Camping

The past two weekends we have been camping. We camped at Bloomington Lake two weeks ago with Abe's family, and last weekend we camped at Washington Lake in the Unitah's with my family. Both trips were lots of fun.



Gage and his cousin Hazel


Canoeing on Bloomington Lake




Provo Falls




Ryker and Brooklyn in front of Washington Lake


Gage and Uncle Todd. So sweet!

Mom of the Year

Isn't that what you feel like when your child looks like this.

The reason Gage's eye looks like this is because he got a mosquito bite close to his eye. This also happened a couple weeks ago so I called the doctor and he wanted me to bring him in. Apparently he's allergic to mosquito bites. While I was there he was nice enough to do his eighteen month check up.
Here's his stats:
Weight 25 lbs (40%)
Height 33 1/5 inches (85%)

4th of July

We had an excellent 4th of July. This is one of my favorite holidays. I started the day running my very first 5K. I don't like running, but I'm still glad I did it. I seriously don't know how people can run marathons. I'll stick to the 5K's. Then we went to the Kaysville parade and carnival. After naps we had a BBQ at my parents house and then went to the fireworks. My brother brought his fire pit so we could make smores (which where soooo yummy), but a fireman came and told us we had to let it burn out. Who knew you couldn't have a fire on the soccer field :)

I loved watching my kids and nieces and nephews at the parade. Last year Gage was just a baby and Ryker was off-roading with Abe, so this was the first time they really enjoyed a parade. I thought it was so neat to watch all the kids put their hands over their hearts when the flag went by.


Ryker and his cousin, Collin, in the helicopter.



Wow, a descent family picture. That doesn't happen very often.

We had a great time in Powell a couple weeks ago. I'm just waiting to get all my sibling's pictures and then I'll post.

Machetes

Here's a couple pictures I took the other day. I thought the clouds made for a great background. Abe and the boys took their machetes to the field behind our house to make a race track to ride their motorcycles on. I love that Gage could barely lift the thing, but he loved being outside copying his brother and dad. Just so you know, I don't normally let my kids run around swinging machetes, only if there's a responsible adult with them.

Little Moab

On Saturday we took our Samurai and motorcycles to Little Moab which is on the west side of Utah Lake. It was a really fun day and the weather was perfect, cloudy and 70 degrees. I spent most the day with Gage on my back watching Abe drive the Samurai and his motorcycle. Ryker also rode his motorcycle. He got really good at going on rocky roads. Every now and then he would crash and fall off his bike and get really mad and cry and say he was done riding, but then 2 minutes later he would say he wanted to ride again. He's one tough kid.

San Francisco

Abe had to go to San Francisco for work last week for a couple days so me and the boys decided to join him. We had such a fun week! The first few days we spent in Santa Rosa where Abe had to work for two days. Santa Rosa is about an hour North of San Francisco and it was so beautiful. We drove through Napa Valley (wine country) and saw tons of vineyards. Then we drove down the coast to Monterey and went to the aquarium which was amazing. We spent 5 hours there, and with kids that's a long time. After that we went on 17 mile drive and saw Pebble beach and the sea lions. The last few days we spent in San Francisco with my Uncle Rob who lives there. We rode the cable cars and went to Fishermen's Wharf, Pier 39, Lombard Street, Golden Gate Bridge, and Muir Woods. Then me and Gage flew home and Abe and Ryker drove home ($95 dollars well spent).



While Abe worked during those two days I took the boys to the beach. This was their first time seeing the ocean. Too bad it was too cold to even get in. They still had fun playing in the sand.



Lake Tahoe was beautiful! This was my first time seeing it. The water was cold, but not as cold as the ocean.



Monterey Bay Aquarium. Again AMAZING!


We didn't take any pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge because it was too foggy, but the Bay Bridge is still pretty cool.


We watched some really great break dancers put on a show by Pier 39.


My uncle Rob was the best host. He let us sleep at his place and took us around San Francisco and to Muir Woods. Ryker and Gage adored him.


We did a few hikes through some beautiful redwood forests. Those trees were so huge!

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope all you Mothers had a fabulous Mother's Day, I sure did. Being a mom is the best! Here's a few pictures Abe took of me and my boys before Church.