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A Day At The Zoo

Monday, June 28, 2010

This last weekend we went to Denver for a wedding. The next day we took the kids to the zoo. It was a long, fun day.

Bronsen waited all day to see the seals.

We had promised the boys that on the way home we could hike Wilson's Arch. For Parker it was the best part of the whole trip.

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Swimming At Grandma's

It's a good thing that Grandma lives close and has plenty of grass for all the kiddos. Maybe by next summer we can host a pool party in our own yard.

Kessia really likes the boys' goggles. What a cutie.

Look at that girlish figure!

It was a little cold at first.

I just think she's so adorable.

And to top it all off, grandma will have cherries here in a few days. No wonder all the kids love going there.

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So I'm finally getting around to Memorial Day weekend. We tried to do a big friends campout, but we must be pretty unpopular because nobody came. So then we told me family they might as well come up. We were really glad they did. I took so many pictures and had a hard time deciding which to post, here's a bunch.

On Saturday when it was just the 5 of us, we decided to hike to a waterfall that I had been to in highschool and never since. Well, we had a beautiful hike up the wrong canyon. I guess we were in Dry Wash canyon and the waterfall was in Allen canyon. So when our family showed up on Monday we all hiked it together. Colby and Haven even came up to do the hike with us. It was a little hard for the kids, but they were all troopers and all made it.

At the top.

Lucky for Steve and I, Sienna was taking a nap with my mom back at camp.

We even got cole up there for dinner and a round of "Big Budda" which I didnt' get any pictures of.

We played a game or two of washers.

Our campsite was so pretty.

The boys played baseball.

They also discovered the art of climbing trees.

Trying to take a family picture on Saturday's hike.

This was our first rest stop on Saturday's hike. It was a lot greener as we were following a river.

We wore the kids out, Saturday morning Sienna slept until almost 11 o'clock.

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Parker's "Graduation"

Monday, May 24, 2010

Isn't it fun that in preschool you get to "graduate" every year, whether you are actually moving on to kindergarten or not? Parker sure thought so this year. He had a really fun year at Lana Lee's preschool and will miss all of his little buddies there.

Parker was so proud of himself the whole ceremony. He picked to sing the song "Little Bunny Foo Foo". I wasn't surprised that he picked to sing a song about bopping field mice on the head. That sort of a thing would totally appeal to him.

Parker with his teacher.

Steve felt really bad that he got stuck at work and couldn't make the graduation. Grandma Einerson also got stuck in Cresent Junction as couldn't make it. But mom was there.

His little class!

Nice work Parker, we are so proud of you!

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The First Time Of The Year Is Always Exciting!

Monday, May 10, 2010

We took our first trip of the year to Lake Powell on Saturday. The bass fishing was supposed to be really hot for another week or so, but either it's not, or we are horrible fishermen. Steve, Travis and I all caught one fish a piece. But we still had a good time enjoying the warmer weather. The kids tried jumping in the lake. My boys only jumped in once, but they didn't think it was cold, they just didn't want to jump in again. Asia jumped in several times. She's a brave girl, the water was freezing. We can't wait to go back and try it again.

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Easter and a Birthday

Thursday, April 8, 2010

This year for Easter we headed out to "Easter Camp" with the Snyder's and all of the crew. After a blown tire without a spare on Friday night we finally reached camp around 11:30. But early Saturday morning the kids were up and ready to go. The wind was pretty cold, so we bunkered down in Grandpa and Grandma's trailer for the morning. Sienna loved being pushed around in the little dump truck. Once afternoon hit we braved the weather and did it all. We colored eggs. Then we flew kites. Last year we got big fancy kites and never flew them. But this year the wind shredded the little kites, so we were happy to have our "fancy" ones. They needed that little bit of extra wind. The kids love this camping spot because of the great 4 wheeling. They got to go on several rides, then we caught the boys on their bikes trying out the 4 wheeling hills.
Sunday morning the Easter bunny had come. We found our baskets, gathered eggs and headed home to watch a little conference and get ready for Bronsen's birthday party.

Bronsen had a cowboy themed party this year. I think it turned out really fun, other than the cake (sorry Steve). We had everyone dress up and then had a knot tying contest, roping contest, and found gold during the great "gold rush". I think Bronsen ended up thinking it was a pretty fun day.