Major Food Groups

Candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup. If any of you have seen Elf , you know exactly what I'm talking about.

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Buddy the Elf and Tucker both think that these are the major food groups.

For example: To get Tucker to eat his chicken bacon tomato pizza today, I had to put maple syrup on it. 

Buddy the Elf likes syrup on spaghetti. I have yet to get Tucker to eat spaghetti, but now I think I may have found a way...

Stay tuned for pictures of our trip to Monticello!

Labor Day Weekend

To start off Labor Day weekend, we went boating with some good friends! 

Here's Tucker and Daddy taking a swim.
This little boy is already trying to drive around and pick up on the ladies. We are in trouble! He absolutely LOVES to pretend to drive. Get him around a steering wheel and he can't hold back!
Here's Tucker and Daddy just hanging out on the boat. Tucker took his flag holding duties very seriously. If we tried to help him hold it up, he yanked it away. He didn't want us doing his job. 
Here I am trying the wake skate for the first time, which I must say is sooooo fun! If you can catch the wave, you can let go of the rope and keep going. 

I need to add that Gary is amazing at wake boarding now! He is all over the place over the wake. 

This & That Creative

I am a contributor on a new blog

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Today was our first day, but stay tuned

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Recent Happenings

Well, a couple of Saturdays ago, we decided to go to the fair. It was around 11 AM when we got there, and let me tell you, it wasn't as happening as we thought it would be. I guess people don't usually go to the fair in the morning. But, we did have fun on our little family outing, and a very nice owner of the horse we were admiring said Tucker could have a ride.

A while ago we went to Toquerville Falls with Aunt Elisha and Uncle Ben. It's this place in the middle of nowhere. You wouldn't expect it to be there at all, but it is a river that has a drop off and below the falls there is a place to swim. While we were there, Uncle Ben found a toad and let Tucker hold it.

And yes, Gary is wearing a swimsuit in this next shot--his good old Dolphins.

Here is Tucker playing with Ben & Elisha's dog, Hawkeye.  

He was excited to play in Hawkeye's kennel. Maybe we need to get one of those (jk).

Lily and Trish invited Tucker and I to go the rec center on a day that it was only $1! They had a blast.

Tucker and his daddy are best buddies. Here are some recent (within the last month) Tucker & Daddy moments. 

Now that we are not on a diet anymore, I have been making a lot of cookies. I don't know if that is a good thing. Here Gary and Tucker are just enjoying some milk and cookies together. Tucker is seriously a cookie monster. If he sees a cookie, there's gonna be trouble.

Panguitch from the Other Camera

Taking  a bath and loving it!

Everyone thought it was too cute!

Blowing kisses to his admirers. Oh boy.

Tucker got to ride the 4-wheeler with Uncle Wade. Tucker really did love it. He felt like such a big boy! 

Tucker fell asleep with the little mini Tucker that Aunt Sandy made for him.

I am Tired of Poop

It is only 9:33 AM, and I have already had to clean up two HUGE poopy blow-outs. I am so ready for Tucker to be potty trained!!! When he was littler, it didn't stink near as bad, it wasn't so hard to scrape clean, and he wasn't big enough to fight me the whole time I was cleaning it up. Oh, those were the days! I sooooo want to start potty training him! I used to put Tucker on the toilet when he was grunting like he needed to go, but he doesn't really grunt anymore. I have never potty trained anyone before.  Any ideas of how to go about this?

Panguitch + Bounceback

Well, we are just as lucky as can be to have been able to go to Panguitch Lake to camp for not one, but two reunions. What a wonderful place! 

Also, we got to take our camp trailer out for a try for the first time. It hasn't been used in over 10 years. Gary camped in this little trailer when he was a wee lad, and we finally got a truck so we can take it out.  I had to clean it out real good. Just a few days before we had to leave, I washed the curtains and the couch/bed fold-up cushion covers. This was the result:

So within the last couple of days before we had to leave I was in a sewing frenzy to get us some curtains and a bed cover made.

Here are some great shots of the first time around for the Bolin Family Reunion.

Tucker playing in some water

Fishing on the shore

Tucker playing in the water with Noah; Tuck's shoe has disappeared in the puddle somewhere...

Tangled up with Popo the dog

Grandma Haroldson eating an enormous marshmallow smore!

Tucker and me sitting toasty by the campfire

Grandma Haroldsen, Tucker, and Daddy, hanging out with the shooters

Gary and a gun

Me shooting

Grandma and Tucker fishing on the boat

Uncle Nate and Tucker at Mammoth Caves

Tucker and me going through a small space in the cave--Tucker was the youngest in the family to ever go all the way through

Hanging out in the sand with Katelyn

Taking Katelyn for a ride

Getting pulled on a bike ride

Nate, Parker, and Tucker just chillin'

Shay and Tucker at Pizza Hut--Tucker was copying everything he did

Falling asleep with his flashlight

Daddy helping Tucker out with some biking skills

The Panguitch Parade on the 24th of July

Throw some candy this way!

And here are some from the second time around for the Schaugaard reunion!

Great Grandpa, Gary, and Tucker hanging out on the sweet couch (Thanks to the Smiths!) 

Tucker and his fishing pole are inseparable

Getting a good ride in the hammock from Grandpa Schaugaard

Hanging out with Grandpa

Amber getting ready to smooch the fish we caught--hers was the big one!

Tucker and me just hanging out in the back of the truck while others were shooting targets

"What?! I can't hear you?"

Amber, Nikki, and Tucker just hanging out

All smiles for Great Grandpa!

Grandpa, Grandma, Great Grandpa, Great Grandma and Tucker

The family