Monday, September 15, 2014

Bear Lake 2014

Our annual Bear Lake trip was during the month of August. The weather was perfect, the company was perfect and everything was wonderful.



I asked Evan to carry Carver's shoes for me and when I looked back to check on him, he had used the velcro part of the strap to just stick them to his swim suit. Genius!




One problem was that we kept out food on the dresser. Carver could reach it and we would find him with an entire bagel or other snacks. At least he never went hungry.





 Shawn's first attempt at snorkeling. It was a major fail! Looks like we need to do some practicing.
 Evan took the waverunner on a little ride. Just kidding, Tiff is behind him pushing it back in from their ride together.

Shawn Turns 7!!

My sweet little first-born is 7-years-old! He really is a sweet kid with a nasty temper. He flairs up quickly and tells us he can't control himself. He is incredibly smart and wants to know how everything works in the world. He is constantly trying to invent things and come up with new ways of doing things. He loves snuggling, running around, watching cartoons, reading books, sports and many other things. We sure love this kid!
 
Shawn has a camping theme party this year.

Three-legged races, s'mores in the backyard, cake in the tent

Diggin' for worms (gummy worms in whip cream)


Afternoon of shopping with Grandpa and Grandma Knab for hiking boots and then some golfing.

Then we went out to eat as a family that  night.

His actual birthday was on Sunday. We had a yummy breakfast, went to church and then Jon's family came over for dinner and cake. After everyone left Shawn begged to sleep in the backyard. All of us hung out in the tent, but only Shawn and I slept out there. Well, we did until it started raining on our faces because we never put the tent cover on.


Tuesday, August 19, 2014

July

We did a lot of fun things in July. We took full advantage of the summer; which is the way I like it. We went on several hikes, Cowabunga Bay and some other activities that I didn't get pictures of, but rest assured, we had a great time.
 
We spent a few different days at Farm Country. Carver always likes looking at the horses, but freaks out when they start to move.  



We enjoyed a lot of time in our backyard, including picking and eating strawberries.
My grandpa grows the most amazing garden. We have been better this year about going over to help him pick and eat all that he grows.



Shawn has been talking about sewing his own pajama pants for a long time. He was so proud of himself when he finished.

 We went to our favorite splash pad in Highland. I made muffins to bring as a snack. Several times I caught this baby stealing one behind my back. I guess he liked them.



Seriously, this kid. Could he be any cuter?!?

Our neighborhood has an annual Canada Day parade. Kind of funny, but the kids love it.

I was making breakfast and heard Carver laughing so hard. I kept looking over to see what was so funny, but he was just staring at the cupboard. Finally, I saw the cupboard slowly open with Evan inside. These kids keep me laughing.

"Mom, I'm all ready for swim lessons"
This is where Carver hung out for the two weeks of swim lessons.


4th of July bike parade. I never got a picture of Shawn because he was too fast.

Homemade dunk tank at the neighborhood party.

Jon participated in the pie eating contest.

The results of the dunk tank






 
4th of July party with Jon's family



We went up in the canyon with my family one day. We found this cave, which my brother wanted to explore. He asked if he could take Shawn and Evan and I said "yes". That was one of those parenting fails. It was a super deep cave and had parts full of water. Nothing bad happened, but what if it had? There could have easily been a mountain lion living in there, a deep pool of water, a crazy person. Dumb!


Grandpa's stories always involve a tickle. Evan's laugh is the best!


My sisters and I met up at Tibble Fork Reservoir for our annual outing. It is such a beautiful setting and the kids had a blast. Well, expect when Carver tripped on a rock and ended up with his face in the dirt. 



I had to run an errand so I bent down to give Carver a hug. The other boys came running for a hug too and Jon caught this picture. I sure love these little boys that drive me crazy.

This is what happens when you get in a fight....with your nightstand. He now wants me to put a bench between his bed and the nightstand so when he falls out of bed he doesn't hit his face.

A picture from one of our hikes. Evan has started saying that he hates going in the mountains. Sorry Buddy, you better learn to love it because we will be up there a lot. 

That is one cool kid.