Sunday, May 24, 2020

Bear Lake


We spent the weekend up at Bear Lake.
Vivian loves to help with the cabin!
For a minute anyway.
We worked on sanding the inside logs, and cutting the hole for the front door.
It was pretty cold and I spent a lot of time feeding the fire. When I went in to get ready for bed I noticed that I melted my hair pretty good! I'm just glad it didn't catch fire!

We always have some fun when we go up to Bear Lake, but we always talk about how nice it will be when we can just go up and relax and enjoy ourselves.
Someday!

Monday, May 18, 2020

Beaver Dam

Amber and Tyson invited us down to Beaver Dam with them over the weekend.
We had so much fun!
We went to Little Jamaica. We defiantly went the hard way. We parked on the other side of the river and hiked in. It was a fun little hike, but once we were there we noticed people just coming down over the hill. Apparently you can park right up on top. Oh well, we had fun, and it wasn't too crowded on our side of the river.

Some of us got across the river in the little pools
Some of us stayed and played in the river.




We drove over to Gunlock...man talk about crowded! I have been going there for years and I have never seen anything like the crowds that were there. I guess everyone goes outside when there is nothing else to do! But it was a pretty drive and made several stops along the way to explore.
And use the bathroom!
We were able to stay at Tyson's parent and grandparents little vacation home in Beaver Dam.
I love going to new places we have never been.

The sunset were amazing!

On one of our days we drove to St. George and went to several different bike parks.
Bensen and Wes didn't love this part of our trip. Tyson took them and his boys back to the cars. I later learned that instead of riding his bike back Bensen slowly dragged his back to the car! To their credit though, it was really hot!
Viv loved the hills! I told her next time she needs to ride her own bike!
On our way back to Beaver Dam we did some more exploring.





If you go the backway, not on the freeway, you drive past all these little caves. They are just off the side of the road.
On our last day we had to back to the river. We still took the scenic route. It was so crowed this day, we went further down the river and floated. 



If there is a reptile to be caught you can guarantee that Wesley is going to catch it! He caught this tiny frog. We also saw a little dead turtle.

What a fun trip!

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Bensen the Grad!

School this year was pretty crazy! When it closed in March it was called a soft 2 week closer.  Well the kids never went back! Trying to get Bensen to do work was painful for all of us, but we persevered, and he graduated! 

I wanted to document our scripture reading, not every night is like this, but I love when they all want to cuddle up.



 

Sunday, May 10, 2020

Mother's Day

Mike and the kids sure know how to spoil a person.
This year they made me a scavenger hunt!
It was so fun!
There were close up pictures of things and I had to find them.
When I found the picture, Mike had made all these fun paper boxes, they had chocolate and little notes from him and the kids in them!
We went all over the house.



I am so lucky to have these people in my life! I am very blessed! 
Thanks for making me feel so special

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Happy Birthday Viv!

How is my baby 4?
For her birthday we went swimming at Joys. Nothing is open yet, so it was her only option. But it was an excellent option!
It was a little cold, but the kids had a blast!
I couldn't resist taking a picture of the last day of her being 3.
I'm not going to lie, she was super spoiled this birthday. That is what happens when I am stuck at home with nothing to do but shop online!


We sure love this girl! She is naughty and can be down right mean at times. One of her favorite thing is ignoring people. But she can also be pretty sweet.
She loves to work with Mike, and play outside.
She also loves toys! My other kids never really played with toys. She is good to play by herself with her toys for a long time. 




We are so blessed to have Viv in our family! Happy Birthday sweet girl!