Summer Days 2011

Summer always goes by in a blink of an eye. We mostly played baseball, went to dance and watched baseball. We tried to squeeze in a few Lagoon trips, the zoo, pool, sleep-overs, star-gazing and motorcycle rides. (We always fight to see who gets to ride on the back of Dan's motorcycle.) Why does summer have to go by so quickly? Part of me is ready and part of me feels like I didn't get anything accomplished this summer. I'm not ready for the snow to fall.

This will be a long post. I'm highlighting a few things we did this summer. Starting with the Big SF Rodeo. It's a huge hit with our family.














Then their was the mud volleyball... I don't know what it is with Katelyn and her love of mud? She did come clean.




Oh no he didn't.



Oh yes he did.













Katelyn and Allie Cat were in the Duct Tape Boat Regatta. They built there boat and then raced it on our pond. I was so proud of them. They won their race. Way to go girls. Allie's family always seem to win the whole thing year after year. I think this is their 5th year in the boat race. It's Katelyn's 2nd. Next year we are going to get Chase and Brad to race a boat. Next year we will train and get down to business so we can win those T-shirts.

First you build the boat from a huge flat piece of cardboard. Then you duck tape the crap out of it so it won't sink. Katelyn spent time curling her hair before the race. She planned on spending ZERO TIME in the water... Dan and Mindy were a huge help in building the boat. I was on the pict crew. (That's picture crew my friends.)








Chase and the crew watching while they work.


The finished product, with a little bit of decoration. It was funny because they spray painted it purple and blue to match their shirts they were wearing. Smart girls, always thinking.


A little motivation doesn't hurt.


Taking the boat to line up for the big race.


They wanted to write, "If your reading this then we are winning!". That would have been to long.



Brandon gave them a good start. They were trailing two boys in the "Dirty Pickle".






The "Dirty Pickle" tipped over and the girls made their move. The boys tried to push them back and over turn their boat but the girls hung on and paddled hard.





The girls winning their race. Katelyn was so excited because this newspaper guy was there and asked them for their names. We are still waiting to see if they made it into the paper.




The Winners....



Some creative people make their boats a head of time and they are so cool. Maybe next year we will come up with something really creative.











Lots of fun I must say.

Spring Bunny/ May 1, 2011

I took these pictures of the kiddos in May and I'm finally posting them. This bunny was so cute and his best friend is a huge, fluffy, white dog. They brought them together because it calms down the bunny.

Chase's 10th Birthday Party/ July 17, 2011

Chase turned 10 years old. I remember the cute, little, blond, curly haired boy running around like it was yesterday. Now he is turning 10. I know I say this all the time but really where does the time go? I love Chase. He is such a lovable kid. He loves waffles every morning before school, he loves to snuggle and will tell you how much he loves you. I swear he could hit the baseball when he was one year old. He lives sports and can't ever be with out a friend. Happy Birthday Bud.
We had a County Fair Rodeo Party. There is always a ton of boys invited and believe me there could be even more. He always has such a hard time making out the invitations. He never wants to leave anyone out. This year we played county fair games like flip the penny on the plate, basketball and the bottle toss. I had Sam, Katelyn, Cooper and Keene help me with the games. MaKay added some excitement with his girly present and Chase turned bright red, while everyone laughed. I think Chase had a great birthday. Here are the highlights:




We gave out Sarsaparilla for the prizes.











































Happy 10th Birthday Chase! We Love You

Trent Willmon Concert July 16, 2011

Dan was so excited to have Trent Willmon out for a concert near his home town. Trent is such an amazing singer and song writer. If you haven't listened to his music I hope you pull him up on itunes or google his CD because you will LOVE his music. We saw Trent in Nashville but never got to hear him perform. Dan scheduled him to sing in Utah and he did not let us down. It was FANTASTIC.








This is Marcus he came out with Trent to play fiddle and guitar. What a talented guy.




The lighting was terrible but the music was phenomenal.

Park City July 15, 2011

We had a really fun time in Park City staying with Synergy. (Dan's Company). We stayed over night in this really neat hotel. Chase and the cousins swam in the pool while Katelyn relaxed in bed watching animal planet.

































Chase is always the last one out of the pool. I really think he was supposed to be born a fish.

For The Love Of Mud

These past couple of weeks have been full of family vacations to Park City, baseball games, birthday parties, concerts, mud fights and photo shoots. I came home from a photo shoot to see my child covered in mud. You would think it to be Chase but NO. It was my beautiful, blond daughters, Katelyn and Shayla. I consider Shayla my daughter. They say they were out riding the four wheeler when they got caught in a rain storm and since they were already muddy! What was a little more? They are enjoying their summer break I'd say!























GUESS WHO GOT STUCK WITH THE WASH?

The Airplane

Let's just say I have been really enjoying this summer. It was a bumpy start with all the crazy weather. Now I'm catching up on all the fun. Wondering if anyone else is loosing their minds? Today I drove up to a drive through, gave the guy my money and realized I didn't order. WHAT! Who does that? Me! I totally embarrassed Katelyn and her friends. He he just one of those days!!!

Here is a post I'm working on. I'm calling it The Airplane photo shoot. If you have any suggestions on names I would love to hear it!


Oh and I have to say I am now into watching womens FOOTBALL. Yes I'm jumping on the wagon and no longer calling it soccer. GO USA!!! Did you see the womens football game against BRAZIL? Wow, what a sport. AWESOME