BEAR LAKE!!

We headed up to Bear Lake a couple of weeks ago with Ben and Laurie. I had not been up to Bear Lake since I was like 10 so I was excited. Laurie got us the camping spot and we were on our way up.

Friday was FREEZING cold and windy so that wasn't fun but luckily Saturday warmed up for us.

The kids all ready to go boating

Ben and Caleb surfing

The campground we stayed at was awesome. It had activities for the kids, bike trails, swimming pools, jumping pillows, park, and razor trails.

One day they had a bubble party which the kids were in heaven with

Where's Caleb?

P showing off her flips on the jumping pillow

They had these awesome bikes you could rent so we made the boys rent them (they were so thrilled) and head into town to eat dinner. Of course we had to throw a friendly competition in there and I think we came out on top. They blame it on having extra kids in their bike, I blame it on just not as strong:)

The George's

All the hometown drive-in's were so yummy!!

Ben and Laurie's neighbors happen to be up there as well so they joined us for dinner.

Saturday warmed up and it was play time.

The boy's on the tube, Laurie gave them a good ride!!

It takes a real Man to look like this and be ok with it:)

Little Miss P playing on the beach

The kiddos playing in the water

Then the bad happened. We were out to dinner waiting for our food and Chase Man was just playing around on the benches and slipped off. Laurie picked him up and took one look at him and said "his arm is broken watch the girls" That's all I remember and Ben throwing his food and them running to the car. We finished eating and decided since they had hot, yummy food we would take it to them. We went to the clinic in town but it was closed so Quinn assumed they headed to Montpelier so we hopped in the car with the girls and drove to the hospital but no Ben and Laurie. We finally were able to get a hold of them and they were told to go to Logan instead. So we headed back to the campground and waited for them. They ended up getting out of the hospital around 11:30 P.M. so we told them just to stay in Logan and the girls could sleep in the trailer with us.

Ouchie...he was such a stud and handled it so well.

The next morning when they got back, he was so proud to show his cast off. He ended up breaking his arm in two places.

They kids were all so worried about him and were so excited to see him.

We had to go on one last Razor ride before we headed out

BEE'S GAME

My Mom had some tickets to the Bee's Game in the suite. To me Baseball is SOOOO boring to watch so the only way to get me there is to have food, air conditioner and a added bonus a flat screen with the Olympics on. My kids loved it and the Bee came into the suite and took pictures with us. My Mom, Sister, Uncle Mike, Aunt Elaine, Cousin Crystal and her hubby Rory, Cousin Sammi all came as well.

 C was in heaven all night with Mike and Rory because they are 2 kids themselves and Caleb thinks they are hilarious, he's the only one that does:)

Peyton posing 

 The kiddos with the Bee

 Uncle Mike and Mom

Me and my Cousin Crystal

KINDERGARTEN!!

My baby, my baby how can you be in Kindergarten. You were so excited to start and so Mom showed a very brave face for you but deep down I was sooo sad. I miss my shopping partner, my workout buddy, my constant companion but you came home the 1st day so happy and loved it so I figured I should have that same attitude. Then 2nd day came and you had a MELTDOWN and that's when Mommy had one as well. As I pried you off my arm and your teacher held you back I heard the words "don't do this to me I love you" I went back to my car and cried and cried. We have since then had to make a sticker chart for you and every time you go with out crying you get to put a sticker on. You are definitely our baby and take FULL advantage of it but I wouldn't have it any other way!!

 The poem and "special dust" I gave you the night before School 

 And were off and oh so HAPPY

 She looked so cute with her big bag

  Then we walked down to the bus stop and...

 waited and...

 waited and...

 waited...But no bus showed so 15 min late for School we went. The bus ended up being over 45 min late for School and spooked Miss P out so I guess Mommy will be driving her from here on out.

 Cute sign her friend Pyper's Mom made

 Pyper and Peyton

 Breanna and Peyton

Waiting in line to head in, that look is a face of worrisome!!

TIMP HIKE

We hiked Timpangos Cave again this year with Quinn's family. Caleb was a rock star and was way ahead of us the whole time. Miss P was not so great and was "so tired" "hardest thing she has ever done" "going to die" "can't do this anymore" and whole bunch of other sayings. But we made it to the top and enjoyed the coldness in the cave.

 One of her many stops

 The family

 Daddy and his girl

 Mommy and her girl

 Sibling love. 

Why do boys always have to do bunny ears?

 Cousin love

I love this picture of the their faces

The famous picture

3RD GRADE!!

How can it be that I have a 3rd Grader? 3rd grade is the grade I can start to remember. Caleb was way excited to learn cursive and times tables and has so far done very well on them. He was bummed he didn't get the same teacher that a lot of his friends got. 

 He picked Blue pancakes for his special day

 Looking all handsome for 3rd Grade

 Walking to the bus stop with his buddy Carson

He is getting so big

After Lake Powell we headed straight to St. George. I will tell you what I like that drive so much more to St. George then to home. We played with Gram's and Gramp's and Uncle K, swam again, shopped and went to Brick Oven one night.

 Miss P and Gram's

 The boy's table

We had to be separated because it was so busy.

Our Family

Right after taking this picture in walked the tallest man I have ever seen and sat behind us. Thanks to Quinn's smarts he informed me it was Shawn Bradley (NBA player for those who don't know) You would have thought a superstar had just entered the building, people lining up to get autographs and pictures.

LAKE POWELL

Summer can officially begin once we make our first trip down to Lake Powell. It was a blast and of course beautiful and warm, gotta love me some "sun" time.

CLIFF JUMPING

We only got to cliff jump because Grandma didn't come this trip due to some injuries.

 Caleb was jumping off some pretty big cliffs and improved immensely this year on the knee board and ski's. 

 Quinner and I

Yes I am plugging my nose, I am a wuss but notice who's on the higher part of the cliff..yes me!!

 Quinn and Caleb jumping together

 Caleb and Quinn

 TUBING

  I guess Caleb thought he could show off and stand up

 WATER SKIING

We even got the wave

 Dad showed us his move on the knee board

Big step...we even got Miss P on the tube

Caleb Knee Boarding

 Family picture minus Caleb. He was way to busy cliff jumping and exploring

 Part of the crew on the boat

 My girl

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                                                          Love these guys!