Flaming Gorge

We were so lucky to spend the weekend up in Flaming Gorge with Buz's family. We went to raft/float down the Green River, and had such a blast!

We tented in the "backyard" woodsy area behind the cabin. Zoe was such a champ.

Kennady and Dan. They look nice and all, but Dan can do some serious drenching with a 5 gallon bucket. Next time Dan, next time...

Buz's mom was so nice to stay behind and watch the little ones. Thanks Julie!

Our little 5 man raft. And in case you were wondering, that is 6 year old Sloane in the middle! This was her "best birthday ever!!"

The whole rafting group. We're all soaking wet, including the grannies - such good sports-, due to our never ending water fight.

Katie, Isabell, Sloane, Dani, and Kennady

How can you resist?

Lily took a ride on Shamu.

Then decided she'd do what she loves best-throwing rocks and...

covering herself in mud!

Thanks for the great weekend Hanni's, we loved it!!!

a visit from a friend

Carsyn and Zoe

Thanks for coming! See you soon!

Silver Lake

My brother is the outdoorsy type, and I wish I was more. There’s just something in me that doesn’t think of the mountains as my first form of entertainment when I’m looking for something to do. But, he suggested a walk around Silver Lake up at Brighton and it sounded great to me. Once again the kids loved throwing rocks in, and it was fun to just watch the cousins together.

4th of July

We were able to FINALLY make it up to my parents “cabin in the woods” (its not really a cabin at all, but it looks like one from the outside, and due to location…anyway, we finally made it to Wyoming. My brother was in town from Portland and they were able to make it up for the weekend too.

If you didn’t know, lily loves corn. But love is an understatement. She absolutely, positively lives and dies for the stuff. Remember last year? Well, we had a repeat this year. She even tried to save some for later, and let it hang out between her two front teeth for the rest of her meal.

Couldn’t help but do a little toenail painting while we were hanging around.

Lily and my niece Kenna

All the kids were in their zone throwing rocks into the water, and lily refused to take her life jacket off!

The boys took the little girls out in the canoe, and I actually took a ride in it too. I’m a little bit of a wuss, but you have to understand how cold that water is and how wobbly the canoe is. But I did it.

Abigail and Zoe, two weeks apart.

spring has finally sprung

Buz pulled out his old remote control helicoptor and showed it to Lily. He said he would let her chase after it until it died, then we could get rid of it. I think he forgot how much he likes it, because he was a little cautious with it and its still in working order.

After spending way too many days inside, I finally went crazy and bought the first outdoor toy I could find at Wal-Mart. So we came home with a mud mixing station, which Lily is in absolute heaven with.

Blessing Day

We blessed Zoe in church today and Buz did such a great job. We had our extended families and some friends over to our house afterward for some good groceries. Zoe wore the same dress Lily did, I decided to keep things simple and inexpensive. Thanks to everyone that could come!

back in business

***let me just say i'm posting on my mom's computer, when i compose the post everything's centered, but it's just not coming out right. sorry!*** ... we went to st. george for memorial day weekend. lily got a haircut! here's a wonderous pic of the before. sorry, i haven't taken an after pic yet. camera's out of batteries!

buz snapped this while the haircut was in progress. lily thinks its so exciting to have jeanne cut her hair! we decided to head to vegas on sunday. we visited the aquarium at the mandalay bay and then saw the lions at the mgm. it was something fun and different than what we usually do down south. ... so i've been totally out of comission for the past 6 weeks. that's one of the many perks of having a c-section! but, i've been cleared to drive, finally, and so now i've made my way to my mom's to borrow the interweb! lily has been a really cute sister to zoe, never really violent or nasty to her. just nasty toward me! i took this pic i think just a few days after we got home from the hospital.

we're taking a break from dance class for the summer. lily has been practicing her moves, and thought her tights made a great hat! we've been enjoying the park as much as possible whether or not the weather's nice outside! zoe and her great-grandma jerry. and another cute one of the girls just being cute together.