First boating trip of the Summer!

Summer and warm weather seems like it took forever to get here. We went to Jordanelle finally on June 26th hoping for a great day of weather and boating. It was a pretty good day. It still was pretty cloudy and the water was freezing but the kids had fun jumping in and swimming around. Milika was really scared and for the first few hours would not get off my lap and wouldn't move. Finally she warmed up to boating and had fun holding the flag. So glad warm weather is finally here!

Father and kids overnighter

A few weeks ago our ward hosted a Father and kids overnighter instead of a father and sons. It was great that Lloyd was able to take the kids except for Milika and it was a nice little break for me. The campspot they went to was dusty and dirty with lots of flies and bugs apparently. So when they came home they were filthy and the car was filthy. So that part was not particularly fun for Lloyd but the kids didn't mind. They had a great time. They did some hiking and take a look at the bonfire they had. Not sure it was quite safe. My nephew Noah was able to go with my Dad as well. Glad that I was able to stay home and have a night out with my Mom and sister and sister in laws, that is definitely not my type of camping. :)

Family Reunion in Idaho Falls

A few weeks ago we went to my Dad's side of his family reunion in Rigby, Idaho which is a few miles away from Idaho Falls. I had committed to my Dad that our family would go a few months a head of time but as it was getting closer to the weekend of going, I was not excited. None of my other siblings could go and I was dreading driving out there for one day. So we decided to go the night before and we stayed in a hotel and the kids were able to go swimming and we had a great breakfast provided by the hotel the next morning. We got up early and after breakfast we headed to see some of the places I had not been to in years. These are some beautiful Falls that are right in front of the IF temple. It was a beautiful day and weekend. I missed my bros and sis' being there with us but we ended up having a wonderful time with my parents and my Dad's family.



This is the house that my Dad grew up in, with his 6 other siblings. He was raised in a small town called Ririe. He grew up on a farm and had several acres of land. We grew up visiting my Grandparents in this little house. We loved this house and staying here as kids. It has a little creek behind the house that we played in and I thought was huge as a kid but looking at it now, it was just a little creek. I have so many great memories of staying here and of my Grandparents. Sadly, my younger siblings don't have quite as many memories as do me and my older sister. My Grandma passed away in 1985 and they moved my Gpa out of this house shortly after that. I remember one time as a kid getting snowed in one winter and not being able to go back home to Utah and back to school and I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I have memories of riding horses and the chicken coop in the back where my Gpa would get eggs. It was so great to go there after several years of not seeing this little house.

This is the cute little LDS Church where my parents had their wedding reception 40+ years ago. It's such a cute chapel and its actually used as a reception center now.

We were also able to visit my Grandparents graves which I have not been to in several years. It was really neat to go back to the cute, very small cemetary and pay our respects. We also found my Dad's Grandparents graves as well.

Unfortunately we didn't take any pics at the reunion of my cousins and aunts and uncles. But we had a great time and I am soooo glad that we went and that I was able to show my husband and kids that bit of history of my family.

Scout Camp

In the beginning of June Lloyd and Josh went to scout camp with our Young Men. Lloyd is the YM's president and so he decided he was going to take Josh as well, even though he isn't of age to go yet. They went to Bryce Canyon, Zions and finished off at Lake Powell. After looking at all the pictures I just have to say that Utah is BEAUTIFUL! I was a bit jealous, they had so much fun and I wish that the girls and Young Women were able to do trips like this.

My cute son at the sanddunes.

Their camping area and tent. Not too bad.

Enjoying lunch after one of the many hikes that they went on.

They boys having fun in the car.

My 2 handsome guys at Bryce Canyon.


Josh sitting on the edge. I know they took pics like this just to bug me and worry me.

Messing around at their campspot area.

All the boys and leaders in Bryce Canyon.

This is another hike in Zions called Angels Landing that is very steep. I wasn't happy about Josh climbing it. Lloyd said it was steep and he almost had a heart attack climbing it. He is afraid of heights. Joshua has no fear about it and just climbed up like no big deal.



The chains are supposed to help support you up the rocks and pull you up for how steep this climb is, you go straight up.

This was a pic that they took to show me how high up they were.

The cliff behind Joshua is the tops of Angels Landing. Needless to say I was happy when they called me and said that this hike was over and everyone was safe. Rumor is last year 2 people died on this hike.

Playing in the sanddunes.

They would run and then jump as high as they could off the hill. This is Josh in the air. Believe me this was not fun to do laundry from all this red sand, but I'm glad they had fun.



A hike at Zions to the Emerald pools where they were able to swim and play in the water.




This is Glen Canyon Dam and they took a tour of it. Beautiful!



Enjoying Jack in the Box for lunch one of the days.

They went to Lake Powell on the 2nd to last day and it was cloudy and a little cold, they were hoping for warmer weather, but the boys still had fun.



All the boys in front of the Zions sign. Glad they all made it home safely especially my son!