Dad and Carson's 1st Elk Hunt/ Pine Wood Derby (2014)

 Uinta mountains is where this hunt took place.  Mike and Carson went with Jed for 3 days and it was beautiful weather the whole time.

 Carson was in such heaven he said that he didn't even care about spiders possibly crawling on him.

 Carson says he was starving in this picture.  He remembers getting up at 4 am and then riding on the 4 wheeler for an hour and then hiking for an hour and then being able to watch the sunrise.  He said that was the best part.

 I know he had the time of his life with his dad because when he came home he was glowing with happiness and went into a little bit of depression over having to be back and do his normal things.  I felt so bad for him.  I can relate.  When I go off and have a good time and then have to come back and do the normal routine it can be hard.

 So glad that the kids have a dad that takes them places and wants to be part of their lives.

 Pine wood derby this year was amazing!  Mike recruited some top notch help in putting the cars together.  Brady and Danielle painted both the boys cars.  Mike Holmes helped add weight to the cars...with silver!  I think that might have been our secret weapon.

 Cole was not feeling good that night but he still took 2nd place!

 Carson took first!

Love this shot!!  I was away at a home school conference so I didn't get to see it but Mike called and sent me pictures and told me all about it.  Made this mamma's heart happy.

Park City Fun with Friends (2014 Still)

 This was such a fun trip to Park City, we went with the Beckstead's and the Gull's.  Blogging about this a year later is a bit difficult so I think we stayed there at least a couple of nights and boy did we stay active.

 Here is the proof of how active I was!  After we all rode the rides we decided to ride bikes down the mountain!  I for one have never ridden a bike like that before so I took a little spill but I would do it again in a heart beat.  Its fun to do things you haven't done before, especially when you are with such a fun bunch of people.

 I am sad to say this is the only group photo I got of all of us.

 The girls being wild and crazy.

 When we weren't busy with all active stuff during the day, we were getting on some serious poker at night!

 This is just some random photo of Tater that needs to be remembered.  He makes the most adorable little doggie!! love love love

Cousin Time 2014

We had such a fun, busy last summer.  Maddy and Bella came to visit too!

 Bella and Morgan doing a foot scrub.

 Uncle Jake got a pool that summer and boy oh boy did the kids have fun in that thing!

 I have fun playing in that pool.  So glad that Jake is close and we get to hang out so much together!

Love having Bella here with us.

Summer Fun 2014

 Mike got the kids this little 4 wheeler that was pretty fun...before the kids broke it!

 Ashley came for a few weeks at the beginning of the summer.

 We really enjoyed having her here with us.

 Mike took all the kids, plus Dani and her friend to a Lindsey Sterling concert.  We LOVE her and they said it was such a good time.

 We decided to go explore the great Salt Lake one day.  It. was. hot.   But it was neat going to look at it up close.

 There were lots of pool days last year at Desert Peak.

 We had a cook off with Jake and Jared, Mike and me.... all made a dish and then we had Brady and Danielle come over and judge who's was the best.  Of course they said all were good!  That was pretty fun.

 These guys totally took it serious!  Wish I would have taken a picture of all the dishes.

 Zoo day last year with us all.

 Here we leveled and are prepping for a play area.

We were able to find this used last year.  I put a coat of paint on it (not this picture) and had to fix a few things but its been a good toy for the kids the last year.