Memorial Day Weekend

This year for Memorial Day, we actually stayed around here. The weather was not great for boating, not even down south. It was kind of nice to stay home and do things around here. We made a stop by the Ogden Cemetery to remember Grandma and Grandpa Watkins.

We had a awesome Memorial Day Neighborhood Breakfast. We had yummy pancakes and lots of great entertainment for the kids, tug-o-war, frisbee golf, bounce house and more fun. After the breakfast we decided we would join Blake's brother Ryan for some rock climbing. The kids have done a little of this before, but I hadn't. We went up Ogden Canyon to a place called "Nuts and Bolts" and did one of the routes. The kids did great, Brooke even made it all the way up the 60 foot wall. Camden tried hard to be brave but has a bit of a fear of heights though. We had a great time and look forward to trying it again.
After the rock climbing we heading back home to a BBQ at our friends. More good times with great people. It all just makes me even more excited for more summer fun! Overall a great Memorial Day Holiday.

Happy Birthday Brynnley

WOW! Can you believe it. BRYNNLEY IS 13! Crazy! The really crazy part is that I am old enough to have a 13 year old. It is official Brynnley is a teenager and loving every minute of it. She is a great kid and so far quite a pleasant teenager. She is a great helper at home and is kind to her brother and sister. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYNN! WE LOVE YOU!

Moab Weekend

Well, it has been a while since we have made the fun trip to Moab and we finally made it down there. This was a different kind of trip for us. We went with some great neighborhood friends and did the 4 wheeling thing. We camped with I think every other 4 wheeler in town. Wow, what a different crowd!
Day 1: We took the LandRover and did the Hell's Revenge trail. A little intense for me, but we made it out with only a few scrapes on the bumper. The kids did great and enjoyed the ride. We road out to where you could look over the Colorado River. That was where we had lunch that day. I was certainly glad to be back on paved roads. The guys went out later that night and did the Moab Rim trail, which is even more intense. It was good that I hung back at camp with the kids.



A pic of the whole crew.

Brad heading in to do Hell's Gate

Andy coming out of Hell's gate!


Day 2: Our family decided to go to a little hiking. We hiked to Corona & Bowtie Arch. We hadn't done this hike before but had heard great reviews. It was a mellow hike, which is what I needed with my sore foot and the payoff of the big arch was definitely worth it.


Definitely was a great way to spend a weekend with great friends! We can't seem to get enough of weekends away! Hopefully there will be many more to come this summer!

Spring Sports!

Well Spring is officially here and that means soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball and a little more softball. Yes it is truely CRAZY! Brynnley is finishing up her club volleyball season. They finished the last tournament tied for third place, which they felt really good about. They made some huge improvements over the year and had a lot of fun doing it. We are hoping for a growth spurt from Brynnley over the next few months, so she can learn to play the front row.
Brookelyn is playing some softball with the "Tigers". They are doing awesome and she is getting better every game. She has had some great hits and good plays in the field. I hope she learns to love the game like I do!

Camden just finished up his soccer season last week and is full swing into baseball! I have been impressed with the improvements he has made in both soccer and baseball since last fall. I didn't get any good soccer shots this season, I was counting on this weeks games, which got canceled. Oh well, there is always next season.




Oh ya, and a little more softball. Blake and I are playing on a couple coed teams this year, which is always fun. I guess it is our pay off from running all the kids everywhere. They have to come watch us play too! I am just hoping the stress fracture in my foot will heal up so I can actually run the bases without looking like a gimp!
Whew, live is a bit crazy! But I wouldn't want it any other way, so lets play ball!

Spring Break!

I have to say I love that Davis County gives the kids a whole week off from school in the Spring. We always seem to be ready for some big outings about that time of year. This year we went down to St. George for the week. We decided to stay a little close to home this year since we had just taken the kids to Panama a couple months ago. We had a condo booked just near South Gate Golf Course for the week. Our goal on this trip was to relax a little and do some things down there that we hadn't done before. Of course the kids requested all the usual places too (ie, Snow Canyon, Pioneer Park etc.) The relaxing part is often hard for us, but I think we did pretty good not over scheduling our days.

The first part of the week our great neighbors the Richards were down there, so we hooked up with them for some fun. The first leg of the day was a hike to some Indian writings. The kids loved climbing all over the rocks and liked to create the stories of what the Indians could have been trying to say. The next leg of the day was a bike ride on part of the Green Valley Loop. Maybe it wasn't the best plan with a 5 year old and two 7 year old to ride a 7 mile bike ride in the middle of the day. Needless to say, we all made it back and I think most of the gang would do it again, maybe being a little more prepared next time. After that little adventure we decided all we needed was a good swim to complete the triathlon for the day. Well, we parted ways and did some swimming on our own. It was a great day and so fun to hang with great friends.











We tried out some other hikes and bike rides throughout the week too, some we will do again others maybe not.

Towards the end of the week, my family came down to join us. They rented a home just off snow canyon parkway. With all the cousins and people this made a fun place to have as a home base. Some of us got to golf, we swam at the pool, played at snow canyon and overall just let the kids have some fun with the cousins. Brynnley loved to hang with little Eliza Rose, she even wanted to hike with her. What a good baby who didn't mind being passed around all day long! On Saturday we boiled like 9 dozen eggs and let the kiddos color them. It has been a few years since my kids have done this since we are not usually home for Easter, so I think they enjoyed that. Saturday we also got to go stay with my brother Jeff in his new tent trailer. We had to be out of our condo on Saturday, so we were homeless for one night and decided to try out the tent trailer. We stayed out at Quail Creek with they, it worked out great and are excited for many more adventures in the trailer. Then on Sunday after a quick visit to church with my cousin who lives down there we have a fun Easter Egg hunt before everyone headed back to reality.

Spring is here!

Well, it is official, spring is finally here and there will be no more skiing until snow flies again in November. I thought I should post some fun pictures from our ski season. Since we bought season passes at Snowbasin this year, we did a lot of skiing this year. I think most of us got like 12 days in. I think we are all much better skiers after this season (Mom especially). Who knows if we will be able to get passes again next year, but it was fun to try it out for a year. We skied with friends, cousins and and had a great time every time we went. I even think they will be anxious for snow to come again next winter and start the ski season all over again, but for now bring on the sun!

Las Vegas - Cheerz 2008

We had our last Cheerleading competition for the year in Las Vegas the last weekend in March. Yea, some sunshine! The girls did great and had a great time enjoying some sunshine! We had a fun team dinner at Hard Rock one night. What a rocking place! Definitely on of the best times at Hard Rock!