4th of July

We spent another 4th of July in Driggs. What better place to be?

Lander, Jake, Drew, Jayden

Our top ten eleven highlights of the weekend

11.

The cool, windy weather

 (kidding, but seriously, why do we expect good weather? We should know by now!)

10.

Josh & Jarrod wading through the "swamp" at the disc golf course

9.

Playing round after round of Wizard.

Watch out guys. I swear I am going to kick some bahushki next time!

8.

The bike-riding treasure hunt to find snappers, candy & bubbles.

"Bubbles are for babies, Mom." -- Jake

7.

Fixing the sprinklers.

The 1 hour job turned 10...ish...or was it 20?

6.

Underwear baseball. It's not what you think...but close.

Let's just say that if I posted it, the little boys would kill me!

5.

Shelly's homemade Oreo's. YUM!

4.

Playing in the creek.

Numb toes are okay, right?

3.

Awesome fireworks..
those crazy, nearly-burn-the-house-down (kidding Grams!), totally legal fireworks

(definately getting more of those next year!)

2.

Shaking Glenn Beck's hand & then staring at him & his family during church!!!

1.

Best of all?

Spending time with family!!

Jayden, Jake & Grams

Jarrod throwing disc at Targhee

Jake in Horseshoe Creek

Jake, Dixie, Lander...so typical!

Clean Mountain Air

Or not so clean...

This was our view tonight thanks to a wildfire at the Site.

The plus? Josh had to "evacuate" so he got to come home early.

On an equally important, but totally unrelated topic;

extra points for those of you who can find the two dead trees in my yard.

Talk about a tragedy!

Jake's Practical Joke

Jake's idea of a joke on his brother. Luckily he has a really easy going mom! ;) 
Just in case you can't tell...it's a dead snake that he found on the side of the road. Hand sanitizer anyone??

June in a Nutshell

It's the middle of July already. Yikes! So much has happened, but nothing chronicled, so bear with me here as I post away.

School ended a week early thanks to a school district finance deficit. The boys couldn't have been happier. A week later, we headed down to St. George so the boys could attend skateboard camp with their cousin.

Jake & Lander

(Thanks for the awesome photos Tiff!!)

Devin, Lander, Jake, Brianna

While the boys played, I decided to get fixed. I mean, why not, eh?

Dixie on drugs & the doting Josherboy

Family & friends were so king & thoughtful. Josh took a few days off from work. Flowers, dinner & treats  flowed in (I'm now hooked on the Cocoa Bean!) while I zoned out with my wimpy tolerance to drugs.

Thanks Sibs for the awesome flowers & thanks Mom & dad for the fruit basket. It was YUMMY!

Tiff & Chad brought the boys to Salt Lake to meet up with Josh. (A million-zillion thanks for taking care of the boys!!) On there way, they passed a semi hauling transformers. The truck driver was a bit--okay very--peeved when they followed him to a gas station to show the kids. What a scrooge! They were persistent & the kids got a peek at the cool trucks.

This is the best picture of the transformers. They really do transform!

Jake returned home to find out that his baseball team had won the championship while he was out of town. I asked if he was upset. His response...."No way! Devin has a pool!"

Josh spent the month alternating between work and golf, mixed in with a few extra doses of helping at home (thanks for weeding the garden, Babe!).

Alan & Heather made a quick trip to visit. Jake & Lander still say they miss seeing Travis. And then Kelsey & Mom came up for a spur of the moment trip bringing Sydney & Jenna. Late nights. Lots of games. Puking little girls. And that writing session. Goood times.

And that's our June in a nutshell.