We went to This is the Place Park for a free day of fun, they had all sort of crafts, a petting zoo, horse rides, face painting, bounce houses, and a Train. This was a day where if I didn't have Jace who loved all of this stuff, I would have bailed, it was hot, and on dirt roads..... But for the kids I will endure anything to see them happy.
At the end of the day while we waited in line for the Train, the kids found some water to run through, that was Trevor's favorite part.
Jace could not wait for it to get dark the day of the 4th, he had his Fireworks all sorted by shape and size.
like father like son, I am afraid Jace has Chris's sickness, here they are planning their attack for the night.
The next day we had the Wakefield's and Devany's over for a BBQ on my new table. I had such a great Birthday, thanks everyone.
This is Chris's Annual Fishing trip with all the old guy's. He left on Wednesday and came home on the next Monday ( 6 days without phone service). This year me and Chris were in charge of all of the grocery shopping and meal planning for 20 of them. They rented Pontoon Boats on 3 of the day's, and the rest of the time the younger guys had to sit around listening to the old guys tell the same Alpha Beta Stories that are told every year, some of them can tell these same stories as if we worked for Alpha Beta
This was Thursday morning right before the 1st Day of fishing. (I really like this photo)
Delbert and Greg on one of the Pontoon Boats
Randy & Vickie
All of them around the camp fire
Looks a little heavy on one side to me.
The fish they were catching were 20-22 inches long and 4lbs Cut throats, except for Jaron's Rainbow.
Delbert
This nice Rainbow was 4 1/2 lbs. NICE!!!
This is how Jerry looks when he is Not catching Fish
and this is what he looks like when he is catching.... thank heaven's he caught something!!!
Me The Boy's and my Dad went down to visit Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen, they are getting old enough, that they don't feel like leaving the house most days. It has happend so fast, it seems like just yesterday that they were traveling all over the country.
At 7 AM We met Rachael and her kids to go to the Taylorsville Parade, we got our chairs set up, then went to Sconecutter to pick up some breakfast. Then because the Parade got a late start we had to leave before it was over to head to Spanish Fork for the Daniels Reunion. Me and Rachelle were in charge of entertaining the kids so we rented a Bounce House, it was sooo..... awesome, BIG HIT!!!
This picture is from inside the slide.
We also played water balloon catch, which was always a tradition at Nephi
Me and the Boy's met Clint, Denise, Micheal, Ashlee and her kids at Lagoon for the day, I packed a cooler and had a great day. Until a major Thunder Storm came barrelling through and chased us out.
This was so cute Trev is such a lover, he just cuddled right into Kaylee
This pic is a fav of mine
This Storm that came in hit so hard and so strong I couldn't believe it , it was quite scary for me with two little boy's who were scared to death,drenched and freezing cold. By the time I got to the front gate there was 3 inches of water on the ground.
So... This hike was so awesome, we started up by the U on the mountain, and ended up 2 hrs later at an overlook of the valley. It rained on us, and not just a sprinkle, I was soaked, and I loved it. Jace said 3/4 of the way up "I want to go to my bed and sleep", but when we got to the top, all energy came right back. I felt like we really accomplished something by the time we go to the top.
Jace and Lex found a Potato Bug.
Jace tripped on the way down, Lex put her hands on Jace's face and said, "Jace, you've got to be more careful"
Can you believe we have this Great Hike right in our own valley, it is amazing where we live and the adventures we can take right right here at our fingertips.
It's so beautiful in the morning, before everything's starts moving, the air is so much cooler and it tastes different. ...
