Thousand Lakes 2008

It's been years since we have been to Thousand Lakes. This is Casey favorite place to camp and hunt. Unfortunately it is a draw only area to hunt so it doesn't happen very often. Thousand Lakes is part of Fish Lake National Forest and borders Capital Reef. This picture shows us over looking Capital Reef. We had a good group go with us, Casey's family, my mom & dad, Hal & Elaine Anderson, Chris & Lynelle Memmott, & Casey's uncles and family. Cael had such a good time and is loving camping more and more. He would go and go and go until he couldn't handle it anymore and then finally give it up for a nap (99% of the time it was on the 4-wheeler). The baby did so good and never fussed. She went with us on the 4-wheeler the first day and loved every minute. We did a lot of riding and saw a bunch a neat places. After the first day, my mom and dad decided to go in the truck down to Capital Reef and through Cathedral Valley and then back to camp. We were all going on the 4-wheelers so they took Kensie with them. From what is sounds like, they got into some scary patch of road and did some rock climbing. My mom said that Kensie never made a peep the whole time. Kensie is so good to take, but she had a weird obsession with licking the table in our trailer (should we worry????). We also found a tree that Casey had carved our names on in 1999. I can't believe that we have been together for ten years. I'm going to find some old pictures of us and post them soon.

Kensie 7 Months

Another month down! She's getting busy and is trying to crawl!

Cut first tooth

Started fruit, she loves bananas

Screams when she doesn't get what she wants

Rolls from back to front

Loves to go for walks in the stroller (she talks the whole time)

Hates to lay on her back except when she's tired.

She is loving her bath and crys when we take her out

Trying to crawl, she gets up on all four's and rocks.

Has to have her bottle to go to sleep

She is wearing 6-12 month clothes and size 2-3 shoe

weight 18 lbs 3 ozs

Summer fun!

Cael is having the best summer. He is finally old enough he can enjoy having friends (cousins) over. Him and Kaitlyn get to see each other all time because we live so close. They play so good together and are becoming good friends. We had Gavyn sleep over the other night and this was Cael's first time having a sleepover at his house. He was so excited to have him come stay. They played all night until it was time to have an "orange cow". We love to make this drink and will have it at least a couple of times a week. Gavyn wasn't so sure he wanted to try it until Cael talked him into it. He took one sip and let out a big "MMMMMMM"! Casey started a fire in his new pit he got for fathers day and they sat out there until they got tired. He is so funny and him and Cael are good at wearing each other out.

Father's Day 2008

I love the guys in my life! It so fun to have a day to celebrate all that they do for us. Especially to my hubby who is the the best daddy, husband, and friend. I don't always let him know how much I appreciate all that he does for our family. Our home does not feel complete until he walks in the door from work. Cael can't wait for him to get home everyday so they can "work" together. He calls Kensie his little princess and she smiles and giggles every time she see him! My kids are so lucky to have a dad that loves them so much and is willing to play with them all the time. I have people tell me all the time that Casey is just like his dad. My father-in-law is a great example to Casey and has taught him how to be a good husband and dad. They are both hard working and have to have everything perfect. He is always willing to help us out and never complains about anything. Gary always sees the good in people and I have rarely heard him say a bad thing about anybody. I also was taught by example of how a dad should be. My dad never made me feel like an inconvenience and was always willing to help in anyway he could. During the summer we spent our day's with him and the guys farming. I have the best memories of those summers spending time with him, my grandparents, uncles and cousins. He taught me to listens to oldies music (which I love) and to love animals. Cael wants to spend all his time with the guys and is learning from them everyday. He has the best guys to look up to! We spent all day Sunday eating! We went to Chris & Jakoye's place first and ate till we were sick (BBQ turkey mmmm) and then we went to my mom's and ate right after. I had to take mine home I was way to full! Oh-yeah I forgot to mention that while we were at Chris & Jakoye's, Cael ran into the wall and got a huge goose-bump on his forehead. He said it didn't hurt, but it look bad! Kensie also cut a tooth that night. She is much happier!

