ELK HUNTING

I AM VERY LATE GETTING THIS POSTED. I HAD PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING MY PICS FROM THE CAMERA TO THE COMPUTER. ANYWAYS, ZACH AND JEFF HEADED DOWN TO FERRIN, UTAH WITH RYAN TO GO ELK HUNTING. ZACH PASSED HIS HUNTERS SAFETY AND WAS READY FOR HIS FIRST KILL( SO TO SAY). THE WEATHER WAS VERY COLD! THEY GOT UP EARLY EVERYDAY AND ACCORDING TO ZACH THEY DID TOO MUCH HIKING.
HE CRACKS ME UP! HE TOLD ME HE WENT OUT WITH RYAN ONE AFTERNOON AND HE WAS ABOUT RUNNING TO KEEP UP WITH HIM. HE TOLD ME RYAN WAS RUNNING UP HILL OVER ROCKY CLIFFS AND WAS IN THE ZONE. I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY CAUSE I WAS JUST TRYING TO PICTURE ZACH RUNNING UP STEEP TERRAIN, WITH HIS GUN, AND CURSING RYAN THE WHOLE TIME! MY MEN TOLD ME THAT THEY SAW SO MANY ELK BUT COULDNT SHOOT ANYTHING. JEFF AND ZACH HAD BULL TAGS AND THEY WERE IN A SPIKE AREA. THAT SUCKED FOR THEM!!! THEY SAID THEY HAD GREAT TIMES RIDING AROUND IN THE RHINO, EATING GREAT FOOD, AND HANGING OUT WITH GREAT FRIENDS! I AM GLAD THAT THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN AND GOT IN SOME "MAN TIME"!!!!

St. Anthonys

LAST WEEK WE HEADED UP TO ST. ANTHONYS SAND DUNES IN IDAHO TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THE WEATHER COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE PERFECT.THE SAND WAS A LITTLE CHOPPY IN THE AFTERNOONS BUT THE MORNINGS AND EVENINGS WERE GREAT.THERE WAS A BRIEF RAINSTORM THAT CAME THROUGH ON ONE OF THE DAYS THAT WE ALL HAD TO TAKE COVER. IT ONLY RAINED FOR 5-10 MINUTES ...JUST ENOUGH TO COOL EVERYTHING OFF. LATER THAT DAY WE FOUND OURSELVES IN CODY AND PYPERS TRAILER PLAYING PHASE 10. WE LAUGHED SO MUCH AND HAD A FUN TIME LISTENING TO EVERYONES FAR-FETCHED STORIES OF PAST DUNE TRIPS. ARIAH ENTERTAINED US WITH HER FUNNY FACES AND HER ADDICTION TO JEFFS HAIRY CHEST AND LEGS. SHE WAS JUST FASCINATED!!! GOOD TIMES! NEEDLESS TO SAY MY CUTE HUSBAND HAD A COUPLE TO MANY AND DID SOME POSING FOR ME BY THE RHINO. DOES HE LOOK LIKE POTENTIAL MODEL OR WHAT!??NOTICE THE EYE CONTACT WITH THE CAMERA....YA HE IS WORKING IT!I AM NOT SURE IF HE IS POSING HERE OR REALLY JUST TRYING TO HOLD ONTO THE RHINO SO HE DOESNT FALL OVER :)
WHEN THE WEATHER STARTED GETTING TO HOT FOR US WE WOULD LOAD UP IN THE RANGERS AND RHINOS AND HEAD OFF TO THE RIVER.EVERYONE WOULD PRETTY MUCH USE THIS AS A TIME TO WASH HAIR AND COOL OFF. THE WATER WAS SOOOO COLD THAT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE LITTLE ONES THAT ACTUALLY GOT IN.HERES THE BOYS GOOFING OFF!LEXIE AND SIENNA WERE JUST A SHIVERING! BUT THEY MANAGED TO STAY IN AND WASH THEIR HAIR.AT LEAST WE DIDNT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A SHOWER THAT NIGHT.
HERE IS A SMALL GROUP OF OURS WASHING THEIR HAIR!
ZACH FINALLY GOT TO RIDE HIS NEW BIKE A CR250! HE WOULD TAKE OFF WITH TYLER, CODY, MARISSA , AND KELSIE FOR HOURS! I CANT BELIEVE HOW MUCH HE HAS GROWN IN THE LAST YEAR. I REALLY THOUGHT THIS BIKE WAS GOING TO BE TOO BIG FOR HIM AND HE DID GREAT ON IT.YEP, THIS IS MY LITTLE BOY!!!! HE IS SUCH A NATURAL ON MOTOCYCLES. HE PRETTY MUCH WORE HIMSELF OUT RIDING OVER THE WEEKEND. WHAT A HANDSOME KID!!
WE WERE PRETTY LUCKY NO ONE GOT HURT OVER THE WEEKEND. ZACH WENT FOR A RIDE WITH ALL THE GUYS IN CAMP. THEY WERE ON THERE WAY OUT TO DEVILS WHEN THE CHAIN ON MY BIKE BROKE BY CHOKE CHERRY. YEP ON MY BIKE! OF COURSE. JEFF RODE BACK TO CAMP AND WE GRABBED THE RHINO AND ENDED UP PULLING ZACH BACK. THAT WAS A LITTLE IFFY BUT OTHER THAN THAT NOTHING MAJOR. I WAS THANKFUL THE THAT PIT STOP OVER BY EAGANS LAKE HAD A MASTERLINK TO FIX THE CHAIN ON MY BIKE.
ZACH AND ALL THE OTHER OLDER KIDS WOULD TAKE THE RHINO AND RANGERS OUT FOR HOURS AS WELL. WE ARE SO IMPRESSED WITH THE RHINO. IT NEVER LETS US DOWN. WHERE EVER WE NEEDED TO GO THE RHINO WOULD GET US THERE. WE DID DO A NIGHT RIDE OVER TO THUNDER ON SUNDAY. WHAT A TRAIN WE HADE 1 RHINO, 1 T-REX, 4 RANGERS AND MANY BIKES AND QUADS. OF COURSE I FORGOT THE CAMERA! YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I HAVENT MENTIONED LEXIE. SHE WAS UP THERE BUT SHE WAS NEVER WITH US. LEXIE WOULD GET UP AND EAT BREAKFAST AND THEN SHE WAS OFF PLAYING, GOING FOR RANGER RIDES, AND HANGING OUT WITH OTHERS. WE WOULD SEE HER FOR A BRIEF MOMENT FOR DINNER AND THEN AGAIN WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR BED. SO I HAVE NO PICTURES OF HER AND I REALLY DONT KNOW EVERYTHING SHE DID. I CAN TELL YOU SHE HAD A BLAST!!! I WOULD SEE HER WAVING TO ME FROM A BACKSEAT OF A RANGER FROM TIME TO TIME. AS LONG AS SHE WAS HAVING FUN! THE DAYS WENT BY SO FAST THAT ON MONDAY I REALLY DIDNT WANT TO COME HOME. WHAT A GREAT TRIP!

