Spring Break Day 1

We had a very short Spring Break..3 days off from school to be exact.  We spent the time in St. George and toured Zion National Park.  We had a great time even though the weather didn't cooperate for one of the days.  We were also very excited to hang out with Mike and Laura's family.  We always have some good laughs together!  

On Day 1, we hiked the Emerald Pools trails.  It was pretty long with lots of fun elevation changes to view the water falls and pools.  We all made it to the end of the trail to find the big pool of water at the end.  The last part of the hiking trail we had to scale some rocks but the kids loved it and were faster than the adults getting around.

After trying to decide if we wanted to hike the hardest trail called Angels Landing.  We were getting mixed reviews from strangers around.  Some would say don't take small kids, other would say take them. All the boys and I wanted to hike it so bad.  So, we decided to save it for the next day, but with our luck it rained the next day and we did not want to hike the very steep incline up in the rain. 

We then headed back to St. George and found ourselves very hungry and stopped at this fun place called the Zion Post.  The food was so yummy and the decor was fun!

After all the hiking around you would think the kids would be tried..nope they went swimming at the hotel and still had lots of energy.

Day 2 coming soon....

April Fools and A Birthday!!

Carter is 10 YAY!!....wait April Fools....Got you!

He is really 11..yay!! He actually thought I had it wrong.  He should know by now that anything can happen on his special day...April Fool's Day.

 I always try to do something to get a smile from the kids...Got this fun idea from pinterest. The kids handed them out to their friends at school.

This gift was highlight of his..PSP. He has been wanting one since Christmas. Santa missed this one.

 He picked out his Oreo cake and couldn't stop smiling all day.

 He invited some friends to the Trampoline park where they had fun with the trampolines under the basketball hoops and could do some fun dunks. They also had fun with dodge ball and the foam pits!

Carter is a very energetic kid and loves to constantly be doing something with some sort of ball..we have soccer, football, basketball and baseballs of all sizes and forms around our house. Sometimes we get a little impatient when we trip over one, but it just reminds of us of this sweet boy.

We are so glad that he had a awesome day celebrating his day!

Thanks for everyone that called him and sent gifts. He was so excited about every piece of mail and the calls he got. We sure love this boy!

Last Cub Scout Pack Meeting

Carter's 11th Birthday is approaching very quickly...one week to be exact from this pack meeting.  He attended his last cub scout pack meeting.  Some of us are excited..like our sweet Ashlynn.

She has been to almost every cub scout pack meeting. She is such a trooper supporting Carter through all his boy activities.

 He looks so much older is this picture....

 Carter accepting his Handyman, Engineering and Craftsman pins.

 Let the games begin...Carter is using all he has to shoot a water balloon to hit the target.

 He was the only one that even hit the board that had the target on it. Way to go!

So close but he was proud of his efforts! 

We are so proud of him for completing all there years of Cub Scouts.  The scouting program teaches these boys knowledge, skill and confidence that they can use in their life. In one week he will officially be part of the 11 year old scouting program.

St. Patrick's Day...

 St. Patrick's Day 2014

 Yummy Green Cake!

 Open up..

 Green mouth fun..

 Doesn't that look so appetizing..not!

 Another green mouth..yum!

And then it snowed about an inch after dinner. I knew we would see the snow again before Spring.

A Sunday walk..

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for a walk. The Dalton's invited us to come along with them. Matt had a church meeting so he couldn't come along, but the kids and I enjoyed our time out with the Dalton's.

 Carter and Brad walking across the river on a huge log.

 Then we headed back to the Dalton's to see the sheep.

 Ashlynn liked feeding the sheep.

Carter made friends with the llama but I was too late to get a picture.

Southern Utah Visitors..

 The cousins from the southern part of Utah came to visit us in the North. Yay!! We had lots of fun!

 Afternoon at Castle Park. The boys wondered off exploring a old river bed.

 Then I took these fun shots of them.

 Ready..Set..Jump!!

 Posing in front of a old fire truck in the Pioneer Museum.

 Showing off their suckers that Laura bought them in front of Museum.

 We also fit in a visit to Brigham Young's home in Salt Lake..The Bee Hive House.

A collage of highlights of cousin fun.

The boys went to a Jazz game while the girls shopped at the City Creek mall.

We enjoyed our time with our family and are always sad to see them leave. Until next time!

Basketball 2014

2014 Basketball Winter season has come to an end.. Sniff..Sniff. We had a fun season watching Carter improve his skills every week. His confidence in this sport showed every week. He scored lots of points each game but encouraged his teammates along the way too.

We our now on a short break until Carter takes golf lessons at the end of the month and baseball starts in May.

The collage below shows a few highlights of him in action.

 Carter was known to be the one that could make 3 point shots each game.  He would average about 1-2 a game. It takes a lot of power from his legs to make those shots and he made it look so easy.

 Team photo shots.

Our team tied for second in our league. Way to go!