Tyson turns four

I can't believe our youngest is four. They sure grow up fast.


Goldilocks and the Four Bears
Emily was in a play and she got to play Godilocks.

That chair is too small
This bed is just right
Golf N' Sod

Heidi and I celebrated our 14th anniversary. We spent the night at a bed and breakfast and went golfing the next morning. It was the first time for Heidi and she almost beat me.

Jill and Dan watched our kids overnight and we helped them lay sod. The lower the stacks got, the heavier the sod got.

MOAB

The kids had spring break so we decided we needed to go somewhere warm. We left Idaho Falls and it was snowing and 25 degrees. The weather was in the high 60's low 70's while we were down there. We did alot of hiking in Arches National Park. The first day we went to Devil's Garden. The main arch there was Landscape Arch.

The next day we went to Delicate Arch. That's the arch on the Utah licence plates. It is a little over 3 miles and pretty much uphill all the way.

After a few narrow walkways ........being bored and tired ..................and throwing a few fits ...............

we finally made it!!! Once we made it, the kids forgot all about the hike up and said it was "totally worth it".

Our last day we drove around Canyonlands National Park. It really had some spectacular views.

catching up on pictures

These pictures came out in reverse order, but oh well. I will post more pictures in about six more months.

Snowmobiling:
I got a chance to go riding with some guys from work. That's not me, it was just a cool picture.
This isn't me either.
Somebody always breaks down.
OK, this is me. I caught SOOOO much air.

Happy Birthday Emily:

Emily turned six. She got to have a party without boys. I'm sure they would have liked to dress up too.

Christmas in Arizona:

We all had fun on the 4-wheeler.

I think the kids put about 75 miles on it making the 1/4 mile loop. Tyson and Josh waiting for their turns.
What family fun.
How many times do we have to tell kids not to tip on the chairs. We should have told Tyson once more.
Santa even found us in the middle of nowhere.

Hunting:

Tyson is getting ready to go.
Dad is waiting for the sun to come up before going to find the big one.
Ryan's Oregon State sweatshirt sure came in handy.
Let the butchering begin.
Everybody joined in.

Camping

It has been a very busy summer. We have even managed to go camping a couple times. We went to Bear Lake for three or four days. We didn't have the best weather but we had enough coats and sleeping bags to stay comfortable. We spent half a day at the Minnatonka Cave.It stays about 40 degrees in there all year around. Needless to say we were all a little chilly after the hour and a half tour. There are 444 stairs each direction. My legs were burning by the time I reached the top. Of coarse I had to carry Tyson the last few hundred stairs. We were going to hike up to Bloomington Lake to do a little fishing and have a picnic. We got almost there and we ran in the sheriff. He was turning everyone away because a 17 year old had drowned and they were trying to recover the body. We ended up playing alot of horseshoe golf because the weather didn't cooperate. We did get to hangout on the beach for a couple hours.

Our next trip was to Redfish Lake in Stanley. I rained the first night but after that it was really nice. We went to the fish hatchery and saw a bunch of salmon. They were huge. Some of them were 4 feet long. There were a few that were still swimming up the river by the hatchery to spawn. Then we went to Custer. It is an old ghost town about 15 miles down river from Stanley. It was pretty cool to see how they lived and the stuff they used to mine the gold.
Heidi's parent came with us. It was pretty cozy in our trailer, but we all had a good time.We got a chance to go fishing. I think everyone caught at least one fish.
Sean had a snag, so I handed Tyson my pole and went to help Sean. The next thing I knew, Tyson started getting all excited. I looked over and he had caught a fish. He set the hook and reeled it in all by himself.How come kids always get tired and can't finish a hike?
Marissa and Sean tried for hours to catch a chipmunk. This is about as close as they got.There were a bunch of logs laying in the little stream by our camp. They kids got "pretty" good at balancing on them. Of coarse they all ended up wet.

Bearworld

Emily and Boe went to Bearworld for a field trip for their Pre-school. I had the great opportunity to go with them and the other 15 five-year-olds. It was alot of fun. We saw alot of bears, elk and buffalo. In the petting zoo they got to pet baby bears, deer, a turkey and even a pot belly pig.