Family Pictures

I asked my cute neighbor and friend if she would take our family pictures a few weeks ago and I couldn't be more happy with them.  I think she did a great job!!

The Knolls

Our friends invited us to go with their family out to the knolls.  The kids had a blast!!Garrett took his little 4-wheeler and as long as he didn't get into to deep of sand he could just go and go!  Justin also got to ride the blue 4-wheeler which he thought he was pretty cool riding the big 4-wheeler where ever he wanted.  We did have one mishap though.  It scared Garret pretty bad when his 4-wheeler just kept going and no matter how much he pushed on the brake he could not make it stop, he finally got stuck in the sand in front of a sage brush.  Mike was getting ready to yell at him for driving to crazy when he got off crying and Mike discovered that the throttle was stuck open.  It scared him pretty bad. He did start driving a little more cautious after that. 

 

 

 

 I think Mike was the biggest kid of all he was always off playing somewhere.

 

Summer Fun

This Summer we took a little family vacation and went to visit Uncle Tom, Aunt Kari, and Raymond we had a blast.  Justin and Garrett loved the canoe in the pond and even swimming in it. 

We took a little trip to their cabin and spent a few nights.  Did a little hiking and fishing.  Tom was pretty patient with Justin as he was pretty much glued to his side the whole trip.  Both boys caught some fish.  Nothing to big so we threw them back. 

 

 

 

After we got back from the cabin we got to go explore Mesa Verde.  It was so hot but me made the most of it and had a great time checking out the ruins and dwellings.  The tour we took of The Balcony House was pretty cool.  I didn't know how Justin was going to handle it because of the heights, but he was a trooper and did great.  I have to admit that it was pretty high and with not very much that would keep you from falling.

This is a picture of The Balcony House from across the canyon. 

 

 

 

We had a great time the boys love hanging with Raymon and we really apprecite Tom and Kari for letting us come down and visit.

 

Kindergarten

 My baby started kindergarten today!!  He was sooooo excited to start he ended up in afternoon class and I think he started asking me when it was time to go at about 10.  He could hardly wait. 

 We rode bikes down to the school so that he can ride home with Justin, who is also very excited to have Garrett ride home with him.  I hope he has a great day!  I can hardly wait to hear all about it!!

4th Grade

I can hardly believe that Justin is old enough to be in Fourth Grade.  He was not very excited to start school.  He got a great teacher who he seem to like.  He came home the first day and told me that his teacher call him "broken Justin" because of his broken arm.  I think he likes the extra little attention.  (I guess there are some benefits to starting school with a broken arm.)  He also told me that she pays them with moose bucks for turning in their homework and at the end of each month they have to pay rent on their desks and chairs.  What a great way to teach them some responsibility.   

Hopefully it is a great year for him!

Summer Fun

Justin and Garrett have been talking about going crawdad fishing all summer.  We have been putting off going because of the water being so high this year, it is not great when the water is high because of all the sage brush and grass.  We finally took the kid and they had a blast.  Garrett finally go into crawdad fishing but he also loved casting his fishing pole into the water with sponge bob on the end.  We talked Kellie and Wes into going with us and we had a great time. 

Little Buckaroo Rodeo

Garrett has been talking all summer about how he was going to ride a sheep again this year because he really did have fun last year.  When the moment arrived his did not want to get on that sheep for no one.  Mike and I finally talked him into getting on and then I didn't get a picture of it.  Oh well maybe next year.  However I did get these cute pictures of him doing the stick horse barrels.