Party with the Lee's

 About 30 minutes after we got home from our camping trip we headed over to the Lee's for little Erics 3rd birthday party. They always do the funnest things and they had this awesome water slide to play on.

 Isaac going down - Eric watching.

 Bret helping Jackson go down.

They even gave them neat little goodie bags. What a fun party.

Camping With the Kids

Some of us Mom's and our kids decided to go on a camping trip. It was me and my three kids, my good friend Wendy and her three kids and my cousin SheriDawn and two of her kids (the other two were at their Grandmas). We ended up going to a campground near Panguitch Lake. It was pretty cold at night and in the morning but oh so beautiful during the day. It's so nice to be somewhere where you can play outside during the summer. We stayed Thursday to Saturday. I wish I would have gotten some more pictures of our camp and activites but we were a little busy chasing all the kids.

 We went fishin at Panguitch Lake. SheriDawn gettin' the poles ready.

 Anna and her little friend Tenley ate a whole lot of dirt this camping trip. It was their favorite thing to do. It will be nice when they are walking and not always down in the dirt.

 Wendy and Tenley relaxing in the sunshine. Wendy forgot her sweatshirt and was freezing cold!

 Isaac sitting in his chair with the pole and I think Tag has the other pole.  The boys loved it.

 Tired little girls.

 Isaac actually ended up having a high fever all day Friday and slept in the tent most of the day. He also got car sick on the way home and threw up.  He still had lots of though and we were glad we went.

 Wendy's car is awesome because we can fit all 8 of us. It was extremely tricky to get all of our stuff packed in there though. Wendy made quite the art of it.

 We went back to panguitch lake and went fishing again Friday evening. We didn't catch anything that morning and the boys were a little bummed. We actually didn't catch anything this time either - but after Wendy and I went back to camp SheriDawn and her boys stayed on and Ty ended up catching two trout. The kids were all very excited to see them.

 Isaac is always a good boy to help with Anna and likes to hold her.

 Sheridawn has the most awesome camp chair - we can all fit in it. Poor Jackson has the sun right in his face.

 Preparing for dutchoven chicken and potatoes.

 Isaac and Jackson

 Wendy, Tag and Ty

 SheriDawns husband Josh came Friday evening and stayed over night. I think you can see all three of our tents in this picture.

 Josh showed us how to gut a fish. I had never learned how so I was glad he would give us a lesson.

Jackson kept saying, "No! Don't cut fish! No!".

We had a great trip.

4th of July 2011

 For 4th of July this year we woke up early and headed to the fairgrounds. I played fiddle music with my family band for the community breakfast. Then the kids and I went for a fun rhino ride. After naps we headed over to Josh and Wendy Jensens for a yummy dinner and afterwars they all came over to our house for fireworks and root beer floats. Finally at quarter to nine it was time to head back over to the fairgrounds for the big fireworks. My cousin Erin Whipple sang the National Anthem and did such a great job. It was a long day for the kids and they were entirely wore out by the end of the day, but we had a great time.

  Little Tenley Leah and Anna Isabel.  This time last year Anna was a week and a half old and Tenley was born the next day.

We had a ton of s parklers and snaps....or pops...whatever you call them. The kids love those.

 We had smoke and flames everywhere!

 Jackson did pretty good with the huge sparklers but the flames got a little too close to his hands on the small ones.  He mostly preferred to watch.

 I bought several of these bigger ones. Purple rain I think they are called. Isaac and I escpecially liked them.

 My Dad came over and brought some more sparklers and snaps! Anna sure likes it when she gets to sit on his lap and share his treats. This time a root beer float.  (My Mom wasn't feeling well so she didn't get to come over)

 Too cute.

 Waiting for the big fireworks to begin at the fairgrounds.

 Now that's a good Grandpa. The kids hung on him the whole time.

 Isaac and Ty started practicing their UFC moves. We had to wait a long time.

They were so wore out by the time the fireworks came that Isaac just wanted to curl up and go to sleep. The best was watching Anna's face while she watched the fire works. She just loved them. She oohed and ahhed with a big smile the whole time. Jackson sat with my Dad the whole time and sometimes he would say, "that scare me" but I think he was just saying that - he loved them too. 

Cookies!

                                              Messy little Chocolate Chip face. She loves it!

                          Anna loves to get in this little bin. But she hasn't figured out how to get out so after awhile she starts yelling till you get her out.

 The boys have been building a "block wall" in the hallway. It's interesting the things they come up with to do, when it's too hot to play outside.

 I have no idea how Anna got up in her little bin up on this bench without falling down.



Grandma Bonnie's 80th

 My Dads Mom, Bonnie Nelson just turned 80. My Aunt Jolene had a Birthday party for her at her home in Panguitch. 

 My Grandma Bonnie is an amazing woman. She looked so great.

                                             Cousin, Lance Miller and Uncle Jimmy Miller

                                                 The beautiful Nelson girls. (Lauren included)

   Isaac and Jackson had so much fun just playing and playing and playing. There were lots of cousins, a big nice yard and beautiful weather.

 Uncle Dustin and Anna

 I just love my Uncle Clint - nicest man ever. He was in charge of the pinata.

                                    They started from youngest to oldest. Jackson went up and put the bat in his hand but then he got to shy to actually take a whack at it.

I had a hard time getting Isaac up there, but once he took the first whack he didn't want to stop - he got a few pieces of candy out of it.