Sunday, November 13, 2011

Justin’s Birthday 2011

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Justin would be 9 years old – Wow how time flies!!  We Decided to go swimming in Manti to celebrate Justin’s birthday, we took Cassi with us and the kids had so much fun Even Madelaina.  She loves to splash and play in the water.  I made 3 round cakes for the kiddos to decorate themselves.  They love cooking and frosting cookies and stuff like this. Heather was staying at grandmas so she came and decorated one too.  Just love these kiddos and everyday that we are blessed to have them make us smile!

  June-July 2011 314 Daddy feeding Madelaina licorice…so….we had to wash her off in the pool!

June-July 2011 316 June-July 2011 336 PJ, Madelaina, Mom

June-July 2011 343 Cassi Lee Cook!!  we love her!

June-July 2011 347 June-July 2011 348 Kasherman

June-July 2011 349 OH no!!  More sticky!June-July 2011 351 June-July 2011 352

Kash, Heather, PJ Decorating their cakes.

10 Months old with 4 Teeth

Here we are trying to capture some good shots of Madelainas teeth she is 10 months old and has 4 beautiful Chompers!  her first tooth came in at 4 months then the other 3 not far behind.    June-July 2011 295  June-July 2011 293June-July 2011 307June-July 2011 301 Joe at home with the kiddos, just spotted these photos after downloading the camera.  They are great kids, taking care of each other! I am so grateful that Joseph loves to spend time with the kiddos, they absolutely love him at home too!!

Retirement Party

June 5, 2011 - Cruzin’ Susan…retiring after driving bus for 26 years.  we all got together and threw her a surprise party at the park.  Always fun with food and the family.

 June-July 2011 275Mom and Dad (Grandma and Papa)June-July 2011 256June-July 2011 255 PJ picked some rhubarb for aunt Khristie who came over to Ftn. Green to make jam as a coverup to get everyone together for the party..joes cel phone 2011 274   joes cel phone 2011 267 June-July 2011 258 Kesley, Karley, Madelaina, and KambriJune-July 2011 268Handsome Boys! Chance, Joseph, Tyrell, PerryJune-July 2011 278 My Little Bro’ Dusty and his Wife HaileyJune-July 2011 271  Destri, Madelaina, KesleyJune-July 2011 276Khristie and Perry – Beautiful Smiles! -

Monday, November 7, 2011

The Desert Lost??

so after a fun adventure at Lehman’s Cave we ventured out on the desert.  I had been there many times as a child but never remember it being so far out in the middle of nowhere!!!  As I said before we were kinda looking forward to some sunshine, but we received snow instead!  so here we are driving down a mushy gravel road into the middle of the desert pulling doubles, hoping we don’t get stuck, with no cell service, nor any other traffic.  smart eh???  our first adventure was the goldfish spring.  we had to look through the mossy troughs but found quite a few fish, we caught a few and threw them in a container to take home and proud of our findings continued on down the road being careful not to pull too far to the sides so we wouldn’t sink out of site!!  the roads were very mushy especially with our big camp and ranger on.  we drove and drove in the rain and cold wind until we came upon skunk springs.  we decided to camp here…on the road…for the night.  the boys pulled of their 4wheeler, Ranger and Motorbike.  they got so wet and muddy, when they were cold and worn out they came into the camp to warm up.  Joe and I kept trying to decide which road to turn and go south on again and couldn’t decide because the road we were on was the best and still wasn’t that grand.  So we left Morgan with the kiddos and decided to drive on in the Ranger to check out the pathway.  The next day we decided to turn around and travel all the way back the way we had come instead of traveling through Marjum Pass.  Which we are glad we did because the next day we found out there were people who were stuck there overnight in just a pickup, no trailers.  while we were at our campspot we had so much fun!!  We went on a fun ranger ride the next day, saw some wonderful scenery, antelope and even Chased some wild Horses!!  So much fun! 

June-July 2011 119 June-July 2011 122 Madelaina, Our little trooper 10 Months old. Kash and Dad shooting the gun.June-July 2011 124 June-July 2011 138We drove down this wash and found a great spot for lunch, kinda out of the wind, the boys had so much fun climbing up this big rock. June-July 2011 141 June-July 2011 146 Here’s Mister PJ, up to something, “Hey Mom”June-July 2011 172Ahhhh…look at that He picked me some flowers!  Cute little stinker!

June-July 2011 173 June-July 2011 175 June-July 2011 178 June-July 2011 186 Kash Posing! “Mom take a picture of Me!”June-July 2011 189The Desert and Its Beauty June-July 2011 234 June-July 2011 192  June-July 2011 197 June-July 2011 204 June-July 2011 208 June-July 2011 218We caught a bunch of goldfish, of which most died the first day, then we had to go back and catch somemore on our way home, there we also caught a Horned Toad… (if this is illegal please don’t tell) 9 days after we got it home and put it in the aquarium with the lizard it layed eggs!!  crazy, just wish we could have hatched a few.  The boys just love animals! I had my eye out for snakes, but am I glad we never did see one!!   June-July 2011 219 June-July 2011 220What a funny Photo!  PJ you crack us up all the time!  Love YOU!! June-July 2011 226Another one of the beauties of the desert…can you spot the Antelope?

June-July 2011 251After the long travel back the way we had already come…we ended up just a few miles east on the other side of Marjum Pass for our next night, there we stayed and dug for trilobites the next day…did you know most of Utah was covered by water years ago??  The Trilobites were lots of fun even though I did not capture any photos of it we have the trilobites to prove it!! Ha. June-July 2011 239 June-July 2011 240 June-July 2011 242

I would have to say besides being in the middle of nowhere with my sweet little family….one of the other favorite part of the trip was when we came upon 5 wild horses.  I have video footage of this event but no photos to share, so I will see what I can do to post this also.  Lots of fun!!  and now that we know our way around the Desert we will definately be back for another trip!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Memorial Day 2011

so here we are looking for a nice warm place to go and hang out on memorial day…..the Desert right??? …..wrong!  It snowed on us about 4-6 inches the first night we got to the Border.  We pulled our Camp and Ranger.  we ended up staying at a trailer hookup at the Border Inn the first night and were very surprised to wake up to the Snow!  we drove about 15 miles to Lehman Cave.  it was so fun the boys thought the cave was amazing! Kash had to potty so bad, we didn’t know what to do so Joseph stayed behind and let him potty in the cave!!  shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!  you are not even supposed to touch or rub up against the walls, let alone potty in there!  Then after Lehman Cave we Drove out the Desert Roads, down memory lane and the Sheep Trails…more photos and explanation to come!

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