Summer

Summer is in full swing at our house.  The grass has been crazy and taking Justin forever to cut.   Yesterday was the first time he was excited to mow the lawn.  He got to ride his new riding lawn mower.  What use to be a 3+ hour job is now around 35 minutes!  Caleb loves it as well. He enjoyed going for a ride.

Brett is also having a great summer.  He and his daddy just took a trip to Fillmore. While they were there they went to U Dig and dug up trilobites, then went to lemans caves and topaz mountain.  Brett came home then had a 2 day sleep over with his cousins aleck and Jace.  Yia Yia was so fun and came to stay with them.  She let them have a hot dog and marshmellow roast, play slip and slide and blow lots of bubbles.  Now Brett is in Fillmore with nana spending a few days without his mom and dad. 

Our yard this year has been a struggle. Most things just didnt grow well because of the cold temps.  Now everything is filling in.  Here are my wildflowers.

My onions

My Tomoatos

I also have peaches growing. pumpkin, green beans, cucumbers and roses! 

Last but not least meet Rosco.  He is the newest member of our family (Deb if your reading this while brett is down dont tell him! - It will be a surprise when he gets home).  Rosco is a German Wirehair. He is a hunting dog that points.  Right now he is a sweet 10 week old puppy.  He has a ton of energy and is cute as can be.  not a snugly dog but a very playful one.  That way he can keep up with cody. 

Cody and Rosco are already pals.  Cody lays down and lets Rosco bite his tail.   Rosco loves to chase cody around and play with him.  when they both get tired they will lay in the shade and share a toy. 

Giggly Caleb

Caleb and Daddy playing

Brett's Very Last T-ball/Coach Pitch Game.

Happy Birthday Justin!

I am a little late blogging about Justin's birthday. Anyway justin got to celebrate in Island Park with a piece of Peach Pie. He got this net for the back of his his jeep. We are all ready for summer now and the kids wont fall out. His best birthday present of all was the very nice Idaho police officer who wished him a happy birthday while giving him a 10.00 ticket instead of the 200.00 ticket could have given. It is a great thing it was his birthday. Anyway happy Birthday Justin. Your the best.

A cute picture of Caleb painting.... 

Here is a picture of brett when he was painting just a few older than Caleb was in his picture. Dont they look alike?

More Trip Pictures

Coyote at Yellowstone

I just cant get over how cute Caleb is in this hat.

This is the 4th wild Grizzly Bear we saw on the trip.  this one was very close up

Another picture of the 4th Grizzle Bear in the wild

Brett was obsessed with wolves this trip. We didnt see one but we did find this fresh track

Mammoth Hot Springs.

Favorite picture from trip/snow covered play ground

Favorite Picture

Snow covered play ground

snow out the kitchen window

Road Trip: Island Park Idaho

We took a week long trip to Island Park Idaho.  It started out with a pit stop at Bear World in Rexburg.  We saw a ton of grizzly bear, black bear, elk, a moose, goats, etc.  The bears were up close and personal.

This bear was my favorite.  He actually was begging for food.

Cute bear cubs.

They also had some pretty mild amusement park rides.  Brett is probably on the verge of being too big to enjoy them. But he still road every one of them.

Brett and Caleb both enjoyed the petting zoo.

Daddy did as well.

The weather at island park was a little on the cold and wintery side.  There was still a ton of snow up there and it was still falling.

We spent a day at West Yellowstone and shopped for Caleb;'s new monkey hat and watched the Yellowstone IMAX movie.

We spent 2 days at Yellowstone. We saw a ton of waterfalls, old faithful, roaring mountain, etc.

Brett and his brother had a good time at the condo.

This was us at old faithful waiting for the show to begin.

That day we also got to see a Grizzly Bear and 2 cubs.  They were pretty far away but we all saw them.

Except for Caleb, this bear was the only one he saw

Brett took lots of hikes with either mommy or daddy while the other one stayed in the car to watch Caleb.

We also spent some time at Big Spring.  The fish that are normally there were non-existent this trip but we found a muskrat to feed bread too.

Brett and dad tried to fish but it was way to windy.  Brett ended up sitting on this log and watching daddy try.

On the second day of yellowstone we got caught in a big traffic jam.  Bison were all over the road. It took a LONG time to get in.  While we were driving a car coming the other direction hit a pile of bison poop at around 50 miles per hour.  The car in front of us was covered and their windows were open. 

Brett got to have a special one on one ranger guided talk because we missed the scheduled one due to the traffic jam.  He learned all about bears and the difference between a grizzly and a black bear.  The rangers were so good with him.

AFter that he turned in his guide and became a Jr. Ranger.  He is also a Jr. Ranger at Mesa Verde

Vacation is great but its also nice to get home.  I was sure happy to see this sign.

The entire time we were there Caleb kept steeling Brett's pillow pet.  So when we got home Caleb got his own Pillow Pet which he loves.

Brett and Caleb also had a great time Swimming.  We didnt make it every day but pretty close.