Summer Crazy 2012

Well its been a crazy, fun and busy summer! We have had alot going on and its not over yet! We have been playing baseball, soccer, swimming, backpacking, going on weekend getaways, doing scout camp-outs and I love it! I am not looking forward to August when it all ends and we have to head back to school! I love Summer and love having the kids home! On a sad note we have not been able to get to my Family's property-we are missing that! We have been out camping just not to our favorite spot! The Seeley fire here in Utah burned for nearly 3 weeks and I think by the power of prayer-and much gratitude my dad's property did not burn! But from what he says its a miracle-it burned all around the border of it and they actually built a fire line threw the property next to my dad's to stop the fire-but we got lucky and it rained!! We still havent' been aloud up there but are able to go this weekend and hopefully we can see the damage! So Sad about that I wonder were all the animals go? And  look at the beautiful land that was destroyed! I know we appreciate it more and are anxious to get up there! So thankful for my parents they are GREAT and we love them so much! I will have to post pictures when we actually get up there!  Sorry for all the posts but I want to remember this summer and all those things we did!! Love My Family!

Baseball 2012

The reason I haven't been blogging has alot to do with baseball its been busy! Marcus was on the Angels and Matthew was on the Mariners! What a great season! Mckay decided not to play because he is playing Club Soccer and is practicing 2 nights a week and thought it would be to much. He could have done it and he actually said he missed it-maybe next year. The boys had alot of fun and loved playing! Marcus team went to the State Tournament they took 3rd in Payson. They played 3 games at state and only one 1 so they were out. He was bummed about that he really loves to be apart of a team! I wish I would have recorded him. He Cheers on all of his teammates and yells for them it is so cute! He is such a little guy but sure has a heart of gold! The picture is of Marcus and Nicholas who is our neighbor and a friend to Mckay and Marcus-Marcus played his team in Baseball and was even cheering Nicholas on during the game-Love my Marcus!  Matthew's team was amazing and full of talent! I think we will be seeing some of those boys play in High School and  give Spanish Fork a run for there money! Matthew's team was first in Payson, Santiquinn, Nephi.  They were literally undefeated all season until there last game and they lost by 1. They went on to state and played 4 games and one them all. Then on the last day at state they were playing for second and the game went into double overtime and they lost by 1. Then they played for 3rd and I think they were exhausted and lost by 4 to Spanish Fork. Overall they took 4th! I was so impressed-these boys started playing at 5:30pm and didn't stop until 10:50pm with a total of 17 innings that night! AMAZING! Spanish Fork is GREAT at Baseball it came down to 3 teams from Spanish Fork and US-From Payson! We gave them a good fight! It was SO fun and some intense Base-Ball but we loved it!

Arches

At the beginning of June we took a little trip to Moab. We have been to Moab before but never to Arches National Park. It was a blast and we even stayed in a hotel. The kids loved it! We would get up and go on a hike in the morning and then make it back in the afternoon to swim.  There is ALOT to do down there we have thought about going again to Canyon lands which is like 20 miles from Maob.  We love a good hike and these hikes had lots to see! One of our favorites was the Delicate Arch it is something I think everyone should see-its Beautiful and so worth the 3 mile hike! I think you could literally take all your vacations in Utah and see all the National Parks and you would be amazed!! We want to get the kids to all of them...... someday!

Timberline/Camp Tiefie

Matthew has had a jam packed summer! He likes to keep busy! In the middle of June he went to Timberline for a week then came home for 2 days and went to Scout Camp Tiefie for a week.  He was absolutely exhausted when he got home and hungry........... the first day back he said mom can we go get a Subway Foot long!! I said Absolutely I think you more then earned it! Subway is his favorite. Timberline is a a Leadership Training Camp for Boy Scouts and you have to be invited to go.  He learned alot and really enjoyed himself. He was telling me that next year he wants to go back and be "on staff" which means one of the youth leaders.  We will have to see he has to write a letter and then they interview the kids that are interested.  At Timberline most of the kids were complete strangers.  Matthew told me they put the boys in groups of 6-7 and nobody knows each other and you spend all week with those same boys he said they become your brothers! I loved that he said that! So proud of him and his willingness to do new and scary things! At Camp Tiefie he got to go with the boys from our ward.....His BFF Matthew came this year (I think he was looking forward to spending the week with him). He had a great time. He forgot to put on sunscreen and he got burned SO bad-he blistered! He had to speak in Sacrament and said "Sunscreen is a good thing!" I guess maybe he learned?? We missed him and I found myself thinking about him wondering what he was up to! Glad to have you back Matthew-Proud of you!