Uintahs

We've had quite the busy summer this year. So here's the start of a Summer Recap! We started off with a quick three day campout at CK's mom's property up in the Uintahs. Breaking out the ol' tent trailor for the first time is always fun!

...and yes, it was a bit on the COLD side!
Our first s'mores of the season..mmmmmmm...

We took a little hike in the morning. Rojita wanted to get a nice workout so she carried little Belle.

I love this picture of Loobey walking by her grandpa. He is 100% cowboy!

One of the days there we flew kites. That seems like a funny thing to do, but we had the greatest time doing it. It's times like these that I sure would love to "freeze" my kids and always have them at this fun age!

Time Warp

Today I was able to go to lunch with some of my favorite people ever! My Tracy friend came in from North Carolina to visit her family, so we arranged a lunch date with her and three other of my dear friends from long ago. It's been over 18 years since we've all been together!

This is Tracy, Jill, me, Sarah and Jeanette.


I went to high school with Tracy, Jill and Jeanette. Sarah came along after and we adopted her as one of our "high school buddies". What great gals! Now just for fun, here's us same gals 19 years ago (in the same order)...

Tracy

Jill

Me

Sarah

Jeanette


It's funny that it's been that many years, yet it feels like yesterday.

Little Levi

Whenever the whole family gets together, for some reason we love to always compare ourselves to our "larger than life" nephew, Levi! Picture one of those big Tongan BYU football players; He's 6'1", 265 lbs., wears size EIGHTEEN shoes and, (here's the kicker...) he THIRTEEN YEARS OLD!



Here's how Levi's foot compares to my sister's.


That's really his shoe!



But best of all, he's an even bigger sweetheart!


(Levi, make sure you remember me when you're rich and famous! ;)

Happy May!

On my side of the family May is a busy birthday month. Here we go... It's Candy, me, Brandon, Aaron, Grandma, Megan, David, Kyrstin, Landon & baby Kaden's birthday month! Wow, did we have a party! And yes, we sang Happy Birthday ten times, with each song louder and more obnoxious than the one before. We make ourselves laugh!

Here's just a few picts from the party.

Easter Duds!

Okay, going back to Easter. I ALWAYS take the kids' pictures in their Easter duds on Easter Sunday. This year I forgot. So, I made them all put on there Easter outfits for church today and we pretended that I didn't forget. So here's my kidlets in their Easter duds, only a month late!






Here's Rojita and me, also in my pretend Easter duds!

Loobey's Seven!

Loobey had her birthday last month! She's a big number SEVEN this year! She wanted to have a cowgirl themed party this year so a few weeks before her b-day we went out looking for a pair of cowgirl boots. Unfortunately the only boots we could find were the way nice $100+ boots. Sorry, ain't gonna happen! So looking through the good old local news's online classifieds I found ONE pair of girl's boots which just so happened to be Loobey's size. I couldn't believe it! So thanks to two of my sisters, two of my brothers-in-law, my brother, my mom and my hubby, the boots finally made there way to our house! It was quite the logistical event getting them from 60-ish miles away to our house! It was so worth it! She opened them up on the morning of her birthday and has hardly taken them off since.

Here's Loobey all decked out with her horse cake...


I took pictures of each party friend outlaw! Here's Loobey's. (Pretend it says "Loobey", will ya.)


Then to top it all off, her Grandma Chatelain picked her up and took her horse riding out at her farm. She had a great day!

Easter Party

On Saturday before Easter we had our annual family Easter party down at my sisters house! Here's just some fun picts!


Here's Rojita with three of her cousins. I have no idea why she's glaring at Levi. Since he's twice her size, she better watch who she picks a fight with!


Thanks, Candy, for a great time!