Monday, August 3, 2009

Just Being Me!


My 2 Boy Scouts


5:00 AM. This morning, just before they left. It's Mason's 2nd year at scout camp--the one that's cleeaaarr out by Yellowstone. Our ward didn't have enough leaders that could go, so, even though Lance was in charge of High Adventure and took the older boys for a week in June, he said he would go with the younger boys to this one. Mason was excited to have his dad with him this time. He's especially excited to see his dad do the Polar Bear--sit under an ice cold fresh spring water waterfall and count to 10. Oh yeah, I'll post the picture! Lance has been under the truck for 2 days, getting the trailer hitch and lights ready. It's the first time he's towed anything with his truck, but they needed him to tow up the big scout trailer. So my thought is...now we're all set to tow a boat--right?

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Mom, I Really Miss That Bug...






A Day in the Life...
Emery opens up her jewelry box, and finds that one of her and her friend, Gracie's bugs are dead. She needs to call Gracie:
"hi Gracie?"
"I've got some bad news for you"
"your bug is dead"
"are you sad?"
"I knew we shouldn't put them in the house"
"But my bug is still alive"
"But tomorrow it will probly be dead"
"no I can't play"
"I have to clean up my mess"
"all right, bye grace...grace...grace?"
Emery tells me she needs to go check on the dead bug to see if he's still dead. She decides he needs to be buried, so as she carries him outside, she says, "come on Deddy"

Sunday, April 5, 2009





Happy Easter Cake from Grandma Nina Lee. Isn't it cute? She dropped it by on her way to Tahiti. That is one busy woman!

Josi and um...fathead?

Our annual couples trip to Grand Targhee. It didn't disappoint. Lots of powder AND sunshine! So, does anybody else wonder what's hiding under Lance's helmet?

Kite Flying Weather





Mason tried to cure the bored disease by flying his kite in our backyard--Can you see that dot? He got it so high, it was so much fun to see him have so much fun! Not to mention, how cool is it to be able to fly a kite in your own backyard?

Mason Loves chihuahuas

Mason is campaigning (impressively) for a chihuahua. Since the kids haven't been able to find a dog that doesn't poop, they've found a dog that makes little poop. Will they wear me down? Too soon to tell, this story is to be continued...

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Josi's 35th Birthday



Josi's 35th Bday--A great way to spend a potentially depressing bday--snowshoeing on a field trip with your 5 year old :) Nobody can resist enjoying their bday when 3 kindergarten classes sing happy birthday to you! It made for a great day!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

There She Goes...


Well, we finally got Emery going on the skiis--now we're working on teaching her to turn and stop!!! Ahhh, the distress of every parent teaching young ones to ski--how do we get them to go? And where did she go??? Emery is having a great time "being a patroller just like dad". She's talking about how she's going to have to start working nights "because she's on the ski patrol at the mountain". We just love that big spirit in a little body! We got to the mountain Saturday morning, and as we were all setting up our skiis, and stepping into our bindings, lo and behold, little 5 year old Emery had already put her skiis on and was skiing away. When Lance told me she was doing well, I didn't realize she was taking command of the mountain...I caught up to her just in time to hear her telling the snowboarder slipping by on her left, "this is how you need to ski, you need to make a pizza" Oh, how she makes us smile!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Sweet Baby Colin


Stacie and Colin came to see us today! We had so much fun playing with them all day long!

Snow Day







Lance went out of town for a few days and of course, we got dumped on by 24 inches of snow in one day! I enlisted the help of the neighborhood kids--including my own--and we dug ourselves out. Just as we were finishing up, our sweet neighbor, Ricky Hawks brought the tractor over and got the ice that we'd been hacking at for an hour!