Home Made Waterslide

Victoria made her own waterslide with plastic that she found in the shed.

It looked pretty fun.

Though we found out the hard way that the sun burned the grass.

It grew back.

It was worth the fun though.

Happy Father's Day

 We spent Father's day celebrating the fathers in our family. We are so blessed to have Fathers who are devoted to our family and put up with all our quirks. I am thankful that our kids have strong examples of what it means to be a Dad. All the good parts.

Through thick and thin, they will always be there.

Jared

Girl Scout Camp

 My friend Amber and I took 6 girls to Girl Scout Camp in June to Trefoil Camp and had a blast!

We spent three days packed into a field. It was literally wall to wall tents. Our tent is right in the middle against the forest line.

Everyone chose a camp name. Victoria's was Pegasus and mine was Surf from all those years spending summers at the beach.

Thanks to Amber's expertise in dutch oven cooking we entered a dutch oven cookoff.

Dutch (this guys camp name who ran the cook off) was so nice to us. Our 7 layer brownie wasn't baking as fast as it was supposed to so he managed to ward off the judges to give us some more time.

It ended up baking with the extra time and tasted delicious. We didn't win but the girls sure did an awesome job working as a team to bake these brownies.

 There were many times that the girls got totally out of control giggling. It was very catchy.

Though I do have to admit that them singing....YOU CAN"T RIDE IN MY LITTLE RED WAGON....go to be a little much. But they were enjoying themselves and wasn't hurting anyone so we let them sing all they wanted. I don't think some of the other leaders liked to hear them on the trail but I didn't see any harm in it. They were having fun singing while we hiked the mile between our tent and all the activities. We must have hike 5 miles a day! It was unbelievable!

 The leaders of the troops participating in the Dutch Oven Cookoff

The master chefs.

We had a blast.

Morning Hike

 Kaleb and I went for a morning hike in Green Canyon.

This boy loves to hike ...and fast too.

It was absolutely beautiful

Peaceful,

 Serene...

It was nice spending time together in the cool morning with chirping birds, experiencing the great outdoors and all it has to offer.

I love it here!

Doggie Olympics

Victoria has been participating in a 4H group that does dog obedience and agility training. Henry is perfect for agility. He can jump over anything and loves the tunnel the best. He also loves all the treats he gets in training. Victoria has been awesome with him and he is really listening to her.

Victoria participated in the Doggie Olympics at the fair grounds. Henry loved all of it including the fashion show. He didn't seem to care that he was wearing a tutu and a feather boa.

As long as he got treats he was good to go!

JUNIPERS!

 Ask us about Junipers and we will give you a very specific opinion as to how much we dislike the plant. And I can't believe that landscapers are planting them around town.

What are they thinking!

We have removed close to 150 juniper plants on our property. Our neighbors who have lived here for over 40 years cannot remember the house ever NOT having junipers planted in the front and back yard. Our neighbor's adult children remember losing their soccer balls in the mess of bushes. We did find a few deflated balls including a soccer ball. It was probably theirs.

 These bushes were so huge that some of the branches were 10-15 feet long!

We have probably gained a quarter acre just by removing these overgrown monsters!

It's hard to see how much these bushes have overtaken the yard.

But NO MORE!

It took many weeks to cut them all down. We have about 60 stumps left.

I know....it is a lot of work but so worth it.

This is the very spot that our garden is going in next spring.

Kirk and our neighbor Clell took down a couple dead juniper trees. I think Clell was glad to see them go, One of them had been dead for several years just standing there all brown and dead looking,

The yard is looking awesome and our neighbors are awesome too!