Hogle Zoo

We finally found a day to do a little trip. We took the boys to Hogle Zoo. It was SO much fun! Easton has been waiting for a long time to be able to ride the train, so we made him wait to do that last. We first went to the bird show, and the talking parrot freaked Easton out. Mason also hated the birds flying over our heads! The boys loved seeing all the animals and really loved the new baby giraffe. It was a perfect day. There were not many people there, and it was early enough in the morning that the animals were really active and close. We had a lot of fun and I really can't wait to take Easton and Mason back!

This picture doesn't have anything to do with the zoo. Easton headed in to go the bathroom and was gone for awhile. I poked my head around the corner and found this! Couldn't resist taking a picture of it. I asked what he was doing, and he said, "reading a book!" Like DUH!

Good Times

This past week was our County Fair. I have always enjoyed going to this, mostly because of the social part when I was younger, but this year I was so excited to be able to take the boys to do the things that I loved! We went over pretty much every day and ate all the yummy food. Easton loved getting Slushies, so that was pretty much a daily occurrence. We enjoyed looking at the displays, seeing what the vendors were trying to sale, playing on the blow-up toys, watching the different entertainment, spending time with family, watching the parade, and eating way way too much! The last night of the fair there was a free concert. It was so fun to go and watch Emerson Drive. Mason absolutely loved it, and was dancing up a storm! I think he enjoyed it as much as anyone else. It was an awesome week, and once again, I am sooo thankful for my little family and the memories that we share together. I love them so much.

This is my cousin's little girl. She is a doll!

I need to add a few more things to the picture, but I love it like this too!

Jordyn

Justin's cousin JeriLynn sent some picture for me to edit! They are of her daughter Jordyn's 3rd birthday. They took her to Hogle Zoo and got some cute pictures of her petting the tortise. I loved editing them and playing with the different red colors in her outfit! Thanks Jeri for letting my edit these, Jordyn is a doll!

Easton and Mason can be the best of friends... sometimes... Lately Mason does everything that Easton does. I keep waiting to hear, "Mason quit copying me!" I haven't heard it yet! The other day I caught them watching cartoons on my computer and of course Mason is acting just like his big brother!Justin and I took the boys to a local splash pad. It is a lot of fun for them, and nice for us because it is free! Mason isn't quite as adventurous as Easton, but they both have tons of fun!

Bear Lake

This last weekend we went and spent 3 days at Bear Lake with Justin's family. Even though the drive there was horrible (it took us 9 1/2 hours, because our truck broke down), it was a lot of fun. We stayed in a nice grassy area that had bathrooms and showers. It was my first time EVER being able to blow dry my hair while camping! We only had to drive a few minutes to get to the beach. Justin's Uncle and Aunt, cousins and kids came up too. It was so much fun to be able to visit with everyone and let our kids play together. Easton and Mason mostly played in the sand, digging and making sand castles. Bryan and Meghan brought up a water trampoline that they had a lot of fun on. The best part was that the water was shallow for up to 75+ yards, so the kids could go out as far as they wanted!

All the family that came up and visited!

Summer Fun!

The boys disappeared for a while. Justin went and looked out the window, and he found them making this huge mess! Easton and Mason and filled the wagon with dirt and were adding water to the mixture. To top it all off they added themselves to the mess! I ended up changing their clothes 3 times that day, cause they kept going back for more. For FHE we decided to go roast hotdogs. My dad had 2 teepees set up for a different activity, so we went there. It was awesome weather, and there wasn't very many mosquitos. The boys love hotdogs, especially over a fire. It was so much fun. My dad had built a swing and the boys had fun playing on it and climbing the trees. Oh, and there always had to be time for a potty-break!

This was the view as we were driving the fourwheelers home.

It is such a beautiful place to live! I LOVE IT!

Finally an update!

Okay, I still haven't got my computer fixed, and probably have lost everything that was on it, but I did figure out how to edit some pictures on another computer I have. So here is a bunch of pictures from the last month or so!

Easton caught a ladybug down in the field, he was so excited to bring it home. (I was surprised that it even made it home, clenched in his dirty little hands, for a good 1/2 hour) We put it in his bug catcher and allowed him to keep it overnight. We feared it would die, and really break his heart, so we insisted that it needed to be let go. Well that broke his heart anyways. After a lot of tears he finally opened his hand and let it fly away. Who would have thought that he would fall in love with a little ladybug!

For Justin's birthday we went camping with my cousins up on the mountain. There were tons of bugs, but the boys had a lot of fun. The spent a lot of time playing in the water and exploring around the trees. There were logs that went across the stream and Easton wanted to go across it so bad. He kept trying and getting scared. He finally got the courage and made it across. I was proud of him for overcoming his fears!

We bought the boys a new swimming pool. We try to spend a lot of time out there, but Mason thinks that it is funny to put shovels full of dirt into the water. So I need to figure out a new way of keeping him from doing that so I don't have to clean it every time we go out to swim!

We had a good 4th of July. We went on the mountain and had a picnic, went to a parade, and did fireworks. I don't have any pictures other than this one of the boys, because my battery died. I will have to steal some from my dad and try to get them posted soon!