Family....

My niece Morgan and nephew Logan came and visited us this year.. I hadn't seen them in about 4 years.. They have gotten big and very tall.... We had lots of fun hanging with them... Wish we got to see them more often...

Marsh Lake 2011

We love Marsh Lake... So earlier this year when we tried to book reservations at Marsh lake they didn't have anything open that we wanted so we thought we would try somewhere else. So we booked up mirror lake highway. Well due to the snow we've had this year. They pretty much canceled our reservations up at Trial Lake and left us now where to go and gave us only a week notice.. So we figured we would try and get some first come sites at Marsh.. We were able to get three sited and even though we weren't right by each other we still had a blast.. And yes we camp from Sunday to Sunday.. And yes I was so ready to come home by the next Sunday..

Our wonderful view from our trailer..

The view from the lake.. LOL Our home away from home for a week.

We usually do the same things at Marsh.. First things first is you gotta go cut wood and then spend the day chopping it.

Second.. You gotta get those four wheelers unloaded and give the kids a ride.. Preston wanted a ride so bad he's just a little to small still. And they all love grandpa's little red four wheeler.

Third.. You have to go fishing.. We (well they) did pretty good this year they caught a bunch at the lake and then they caught some albino fish down at Stateline..

Fourth.. If you fish then you eat them.. Nate's family love to cook the fish over a fire.. Camden and Carter have never eaten so much food. They love lake/river fish.

Of course with all the wood we chopped the older boys usually do some wood work.. Nate this year carved knifes for the boys and then we painted them. It's their fav toy as of now.

Carter with his knife.

Fifth.. We always take a drive at night to see the wildlife.. This year we loaded up in the grandparents Tahoe and the kids had a blast in the back seat.

Usually every night we had deer in our campground. Yep pic taken right at my trailer. This night we only had one and a few nights later we had about 4 deer walking around the area.

Me and Preston got to spend a lot of time together, the older boys we either off riding four wheelers, fishing or bike riding..

Preston thinking he is big stuff wearing a helmet on Carter's bike..

Sixth.. You gotta play some cards.. We didn't have too much rain up camping this year which was great but when we did its always nice to go inside and break out some games..

Preston thinking he is big stuff driving the truck.. The bugs were pretty bad so on our hike me and Preston came back early.

Seventh... You gotta go on some cool drives and find some cool stuff on a hike. We love to take a couple hours and go exploring and see whats around. The kids love learning about the wild flowers and smelling them. We found this great place with these super old cabins.. Needless to say I'm thankful for indoor plumbing..

One of the homes we came across. Yeah can't imagine living in that 12 x 12 box with 6 kids and grandparents and who knows what else..

The other home we came across it didn't hold up as well as the other one..

We love Marsh Lake and we love going with Nate's family. My parents even came up for the day and brought my niece and nephew from New Hampshire with them. We had fun and can't wait for next year..

Cute butts..

We got home from camping and I had to spend a couple days cleaning the trailer so we could get ready for our big camping trip of the year.. Needless to say while I had sleeping bags out the kids had fun..

Love this pic of Carter and Preston just relaxing on the sleeping bag watching t.v.


Love them cute butts, just hanging out in a shirt and diaper.. And yes Preston is as big as Carter.. LOL

Mantua...

Did a quick trip to Dock Flats last weekend.. We had fun hanging out and enjoying time with family.

Camden and Braiden being silly.

We rode as high as we could got into some fun snow. The boys of course had fun playing in the snow.

Ran into my niece Jessie up on the mountain, her and her friend got a little muddy.

Our view on our ride.

The end of the road.. We got pretty close to Inspiration point. A couple more hot days and I bet you could make it to the top.

Me and Courtnie getting ready for the ride.

Preston sitting in the chair. He wasn't happy it was raining and he couldn't go and play.

The boys playing with Simba.

Under the awning while the rain came.


The other group under the awning.

Preston and Anyston chillin..

Bear Lake

Nate had the whole week of the 4th off. We wanted to do a bunch of fun stuff, but of course i was sick all week. We did however make it up to bear lake for the day. We went with Nate's parents and had a good time.

The kids in the water, yeah it was very full and very cold.

Tried to get a cute family shot, just noticed Preston is not looking..

The kids loved throwing rocks into the water and searching for sea shells. with no beach there wasn't many sea shells lying around.

Little P sitting on a rock.. my little man is 15 month old now.. So big and so cute..

On our drive up we stooped at Tony Grove.. There was lots of snow and still lots of ice in the water..

Gotta love the snow in flip flops..

We stooped at Ricks Springs on the way up too. Talk about over flowing.. You couldn't cross the bridge and they had Caution rope everywhere.. I've never seen so much water coming out of the Spring.

The kids had to go check out the little cave on the side..

Happy 4th of July

This year for the fourth we did the whole parade thing again.. We went to the Farr West parade where Camden is on the Appleseed float.. It was fun to watch him and it was great to have so many people there supporting him..

Carter was ready to get the candy.. We left with that bag pretty much full of candy..

The fam.... right to left.. Nate's dad, Preston, Nate, carter, Papa, Bunna, Lori, Boston, Courtnie and Anyston.

Little Anyston.. She turned one the next day... She is such a cutie..

Me and Preston..

Here comes Camden's float

Last time my little guy will get to ride in the parade.. Next year we will go and watch Carter..

Swim Lessons..

It's that time of year again, when we need to pull out the swim suits and jump in the pool... The kids were super excited for swim lessons this year.. Camden did a great job and is turning into a pretty good swimmer.

We are lucky enough that Nate's aunt has a pool and her daughter teaches swim lessons. It's nice to go just to the aunts house and watch the kids swim.

Camden showing his ability to swim to the stairs.

Camden just getting in the water.

Carter and I did a mommy and me swim class. It was good for him to get used to the water and he had lots of fun playing. And it was nice for me to work on my tan.. LOL

Me and Carter having some fun.