Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Summer Slacker

We have been having too much fun lately to blog.  Even to take pictures.  Tyson finished the school year and has been doing a 6 week rotation at Family Pharmacy in Payson.  He loves it and I'm so glad he enjoys it there.  However... he is working 4 - 10s so that makes about 12 hours straight for me with the kiddos and they sure wear me out by the time he gets home at 7:30!  I'm so glad that I have fun neighbors in every possible direction to play with during the long days!  We have been spending time at 7 Peaks, playing in neighbors' kid pools, riding bikes, visiting Aunties, and watching Disney classics on our new VCR.  It's been a great summer so far!

Tyson has Wednesdays off.  So every other Wednesday (when I'm off) we have a lot of together time and I think it's pretty great.  This morning I put Callan down for a nap and Tyson offered to take Easton to Cabela's.  When they finally got back 2 hours later Tyson brought 2 boxes in the house.  One was Cabela's fudge and the other was a box of bullets.  Easton quickly informed me that there were not bullets in the box anymore, there was a snake.  Tyson got a jar and went to put the snake in it but the box was EMPTY.  Fantastic.  So we all had to go out to the jeep and search for the snake for a half hour.



Tyson found it under the dash mat.


Easton was all kinds of tough about it and loved showing it to his friends.  When I showed him this picture on Facebook he said, 
"There's me.  Lookin' like Batman."


Tonight we needed to get away so we headed up AF canyon and played in a reservoir.  It was beautiful up there and surprisingly warm.



We were visited by 9 little ducklings.


It was super muddy which was fun, but had I known beforehand I would have brought towels or something!  Easton worked hard taking mud one handful at a time to a rock out in the lake trying to cover it.

Callan eventually got brave and wanted to walk in the slippery mud all by himself.


This is a bad picture but look how delighted he was with the mud on his hands.


 Tyson put is shirt back on just in time.  I almost got quite the redneck picture:)  Just had to prove he was there.  He was mostly on puppy control duty.


Oh, you didn't know we had a dog?  Ok maybe I'm still in denial.  I'm easing my way into a puppy introduction post.  But it won't be tonight.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Camping

The first camping trip of 2012 was a big success.  We left for an overnighter at Tanner's Flat on Friday afternoon.  Easton threw up four times and we had to pack up our puke-filled tent and leave in the middle of the night.  But it was fun while it lasted...


We read books.

Easton picked his nose to avoid being in pictures.

Kelsey brought crafts.


We played Funny Bone


Had s'mores and yummy peach cobbler after the dutch oven roast and potatoes.

This was Callan's first camping trip!  He loved it.

Thanks for the fun trip mom and dad!  Wish we could have stayed longer.  

And a big sorry to mom, Cassidy, and Kelsey who are all home puking.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Sealed


Easton requested "I Love to See the Temple" for a bedtime song tonight.  It was a welcome change from "Armies of Helamen" every other night.  After the song he asked what it means to be sealed.  I explained to him that when you get married in the temple, you get a special blessing that after you die you will still be a family.  My sweet baby boy started crying and told me he would miss me when I die.  He just about broke my heart!  I assured him it would be a long time and changed the subject.  But I still can't get over it.  Love him.