Cooking Men

One morning I was pleasantly surprised that Daddy & the boys were making me breakfast. Ryan & Nathan love to help us cook whenever they can.

I think this was Nathan's first time helping cook & he is a natural...look at the flour on his pj's!

Thanks for a great breakfast guys!

Goblin Valley

On our way home from Moab, we stopped at Goblin Valley (yes, I know it is a bit out of the way), which I was excited for because I have never been there. It was very overcast & it rained really hard about 45 minutes after we got there...but we had a blast for the short time we were able to climb on the rocks.

Ryan wasn't so sure about climbing on them & getting too far off the ground, but Nathan our "no fear" child was climbing on just about everything he could.

I can't wait to take the kids there again!

Riding a Bike

While we were camping, Nathan decided he wanted to ride on Ryan's bike. GranDee decided to help him out a bit, since his legs don't quite reach the pedals! He loved getting pushed around the campground on the bike. Hopefully he will be tall enough soon, & we can get him a bike too.

Mommy's Little Hikers

For Mother's Day my whole family went to Moab for a fun weekend of camping. After a great breakfast Sunday morning, made by the men, everyone went for a hike to Delicate Arch. Just like everyday we were there, Nathan fell asleep as we drove to the arch we wanted to hike. So him & I hung out in the car, while everyone else started the long hike up to Delicate Arch. After Nathan woke up from his nap him & I started up as well. At first he started of in the backpack we brought for him, but not long after we started did he want to walk too.

Ryan made it all the way to the top on his own two feet, (although once he got up there, he was scared to be up so high) and Nathan hiked almost to the top of the big slick rock slab that is on the hike, until we met everyone else coming down! Ryan & Nathan walked almost all the way down on their feet. Ryan was carried the last 300 yards or so...but what a trooper. Nathan was quite the trooper too! I guess we'll be going on more hikes in the future!

Slacker in the house!

I know it has been forever since I updated our blog. Life has just gotten away from me this summer. Hopefully, things have calmed down a bit & I can get back on track with blogging! Look for some good stuff yet to come!!! Especially our trip to Oregon!

Heritage Park Outing!

The first part of June we went to This is the Place Heritage Park. There were a ton of fun activities for adults & kids. Even Brigham Young was walking around! The kids had a blast, petting baby goats,

riding a horse,

getting their faces painted ,

of course riding a train , ...and we all had fun throwing tomahawks at a target! I must admit, even I had fun & I wasn't half bad either!!!

Ryan's "Adopted" Brother

Ryan keeps telling me that he wants me to have another baby. More specifically, a baby brother! He has even told me, I can have a baby boy one day & the very next day a baby girl! Hmm...don't think it woks that way!
For the time being Ryan can be a big brother to Benjamin (our friend/neighbor's boy). Ryan can get Benjamin to laugh & smile. Here are some cute pictures of the two of them.


Not only has Ryan "adopted" Benjamin as his bother, Nicole & Curtis have adopted our kids. Both Nathan & Ryan love to play with Nicole & Curtis. It has been fun to watch them interact with the Hansens. And believe it or not, Nathan doesn't even cry if we leave him with Nicole & he loves to give her hugs & kisses!!!!

Our New toy

With some of our tax money we decided to splurge & buy a Wii. It has been a lot of fun for all of us. Ryan tries his best to play the games that we have. He is slowly getting better! I think the funnest part of having a Wii is getting to play with friends. After Matt's birthday party on the 20th, The Hansens (Nicole, Curtis & Benjamin) came over to have some friendly competition! The Hansen's boy, Benjamin, would not go to sleep & stay that way, so Nicole spent a lot of her time holding him (she didn't do to bad at bowling either!).


Ryan loves to have Curtis play with him & it is fun to watch them do so. We have enjoyed having the Wii & I am sure we will have more fun with it, in the future too!

Daddy's Birthday...London's too!

This year we celebrated Daddy's birthday twice! Saturday night we had some friends come over for dinner, cake & fun. Of course I forgot to take pictures of that celebration! On Sunday, his actual birthday we had all our family over. Not only did we celebrate Dad's birthday, but London's too, since they share the same day, just 27 years apart! Here are some fun pictures of London & Matt & all the festivities of the night!

Happy Birthday to You!