Lagoon 2008

We spent the day Saturday at Lagoon with my family, well everybody except my Dad and Chad. Cael had a good time and loved all the rides. Our favorite was the new Odysea ride. We had the boys go on all the kiddie rides before we had them go on any of the bigger ones. Cael was so excited to go on the log ride and wanted to sit in the front. He was having a great time until he realized that he was going to get wet and then he wanted to sit in the back! Well by that time it was to late to change seats and he ended up getting wet. This picture was taken right before he started crying. By the time we got off both boys were screaming that they wanted to go home. I don't know if he was scared of the drop or if he was mad he had got wet. What ever it was he got over it and was ready to ride something else. We didn't get to ride Rattle Snake Rapids because the line was too long. The crowds were great in the morning with hardly any wait, but by the afternoon there were long lines and the boys were not up to that. Around 3:30 the boys were getting tired and we were trying to decide if we should head home. We decide to let them go on one last ride and while waiting in line the power went out in the whole park. So that decided it for us. Cael rode home with Nikki and they said the boys didn't even make it to the freeway and they were asleep. Cael is still talking about it and has even said that the log ride was his favorite. Hopefully we've not ruined him on water rides because they are my favorite! We had so much fun that now we are going to plan a trip to Disneyland!

wanna go for a ride?

Well the box man(ups) made Cael's day on Saturday, he delivered the new shifter for his Rhino. He could not wait until he could ride it again. We started to have problems on Easter with it only running in reverse. We think that it could of been the fact that he would shift in the middle of driving it! Well anyway after Casey took it apart about a million times he finally gave in and called to have a new one sent. Cael was so excited to have it fixed, he even had Kaitlyn all worked up to go for a ride. They had such a good time driving the neighborhood showing it to all the kids. Cael is getting really good to look forward while he drives. At first he tried to take out all the cars on our street, but now he can drive pretty strait. They drove for a while and then Kaitlyn said she needed jumping lessons. So they would drive - jump- drive-jump. They are such good friends and it is nice to have cousins so close.

Tagged

I was tagged by Marcy. The rules are as follows: List 3 Joys, 3 Fears, 3 Goals, 3 Current Obsessions, and 3 Random Surprising Facts About Yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names.

Joys
1. Spending time with Casey and Kids
2. Our family Saturday morning Dr. Pepper run
3. watching PBR (especially Guilherme Marchi)

Fears
1. Change
2. Guilhermie Marchi getting hurt before the end of the season (ha ha)
3. my family getting hurt/sick

Goals
1. To have a girls night out with Jen (my best bud) at least once a month
2. To finish my heritage book before the end of the summer
3. To play with my kids more.

Current Obsessions
1. Blogging/photoshop
2. PBR
3. Shopping

Random Surprising Facts
1. Casey does 99% of our cooking.
2. I have a fear of deep water and Big Fish.
3. I hate American Idol, (please don't send me any hate emails about this because I will never watch the show! ha ha ha)

Tag
1. Machelle
2. Marissa
3. Natasha
4. Natalie P
5. Mandi

Big Brother

I've decided that you have to be tough to have an older brother who loves you soooo much! Kensie gets this look on her face every time Cael comes close to her. It's like she's preparing herself for whats to come. He just can't get enough of her and is always in her face kissing, hugging, and playing with her ears and toes. I've even caught him running his toy grinder on her face, he said "but she likes it". Kensie just gave a grin and I'm sure was relieved that I had saved her before her nose was gone. He just can't wait until she can really play with him and I'm sure when that day comes she will have learned how to defend herself.

Mini-me

I just couldn't resist posting this cute picture of Cael mowing with Casey. The older Cael gets the more he loves to help. He helps me in the house too, except for he draws the line at the bathrooms (dang-it), but he loves to vacuum and that can come in handy! I read a quote once that said "help this good doesn't come cheap" and that is so true! Cael never forgets the stuff he helps out with around the house and will remind us during every trip to Walmart or Greenline. We decided we are going to start a chore chart so that we can stretch out the rewards {wink} and make him realize that he needs to earn his toys not just expect them. We're going to try it, but I'm not guaranteeing anything. (maybe I can teach him how to do laundry????) Kensie also had her first bath in the big tub. She finally can sit up strong enough and loved every minute. She just kicked and squealed the whole time. She is getting to be such a big girl!