We finally made it to Wyoming this summer. Brian and the boys look forward to going so much. It is great to see the family and have a good feast too.



Dad took each of the boys on the traditional motorcycle ride. Of course that was a hit. Then we walked down to take the boys fishing. These pictures make the fishing part look fun, but really they boys were all crying and whining. They kept almost falling in the water, then fighting, then throwing rocks to scare the fish away. Maybe in a little while I will forget the whining part and just see the pictures and say, "Oh, that was fun!"

Brians step sister Ellie lives there and she has a little farm. There were lambs there so I took my boys and a whole bunch of cousins down to see the animals.





Of course Blake saw the sheep and loved them!



This time of the year sure is beautiful up there. It was fun to get together and see everyone. I am glad the boys have so many great cousins to play with. Even though driving 5 hours round trip with 3 little boys is hard sometimes I am always glad we go. We come back with great memories.

Hawaii?

DirecTV has kept Brian so busy lately. It is NFL season and they are offering some great deals. Brian has been working crazy hours. It is busy everywhere, some places there is a long wait to even get an installer to your house. One of those places in Hawaii, apparently the wait is 4 weeks for an install. So DirecTV asked for volunteers to go to Hawaii for 3 weeks to help get them caught up. Brian volunteered and he was chosen! Yay! I never thought that would happen. Anyway, I got to thinking, what if I went too? There are pros and cons, and I still don't know what to decide.

It was our 10th anniversary this year. That would be an awesome trip for the big 10. Brian's flight is already paid for. Since he is working crazy hours out there, it doesn't seem like a good idea to go while he works during the day, I would be there all by myself mostly. Plus, he is sharing a hotel with some other guy. Wierd. So, what I'd like to do is have him change his flight home to 3 days later and I would fly out and spend those days with him. Sounds so fun! BUT, Delta airlines is being difficult. They want so much money for a flight change fee that it almost isn't even worth it. We would spend so much just changing his flight that we could just fly out some other time that's more convenient.

The other thing holding me back is my fear of flying. I hate it. Full on panic attack hate it. It is not so much the flying itself. I don't have claustophobia or anything. I just have this wierd fear that my house is going to disappear while I am gone. I realize it is irrational, but it is a strong enough fear that I almost don't want to do it. But I can't let the crazy win. So, I really should go to Hawaii, right? When else is something like this going to come up? We are going to keep trying to get Delta to change his flight for a more reasonable amount of money. If that happens, then I am going. If not, then maybe another time.

Canoe surfing looks so fun!

Grasshoppers

Summer isn't complete without pictures of the grasshoppers. We have so many of those creatures around here. I can't even have cute flowers without spraying the grasshoppers, they have a huge appetite. I have even had to spray our peach tree to keep the grasshoppers at bay.



The boys sure love them. We got out some tupperware bowls to catch them.



Dallin was surprisingly gentle. His expressions of fascination as he watched these little things jump around and move were fun to watch.



Definately summertime. Bummer that it is coming to an end. With all the rain we had in June and July it feels like summer was short. But fall is full of fun stuff too.

1st Day of Preschool!

Blake gets to go to preschool again! He has been looking forward to it all summer. He loves Mrs. Jones. I do too, she is awesome.



See that bald spot? Unfortunately, right before school started, Blake got ahold of some scissors and cut his own hair. He cut it pretty short. Since he is a boy, it isn't that big of a deal, but I had to cut the rest pretty short to match it.



Finally the big day arrived, he requested to wear his new Star Wars shirt, it is his favorite right now.





So cute! I love that he gets to do this, and that he enjoys it. He gets so excited and all the other kids he is around are great friends.