DEF LEPPARD CONCERT

TUESDAY NIGHT ZACH AND I HEADED DOWN TO MIDVALE FOR CHEAP TRICK, POISON, AND DEF LEPPARD CONCERT!! ZACH HAS BEEN SOOO EXCITED TO GO SEE DEF LEPPARD. ALL 3 BANDS PUT ON AMAZING SHOWS!!! ZACH AND I TOTALLY ROCKED IT OUT!!!

LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC WE WERE STUCK IN FOR OVER AN HOUR!!!!AND THIS IS ONLY LOOKING ONE WAY!! YA, WE GOT HOME AT 1:40 A.M.!!! BUT OH SO WORTH IT! I LOVE THAT ZACH WANTS TO HANG WITH ME. VERY COOL THAT ZACH ROCKS OUT TO THE SAME MUSIC THAT I GREW UP WITH!! I THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE PERFECT LITTLE CONCERT BUDDIES!!! :)

SCHOOL DAYS

i MUST ADMIT I WAS SAD WHEN I SENT MY KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY. I DONT WANT THEM TO GROW UP ANY MORE THAN THEY ALREADY HAVE. I WILL MISS HAVING THEM HOME WITH ME DURING THE DAYS. ALTHOUGH I CAN GET SOOO MUCH MORE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN THEY ARE NOT HOME. ZACH IS STARTING 9TH GRADE AT WAHLQUIST JUNIOR HIGH. HE CANT WAIT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY IN DECEMBER...HE CAN GET HIS DRIVERS PERMIT!!!UUUUGGGGHHH...NOT READY FOR THAT. HE WANTS TO HURRY AND GET THIS YEAR OVER WITH SO HE CAN GET INTO FREEMONT HIGH!!! I TELL HIM WHATS YOUR HURRY? BUT I REMEMBER DOING THE SAME WHEN I WAS HIS AGE.

