Wyoming

Mike had to meet a client up at her property in Wyoming so we tagged along and made a weekend of it. We camped on her property which is on the Wyoming side of the Uintahs. Just beautiful!

 Mike and the boys went up early for a night before the girls. Amy had a softball tournament to finish. They went fishing and got to know the area.

 Our campsite. We didn't even pitch a tent. Just slept in the vans.

 Gotta love that camping hair!

 There was an old cabin we were exploring.

 Card games before nap time. UNO anyone?

 Beautiful full moon

 Pocket knives, sticks and fire.. could these boys be any happier?

 We did some four wheeling around the mountain but didn't take any pictures. Lots of cows! the streams and rivers were plenty and fun! On our way home we stopped at Butterfly Lake in hopes to catch a fish... but it didn't happen... not even a nibble.

 I even lost my weights and line and Briggy was nice enough to go retrieve it.

Losing teeth

In our family we are a little behind when it comes to teeth...
 Katelyn got her first tooth at 13 months...well behind other babies. Our teeth come out later than other kids as well.
Brigham just couldn't stand to wait so long. He prematurely knocked out his first bottom tooth on a friend's trampoline. He hasn't lost the other bottom tooth yet. He began working his top tooth loose about a month ago. He ripped so many nerves or parts of the root or dry blood that the tooth began to turn grey. He got scolded for jumping the gun and complaining so much about how he couldn't eat well with a loose tooth.
Mike was helping him take off his shirt one day and it caught on his tooth and ripped it out! He was so relieved to have that tooth out and hopefully he learned his lesson not to rush it.

Barbers in the family?

Christian just hacked at his hair yesterday...

Someone else did this when he was 4 years old!

Tyler and Christian are so a like in so many ways. Too bad Christian just cut his hair before preschool starts. We did our best to try to blend it, but.... at least it will grow back!

Summer Baseball

Brigham is doing T-Ball again this summer! It has been a little hotter than usual, but he still finds the fun in it. Really there are no outs. Everyone on the team gets a chance to bat and no score is kept. This is pretty disappointing to Brigham. he is very competitive so we have to make sure we know the score when he comes-a-askin' at the end of the game even if we have to make it up!

The A's

Brigham won't hit off the "t" so his coach pitches to him.

S-E-R-P-E-T-I-N-E! We've got people all over the base line, but that doesn't stop Brigs.

This is Tyler's last year of Coach Pitch.

His coach rotates everyone so they all get a chance to play every position, but i am pretty sure 1st base is his favorite, especially when his best friends is the "pitcher". A nice duo!They get 3 up 3 down!

Tyler is famous for his grand slams! Tyler is last in the batting order and usually gets a few RBI's.

(Sorry baseball/softball pics are so boring!It is fun to be there and watch)

Viva St. George!

We are moving to St. George too... just kidding. We were just visiting for a fun weekend with Curtis and Kristin and their family.

We headed down on Friday and got to the hotel about the same time. Cousins galore!!!

Swimming and swimming and diving for fish, sharks, rings or torpedoes!
(Sorry I forgot the camera!)
 
Then we headed to Chuck -A-Rama for some much needed choco milk and nutrients. 

Boys Table with Jessie

The much calmer-Girls Table

Nap time was next for those wonderful dads that do all the driving.

Then it was off to see Mary Poppins at Tuachan. Jessie and Christian were having major melt downs from all the fun and no naps, but we made it to our seats just in time. It was wonderful! Super great singing. The set was amazing with smoke and fireworks and chimney sweeps walking the walls and ceilings! What a production! Thanks for inviting us guys.

Saturday we got up and ate some breakfast and swam some more. Then off to shop the outlets. After some lunch we went to visit Jacob Hamblin's home in Santa Clara.

"Though the arrival of Brigham Young in St. George meant the Mormons' efforts to colonize far southwestern Utah would endure, it was probably the peacekeeping and community building efforts of an Ohio man named Jacob Hamblin who made Young's arrival possible. Hamblin, known for the red bandanna he always wore, helped ease relations between Native Americans and settlers in southwestern Utah and across the region. The native tribes, themselves struggling with drought and heat, appreciated his arrival and obeyed the deals he struck."







Went to see the St. George Temple

The week after our little vacation the kids learned in Primary about the vision Wilford Woodruff had had of the Founding Fathers, while in the St. George Temple. They felt pretty special to have just been there at that temple.


We had a lovely visit with Mitzi, Jeff and Preston and the cows in beaver. Sorry I didn't get my camera out!

We visited Cove Fort on the way home

"On 12 April 1867 President Brigham Young wrote a letter to Ira Hinckley asking him to take charge of building a fort on Cove Creek, located in central Utah a day’s journey from the town of Fillmore on the north or the town of Beaver on the south. This Fort, built instead of a town because of the scarcity of water, was to be a way station for pioneers traveling along the “Mormon Corridor”—settlements stretching from Idaho to Nevada connected by a network of roads, telegraph lines and postal routes. Being a man of action, Ira left his home in Coalville, Utah, on April 17th for his new assignment, his family to come latter.

For years the Fort bustled with activity. News of the great, growing West throbbed over the lines into the telegraph office at the Fort and postal riders delivered the news of the new western empire to the post office. Daily, two stage coaches with a variety of weary travelers rumbled up to the Fort. Travelers unhitched their teams from their heavily loaded wagons and led the horses to the barn. Cowboys tended the tithing herds and a blacksmith fashioned metal into horseshoes with his hammer. Evening conversation was lively around the long table where each night a new variety of visitors joined the Hinckley family for dinner.

For more than twenty years the Fort served an important function, but as times changed so did the need for the Fort. By 1890 the Church leased out the Fort and after the turn of the century, sold it to the Otto Kesler family."
In talking with Uncle Jeff  he told us that the fort had been in a lengthy court battle and his uncle had been granted the property only to find out later that there were several back taxes due on the property. He then sold it to the church.

telegraph office

Brigham protecting the fort! This kid can make the best gun noises with his mouth!

Not sure if this is cool or gross, but this floral arrangement was made from human hair by the daughters of Ira Hinckley.

The cute missionary lady tried her hardest to feed us spiritually throughout our tour, but reverence was not to be. She ended up giving the kids some pioneer toys she had made and then things really got out of hand.

And Jess played in the dirt!

Glad we stopped! It is always amazing to hear of the hardship and sacrifice that the early saints experienced.

A pretty nice little weekend trip!

Bountiful All Stars Girls Softball

Go TIDAL WAVES!!!!
Amy tried out for the girl's all star team and made the A team! She was really nervous, but has done really well. She usually plays short stop or 2nd base! The All Star coach was so surprised she had only played softball for one year. He said she has a "great arm"!

Being on the All Star team has been a big commitment- more than 10 hours a week of practice! Amy is a trooper and never complains. She plays with a good group of girls that love softball too!

Way to go Amy!!

Paper Boy

Tyler was filling in for a friends on vacation. He did his friend's Davis Clipper Route for a couple of weeks.

Ty had lots of help and enjoyed it for the most part.

We know someone else that was a paper boy!

Mother Daughter "Flip Flop" night

Katelyn hauled me along to YW with her more a great activity a month or so ago. I had to dress as Katelyn and of course I wore a BYU t-shirt with a side ponytail. Katelyn wore one of my outfits with her hair down and we painted each others toe nails and had some yummy treats. It was a fun night!

The Tooth Fairy and Her helper (Dad)

Amy had been working on getting a molar out for quite a while and she had just about had enough! Sore tongue and all! So along came Dad.
He got that tooth right out of their and made Amy very happy. It was his first tooth he had pulled out and he was pretty excited too.