Cuddletime

Some people have a favorite teddy bear that they snuggle with in bed, Hailey on the other hand can't choose a favorite.

Dan's 34th Birthday

Another year older for Dan today. We celebrated by having a little family birthday dinner and party for him. The kids were all excited to give him their homemade gifts and cards and couldn't wait to show him the big surprise from mom.

Dan finally gets his brand new, BADLY NEEDED, laptop. Hopefully his work time will be cut in half now that he doesn't have to wait 20 minutes for each page, email, or file to open. No more hour glasses and frozen screens for him :)

Root Beer Floats with a candle and a little happy birthday song.

Make a wish!

Astroturf

Hailey's soccer team got to play with the big girls tonight. They walked out onto the field with the Kamiakin High Soccer team and were announced and everything. Then at halftime they played a little scrimmage game on the big field with the stadium lights. Super fun experience for this group of 8 year old girls!

Camp Zarahemla

For the second year in a row, our ward has done a Ward Campout up at Camp Zarahemla, which coincides with a service project that is needed on the camp ground. Usually when we go up to Zarahemla, we choose to use a tent and gain full advantage of a Family Camping Experience. But this year, we decided to cheat. Our tent has a hole in it and we didn’t want to buy a new one just yet, and furthermore….these cabins have always looked fun. So, we decided to book one of the cabins and I am so GLAD WE DID.

Because IT RAINED ALL EVENING and ALL NIGHT!!!!! And when I say rained I mean POURED!!!!! UGGGH!

But…..we stayed tidy and dry….so all was well.

Before the rain hit, Ky prepared the fire pit like any good scout would do. Can anyone say BON FIRE. This was his kindling pile. You should have seen the pile of wood he had prepared for it once it was started. :)

Upon waking up, we noticed that the rain had passed and pleasant temperatures graced us. Dan went to do the service project of cutting wood, with the help of Alaina and Ky. The rest of the family stayed behind to clean up the cabin and pack up the car.

When the service project was done, we spent a little time hiking around and having fun by the lake. Although it was a quick trip, with a wet night…..we had fun and hope the ward continues the tradition.

Oh yeah…..lets not forget the story about the poor man who got chased up the tree by a mama bear. Hudson saw this on our drive up and was worried about the guy up in that tree all weekend. On our drive home we stopped and the kids went in for the rescue. Those brave souls. :)

Rainy Day

As soon as the kids got off the bus today they all came running inside screaming, "Can we go play in the rain?" I said,"Sure." The kids had a blast!

Now that's what I call cheap entertainment.

First weekend back to school

Even though the kids are back in school the weather is still feeling like summer. Tonight we had one last backyard movie night to celebrate the completion of their first week back at it.