LEXIE IS GOING INTO 3RD GRADE AT FARR WEST ELEM. THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE SHE IS READY FOR SCHOOL , BUT SHE BEGS TO DIFFER. WE ALL KNOW LEX IS NOT A MORNING PERSON SO YOU CAN GUESS HOW MONDAY MORNING WENT...AH...NOT SO GOOD. BUT THERE WERE NO TEARS...THE BUS STOPS IN FRONT OF OUR DRIVEWAY SO WE DONT HAVE FAR TO GO. THATS NICE! WE HAVE A PRETTY BIG STOP WITH SO MANY KIDS! SHE WAS A BUNDLE ON NERVES SO SHE WANTED ME TO FOLLOW THE BUS OVER TO THE SCHOOL AND MAKE SURE SHE FOUND HER ROOM OK. FOR HOW OUTGOING LEXIE IS YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW HOW SHY SHE REALLY IS. SHE PUTS ON A GOOD FRONT! MY LITTLE 3RD GRADER.... I AM SURE BOTH KIDS WERE NERVOUS AND EXCITED THIS DAY. THE ONLY ONE WHO CRIED WAS ME....MOM...I DO EVERY YEAR. MY LITTLE ONES ARE GROWING UP AND IT MAKES ME SAD. I AM SURE PROUD OF BOTH ZACH AND LEXIE!!!

AN AMAZING LADY

FRIDAY WAS A VERY SPECIAL DAY. MY MOST AWESOME FRIEND ALAINA AND HER HUBBY, RYAN CELEBRATED THEIR 10TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THEY CHOSE THIS DAY TO GET SEALED IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE. ALAINA DOES EVERYTHING "BIG" SO I KNEW THAT THIS DAY WAS GOING TO BE EXTRA GRAND. SHE WORE A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING DRESS AND HER LITTLE LADIES WERE DRESSED JUST AS DARLING.WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR THEM! WE HUNG OUT WITH THEM AS THEY TOOK PICTURES. WHICH I MUST ADMIT, I AM EXCITED TO SEE. I WOULD NOT HAVE MISSED THIS FOR ANYTHING! I AM SO PROUD TO BE ALAINAS FRIEND. I DONT THINK SHE REALIZES HOW MUCH I LOOK UP TO HER. I ONLY HOPE THAT ONE DAY I CAN BE AS GOOD OF A FRIEND TO HER AS SHE HAS BEEN TO ME.ALAINA, I AM TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE YOU IN MY LIFE. YOU ARE JUST AN AMAZING FRIEND AND A VERY CLASSY LADY.I LOVE YOU MY FRIEND!!!XOXO

CRASH AND BURN...OUCH!!!

ZACH AND HIS FRIENDS WENT OUT BIKE RIDING THE OTHER DAY AFTER SCHOOL REGISTRATION. WITHIN MINUTES OF THEM LEAVING THE BOYS RETURNED HOME WITH MY SON COVERED IN BLOOD. HE BUNNY-HOPPED THE CURB AND CAME UP SHORT AND ENDOWED OVER HIS BIKE. HIS ELBOW AND LEFT CHEEK TAKING THE BLUNT FORCE OF HIS LANDING. YA, CAN YOU SAY OUCH!!! WITHIN MINUTES HE HAD A GOLF-BALL SIZE BUMP ON HIS UPPER CHEEK AND COULD NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING. I CALLED THE NEXTDOOR NEIGHBOR, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A FIREFIGHTER, AND HAD HIM COME OVER. HE TOOK HIS VITALS AND RAN HIM THROUGH A BUNCH OF TESTS. HE HAS A SLIGHT CONCUSSION, MANY BUMPS, BRUISES, A BLACK EYE, AND MAJOR ROAD-RASH! HIS EYE GETS BLACKER AND BLACKER BY THE HOUR. AND HE REALLY CANT MOVE HIS ELBOW VERY WELL. ITS PRETTY SWOLLEN. I FEEL SO BAD FOR HIM....... CAN YOU SAY " OUCH!!!!"

FORTS

SUMMER IS THE TIME FOR KIDS TO BE KIDS! AND MESSES SEEM TO FOLLOW! LEXIE AND HER FRIEND ALEX ASKED IF THEY COULD BUILD A FORT THE OTHER DAY. I WAS LIKE "YA, SURE HAVE FUN!" OK, THIS FORT TOOK UP MY ENTIRE LIVING AND DINING ROOM. IT HAD 2 HUGE ROOMS THAT EACH OF THE GIRLS DECORATED WITH ITEMS FROM AROUND THE HOUSE. THEY USED EVERY BLANKET, SHEET, PILLOWCASE, AND EVEN TOWELS TO COMPLETE THEIR FORT. IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL. I WAS A PATIENT MOM AND LET THIS FORT STAY UP FOR ALMOST A WHOLE WEEK. LEXIE HAD SOOOOO MUCH FUN! SHE SLEPT IN IT MANY TIMES! WHEN I FINALLY TOOK IT DOWN I WAS AMAZED AT ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS IN IT! SHE HAD A BLAST WITH THIS FORT AND IT WAS FUN WATCHING HER ENJOY IT SO MUCH!