New Carpet!!!! Yah!

SO we got new carpet for our front room on Friday. I am loving it. I think it has totally changed the feel of our room. Our good friend Matt has been on the lookout for carpet for us for about five years. Finally his wife, Janalee's Aunt bought some really expensive carpet and decided after a few weeks of having it in her home that she didn't like it. So they ripped it out and wahla, we have carpet for an amazing deal. Thanks Matt!!!!

Pinewood Derby and Joshua's eight Birthday

Well, the Pinewood derby was Wedensday night and because Joshua turned eight the next day they let him participate. Wooohoo. He loved it. He and Jacob made their cars and had a great time racing them.



Then Roland flew in that night so Andrea, Serena and our families and Roland went to Applebee's for dessert to chat. It was good to catch up with Roland.

The next day my Joshua turned eight years old. I can't believe that he is old enough to be baptized. He was so excited. We woke up that morning and he opened his presents. He got to hand out treats at school and after school he had a friend come to play and he even stayed for dinner. And of course, he had to have Pokemon cupcakes for his cake. Joshua had an awesome day. I love you Joshua.

Labor Day Weekend

This weekend was a good weekend. We went up to visit my Mom on Friday and Saturday. It was good to go see her.

Then on Monday we were going to hike Timpanogos with my sisters but when we got to the parking lot to buy tickets it was a four hour wait to start your hike. We didn't want to wait that long so we drove up the canyon to Cascade Springs. It was a really easy hike but the kids had fun. It was really pretty too. We got a few good pictures.


Here are the boys with Aunt Serena.

What a Busy Week

Well this past week was a very busy week!

We wend to This is the Place Heritage Park on Wed. and it was a lot of fun. The kids got to try on fun hats and we rode ponies, and made candles, and rode the train and petted the animals. It was a lot of fun.





That night was also back to school night so the kids all met their teachers. It was fun. Then we had pack meeting and Jacob recieved his Bear award. Now he will be in Webelos scouts. Crazy! He is growing up.

The next morning was the first day of school and Jacob's birthday. Jacob had a good day. Grandma and Grandpa Atkinson came for dinner and Grandma took a bike ride with us because Jacob got a new bike for his birthday. Jacob also wanted a Harry Potter Birthday cake.





Here are pics from the first day of school. Everyone seemed to have a great time.

Summer Fun - Chickens first egg

We have just been having a fun summer. This week, we went bowling with some neighbors. My kids really had a good time.





Even Wyatt learned how to bowl. He got the highest score of us all!!

Then John went on a 12 mile hike with Jack and so on Saturday we had to go and pick them up. We went up to the campground where they were supposed to meet us. We started hiking the path and a huge thunder storm came so we went back to the car. I forgot my camera, but it was really beautiful. I guess as we were waiting in the car, another car that we had previously talked with left and they saw John and Jack and asked if they were looking for us, so they drove back up and told us they were down at the 1000 peaks ranch. I am so glad they are home safely. I guess there wasn't much trail up there and they were climbing huge rocks and so they decided to take a different route and came out around the lake. They had a good time.

While they were gone the kids and I went swimming at Serena's and then we went out to eat with her and we rented Planet 51 to watch.

Today our chickes laid their first eggs. Well I think it was yesterday! Yesterday our one chicken flew over the fence and we couldn't find her anywhere. Then we finally found her stuck in the fence. We have a wood fence and the neighbors have a chain link fence. She was between the two fences. Then today we heard her trying to lay an egg but she couldn't do it so then a few minutes later, she flew over the fence again and into the same spot. We went to the neighbors and saw that she had built a nest and there were three eggs laying there. Amazing.

Camping at Wasatch State Park

This past weekend we went camping at Wastach State Park. It is a great campground for tents. It has showers, warm water to wash your hands in and toilets that flush! I loved it. All except it was sooooo hot. Not quite far enough up the canyon to really cool off. We didn't even have to get into our sleeping bags to sleep. It was a lot of fun.

We took a hike, roasted marshmellows and had smores and played in the little creek. The boys all carved a walking stick. And just plain got very dirty. I don't think Wyatt has ever been so dirty. It was just fun to sit back and relax. Here are some pics.









Wyatt was so dirty and he does not know how to shower so this is how we gave him a bath. Didn't like it at all.

The Worse Moment of My Life . . . and a Great Weekend

This weekend we had the worse moment of our life and then a really great weekend.

To start off with we went to Kamas on Friday. We went to the parade and the kids caught a ton of candy. It was pretty good. Then we hung out at Grandma and Grandpa's house and launched water balloons with our cousins.

We went to BullWars with Grandma and Grandpa. It was fun for the kids to get to go to a rodeo. It was pretty good. Here is a picture of the kids with Grandma and Grandpa.

Then we came back to Grandma's house and built a fire and had smore's. Then Jacob, Joshua, John and Grandma decided to sleep out under the stars. Abigial and Wyatt, Grandpa and I slept in the house. About 3:00 a.m. John comes in the house and wakes me up and tells me to come and see something. I walk out into the kitchen and Jacob is sitting there and his legs are all bloody. I ask "what happened?" I guess Jacob took off sleep walking and nobody woke up. He climbed over a barbed-wire fence and walked through the field with stickers and everything with no shoes on. He then climbed a chain link fence and by that point he had woke up and started crying. The lady in the house heard him and she called to him and asked if he needed help. He then told her he needed to find his Grandma's house. So she found out who his Grandma was and walked him back to the house. She rang the doorbell and no one heard it. So Jacob told her his Dad was in back of the house so they walked back there and she woke John up. He was pretty scared. Waking up in the middle of a field and not knowing where he was. His legs are all scratched from the barbed wire and he has huge blood blisters on his feet. He can hardly walk on them. He went into shock and threw-up and so it took a few minutes for him to warm up and calm down. I am so very glad that lady brought him back home. So many things could have happened. I will be forever grateful for her for being awake at that time of night and finding him and bringing him home safe. Here are some pics of John washing out the rocks from all of his scratches. It made him go into shock again. We had to lay him back down and now he is doing fin.



On Saturday we went to the Atkinson family reunion. It was really fun for Abigail because they all of Celiacs, so there was a lot of desserts she could eat. It was nice to talk with all the cousins again.

Kenecott Mine

So our summer is half over and it has been going by way fast. I have hardly posted anything. Mostly because I keep forgetting the camera.

Well today we went to the Kenecott Mine tour with some neighbor friends the Hendricksons. It is free until Saturday. It was cool. My kids enjoyed it. Reminds me of my Dad. He used to work in a mine similar to Kenecott and drive the big shovel. It was super busy though. Glad we got there early.

Fourth of July Weekend

This past weekend has been great. It all started on Thursday. Abigail had her kindergarten graduation. Wow! She is now a 1st grader! I can't believe that.

Then Friday was the last day of school! Hooray. Summer can finally begin. That night we went to the Riverton Parade. We love going to this parade. It is so much fun. We went with our friends that Hutcheons and had dinner and waited for the parade.

Then on Saturday morning our neighborhood always has a neighborhood parade that the kids decorate their bikes and ride in. It is a lot of fun.


Then we had to go to Kamas for a wedding. So we ran up their for that and then we came back and had a BBQ with my sister and her family. Then we went to the Riverton fireworks. They were really cool this year. Here are a few pics of the kids with their light swords that they bought that night.


Sunday we went to church and then that night John and the kids slept out on that trampoline. There were quite a few fireworks going off in the neighborhood so we got to watch them again.
Then on Monday we went for a bike ride and then we came home and played on the waterslide.




This has been a very busy but fun weekend. Hope you all had a great 4th.