Camping!

We went camping with Lisa & Scott Orr and Leesa & Jon Holland up Fairview Canyon.
It was beautiful, we got rained on Thursday and Friday night, it seems like every time we go camping it rains...It sure makes everything green and pretty but what a mess to clean up...Good thing Chance has a power washer!!!!


Karson thought it was pretty cool that Chance carved his and Kage's name in the tree and that they could come back and see it all the time.











Karson taking a break from riding his 4-wheeler. He had his first crash this trip. There are tons of great 4-wheelin trails to ride, Karson, Lexie, Madison and I went on a little trail and we were going down a hill, Karson hit a rock and flew over the handle bars of his 4-wheeler and broke the key. Good thing for helmets. It scared him a little bit, but I guess a little crash is a good thing to keep him realizing that it can happen.










Karson & Kage getting ready to go shoot the BB Gun with their safety glasses on.

Happy Fathers Day!

I want to wish all the men in my life a Happy Father's Day!


Chance,
Thank you for being such a wonderful dad to the boys. They are very lucky to have such a great dad.


Dad,
You are the most amazing man I am so lucky to have you as my dad. You are such a great example to me and my boys.

BBQ

We had one more little get together on Friday night with Chance's family before his sister Brianne went back to Alaska. Brianne came to visit and was here for about 3 weeks, it was fun to get to spend some time with her and hear about her experiences in Alaska.

Kage eating Corn on the Cob...The best way to cook it is on the BBQ. Yummy!!!

As per your request here is how we do our corn:

• Cut off and trim the fuzzy part of the husk (so it doesn't catch on fire)
• Soak corn in water for about 1 hour
• Put directly on the BBQ until husk is brown (We have never really timed it, its usually done the same time as the Hamburger's - about 45 min.)

Chance and Brianne

Charitee and Karson

Pony Express Day's 2009 - Parade

The Parade was pretty long (about 2 hours!). There were about 140 entries for our little town. Here are a few pictures of the boys waiting patiently. Chance you are a good sport. Thank you for being such a great dad!

Pony Express Day's 2009 - Rides

Another year for the Pony Express Day's in Eagle Mountain.

Kage loved the slide, he laughed all the way to the bottom. In this picture I am not sure who is laughing the hardest. Karson, Island, Kage or me.



Island and Karson wanted to ride on the Tornado so we let them...I think they were a little nervous at first but my fearless little Karson loved it.















Island and Karson on the Swings.
















Karson & Kage the Little Engineer's















Riding on the Horse's














My Cute Little Sailors!

The "Big" Catch

We decided to take the boys fishing on Sunday so we all loaded up in the Tahoe and went up American Fork Canyon, but when we got there is was so crowed there were no fishing spots left. So Chance took us to a park in Highland. It was perfect, grass, beautiful views, and not alot of people. The only problem was there is not alot of fish. We caught a few 2 inchers, Chance was so proud they caught something....Kage wanted to play with it and wasn't scared to touch it...They are all BOY!!! Karson of course wanted to catch the "big" fish.

It was beautiful with the snow peak mountains in the background and warm weather...

Kage was trying to scare the ducks away so if he was telling them to "go away" as he was flipping the bird, Chance thinks its so funny how he does it. I guess not everyone would know what he actually is trying to do....

A Day at the Park

On Friday after work the boys and I stopped by the park in Saratoga Springs to let the boys play for a minute. Karson is such a social butterfly that he was talking to everyone that came by: "What's your name?, What are you doing here? My name is Karson" and on and on and on....Kage is a little more shy its a great balance ;o)