousins had fun together.


Of course Lamb came.


I just had to post this one. This first picture is from 3 years ago. Look how much Kyle has grown!


It's amazing how entertaining that throwing rocks in water is.


In case you are wondering why there are so many pictures of Blake and relatively few of Kyle, it is because Kyle is going through a hopefully temporary phase of running from the camera. Blake is still all smiles.


Blake and cousin Allie were getting their fill of cuddling with a furry creature. We are not going down that road again.


As far as the boys are concerned, a day in Star Valley is not complete without the customary ride on the motorcycle. So dad took them for a ride. I am glad we have somewhere to go that is out of the city. I think the boys will have some good memories.

The Trampoline is Back

A couple months ago, the boys were being naughty. That is a common occurance around here, but this day was particularly bad. They ripped down the net on the trampoline. So, I painstakingly sewed it back up. It took me 6 weeks. But judging by the happiness on these boys faces when they were allowed back on, it was worth it.