Goodbye Summer

Good-bye to lazy mornings and stayin in our pajama's.

Good-bye to summer adventures with our siblings.

Good-bye to unscheduled play time!

Good-bye to stolen summer kisses.

Good-bye summer fun! We will miss you!

J.D.'s Baptism

How quickly time does fly! It's hard to believe that J.D. is old enough to be baptized. And at the same time I am so proud of him and so excited for him to begin this part of his journey!
These pictures are in the wrong order, but here we are after the luncheon. I wanted to get a family photo, but by this time, Piper had spilled sloppy joe all down the front of her desk and Tyson had on his shorts and cowboy boots.

Grandpa Scott got to confirm J.D. and his daddy baptized him.

J.D. was baptized in Marysvale, which was very cool. It's where the entire side of my family have been baptized. Brannigan and J.D. thought it was awesome to do it together. It was defiently a feat to get everyone there, but we did it! Even Grandma Doty came, which was so cool. We didn't even know to expect her. What a great surprise.

J.D. we are so proud of you and your choices. You are defiently a choice spirit and you will do so much good with your life. We love you buddy. Congratulations!

Bucakroo Rodeo

Okay, so this might be my favorite part of the Piute County Fair!! The Little Buckaroo! I love it. The kids have a blast and I love getting to see so many of my old friends. We all come home to torture our children, ha, ha, ha!!!

I signed J.D. up for the rodeo and all he did all night was follow this cute girl around. All I know is she is from Las Vegas. J.D. was sure smitten with her. She's a tough girl. She even rode a calf, which J.D. would not do. I told him he owes me $6.00.

Tyson was so much fun to follow around this year. He had a blast doing everything!

Go cowgirl!

Chasing chickens!

Tyson loved the roping! Yikes, my least favorite event of rodeo. No offense to all you ropers out there!

Dirt angels, of course. Hillarious!

J.D. and his girl, agian!

And agian.....

I don't actually have the pictures from them riding. I will try and get them on here later. Tyson rocked and did a great job!

Hanging with Aunt Junction! Pretty, isn't she? My best gal!!!!

Mason, Tyson and Mckinnley hanging on the fence waiting to ride sheep.

I love, love, love this picture! I wasn't going to enter Piper in the rodeo, but she wanted to do it. She did great until Colby actually put her on the sheep. That picture is hillarious. I'll have to post them. She did great!

Vroom Vroom

Daddy & His Girl

Piper had a horrible first half of our vacation. She had a cavity on one of her molars and it started to hurt. She cried all weekend. In an effort to keep her distracted until we could get it fixed on Monday, Josh and I took her up the mountain on Sunday evening for a ride. She sure loves her dad!

Pioneer Day, Marysvale Style

This is possibly one of my very favorite traditions. The 24th of July in Marysvale. My kids love it, I love it, Josh loves it. Nothing beats a small town celebration.
Here are the kids on our cute float. Sherry and Mom made the cute barn in the background.

Look at Tyson! What a stud.

I had to ride on the float because Sherry has bad hay allergies. Here are me and Pip waiting to start.

We've got foot races!

And of course Carnival Games.

They all won goldfish. That died the next day. But the kids were super excited about them.

I'm gonna have to buy a beta or something.

Grandma and Piper waiting for the Fish Rodeo to start.

This is what draws people in. It's the fish rodeo. Josh and Austin are fish cops every year. They love doing it. This year their didn't seem to be as many fish.

It's chaos, but everyone loves it.

And that's how we celebrate in Marysvale!

Girls Camp 2010

It was stake camp this year. We got to go up on Cedar Mountain and camp at Camp Little Thunder. The theme was Anchored in Safe Waters.
We were the cruise ships. Bekki Hafen was the ward camp director this year. Mandee was on the stake committee, and Kim Henke was the Stake Camp director. They did a great job.

Probably one of the rare pictures of me from camp. All you can see is my hair and the pink flower. This was during our "Isn't it about Time", family skit. I was lighting sparklers!! That pregnant woman next to me was eating!

Beckki had this awesome devotional where the girls had to figure out how to eat M&M's off of a long stick, with a spoon attached to it. It was fun to see the girls try and do it by themselves. They finally figured out that you had to be willing to help each other.

Ha, ha, ha! I almost peed my pants. We had 3 girls, Tawny, Elisha and Alexa who were the only 6th years at camp. They had to do a skit with the 3 of them. They did a spoof on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It was hilarious! Tawny, "What you want here?" With her Hunchie! Ha, ha, ha!! They deserved a trophy!

All the cuties in a row!

Some more cuties!

The 2nd best moment of Girls Camp! Mandee set up to have Cjane speak at camp and I got to meet her and make a fool of myself!! She is the rock star of the blogging world. She is as sweet and genuine in real life as she is on her blog. I got to visit with her a lot and she left me a nice comment on my facebook wall later that night. We're gonna do lunch one of these days!! Wouldn't that be cool??

Ahhh, it was such a great camp. The highlight for me was doing the Faith Walk. Blindfolded and stumbling up through the tree's, trying to find my way. It paralleled my own life so much. It was ironic. And the most frustrating part for me was being unable to help the girls once they were in the maze. It was so cool. I won't elaborate here, but it was cool.

Thanks to everyone who helped to put it on! It was a great experience! Nothing beats girls camp!