Frontier Days

Cheyenne Frontier Days-

"Daddy of 'em All, Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration in the World."

Yep, we were there. We didn't make it to all the festivities, but we did make it to the parade and the Indian Village.

A huge thanks to our friends who live in Cheyenne, Tucker and Julie. They were super hospitable and set up their guest room as "Spa Brown" for us, complete with fresh towels and bottled water. Our kids had a blast together and when it came time to leave, the boys were very sad to go.

Here are some pictures of the parade - I do love small towns when the people in parade actually talk to you as they ride by, "Howdy, havin' a good time?" etc... And the Indian Chief stopped and gave the boys each one wooden nickel. They thought that was pretty cool.

Indian Village - trying on hats...

Harry wasn't so sure about putting dead animals on his head.

Or about going inside a tee-pee.But he's always happy looking through his eagle-eye "noculars."Luke flashed a quick happy smile.Luke and Kashli were often spotted holding hands on this trip...

The Drive to Cheyenne

After seven great years of marriage, Jon finally managed to take me to one of his many hometowns - Cheyenne, Wyoming. So I had to take pictures of the drive. We do live in a beautiful country- even the flat parts! More posts to come...

24th of July Swimming Party

Jon's family had the West Valley City pool for the 24th of July and you'll never find our boys passing up a pool party of any kind! They even went swimming at Uncle Jim's earlier that day. What are summer holidays for anyway?

At the big pool, Luke was very brave and went on the big slide several times and Harry went on a little slide with Jon. We didn't think that one out thoroughly, however. When one person follows a much smaller person down a slide, the bigger person lands on top of the smaller person when they hit the water. Luckily, Jon caught Harry and held him up and he was fine. Harry said,"That was FUN!" So I asked if he wanted to do it again and he said, "No too scary!"

It was great to see Jon's family and catch up with everyone. Happy Pioneer Day!

The End of T-Ball

Luke's last t-ball game was Saturday. It was a great season and so fun to watch our little man play and have fun with his team. Here are a bunch of pictures from one of his last games. My folks brought the whole crew and Luke had a blast showing off for his cousins.

He thought two pitchers would be so funny!

His "serious" t-ball face.
Flashing a smile to his fans.
Patiently waiting for his turn.
Does he get this swing from his mom?He looks so tall lately. Our little man is growing up so fast!
The crowd. Thanks for coming everyone!

Fun with Friends

Jon's college buddy Will and his wife Leslee were in town from California last weekend, so we got together to catch up and give the kids a chance to play. We met at Leslee's sister's house in Draper that has the ultimate backyard. The kids jumped on the tramp, played on the swingset, fed a horse some carrots, and just had some good fun together.

Harry wanted to shoot the horse.

Luke showing us how high he can jump - or how high he can lift his legs to look like he's jumping high!
Pretty Kaylee
Brock's sweet smile

Canyon Glen

We love spending time in the mountains with family. Here are some photos from Saturday at Canyon Glen...

The kids playing hide and seek,and running to the climbing rocks (thanks for this photo sis)
Crafts with Grandma are always an important part of the day,
while the boys play bocce.
Finished with their crafts, Harry and Ivy enjoy blowing bubbles.

new yard...

I planted my first plant in the yard last week. It's a hydrangea I transplanted from our old yard and managed to keep alive during the really rough winter. It's one of very few that actually made it. We now have grass, curbing, a fence (pictures soon) and one little plant. Oh yeah - and my garden froggie and toadstool.

I'm waiting for fall sales for any more shrubs and some trees. It's so nice having a yard now, where the boys can go play and not come in the house with stickers in their feet and clothes full of dirt. My house just got a lot cleaner!

Fun Application

I just added this little application to my facebook page. It's just a fun way to show a few of my favorite things, so why not add it to the good 'ole blog?! It's called Pieces of Flair.

It's been a quiet afternoon here at home, can you tell?

Sprinklers!!

Amy, my sis, did a nice post about our parents' beautiful yard so I grabbed those pictures and added to them some of the fun we've had in the yard. With family in town, we are spending as much time as possible with the cousins and luckily Grandma and Grandpa have a great yard for having fun.

After the hike, the kids came home hot, sweaty, and ready to cool off. Surprisingly, however, they weren't overly tired from their day on the mountain.

I love this one of Harry -none of these have been touched with any post-production editing, the rainbow is real!
Cute Jade
Adorable Asher
Mr. Harry all wet

Luke joined the fun too.