Saturday, July 26, 2008

Fishing...To tell you the truth, I always have thought it is a true waste of everyone's time. But, I can now honestly say that it is one of the most relaxing things you can do. I have never had a fishing license until this year. I decided to get me a license for one simple reason... THE KIDS. I figured that way when we were out at the reservoir, Mike could actually fish and I could help the kids. Well, of course Mike was so excited that I got my license that he went and bought me my own special PINK fishing pole. How could I resist that?We went out on the boat for the first time with one of Mike's friends from work (Mike, Kenzie, & I) and after about 15 minutes of casting and reeling, Kenzie caught her first fish. Since then, she has been addicted. I caught my first fish shortly after and I also have become rather addicted to the whole fishing scene. We try to go as a family quite often.My mom and dad showed up yesterday and we went up to the Narrows and the boys (Mike, Bradey, & Dad) all fished while we girls hung out in the shade. Bradey is an excellent little fisherman! I'm not sure how, but he has this way of catching all the fish and not leaving any for the rest of us. Dad caught the only fish yesterday and it would have made good bait to actually catch him a bigger fish... ha ha. When he reeled it in, he was so excited because he finally got a bite and when he pulled it out of the water, it was about a 4 inch long bass. Bradey hollared out "Grandpa, you caught a MIDGET BASS!" My dad nearly fell in the water from laughing as did the rest of us. It was just so funny...but at least he caught one :-)Anyway, well Mike and I sent the kids home with my parents last night--THANKS GUYS!!-- So, we took advantage of being alone for the second night in a row and we went up to Condie Reservoir with our boat and we went fishing. It is so nice and relaxing to go out in the peace and quiet and enjoy our time together. We were out there for three and a half hours and I caught me a fish. Poor Mike...didn't. Ha Ha!! We did take a few seconds out of our casting and reeling...casting and reeling...casting and reeling... to snap a few pics with Mike's phone. We were laughing so hard for who knows what reason so they're quite the pictures. But it was great!!! Times spent alone without kids are few and far between for us so these will always be cherished times.I'll do my best to keep ya'll updated on all of our upcoming fishing excursions.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Funny Animals




When I was out taking pictures of the horses and kids, Daisee couldn't stand the attention wasn't directed solely at her. She was being so funny. She would bark at me then she'd pose when I'd look at her. Doesn't she look like she's smiling in this picture? She is the funniest dog ever. And she absolutely loves the horses. The colts reaction to her was hilarious. He had no idea what she was. Sooooo funny!! He had his ears cocked different directions. I was lucky enough to get a picture of him too. . .

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Our Colt




Our colt will be three months old on Saturday. He is such a cutie. We still haven't named him so when we were up at the Summit the other day, the kids asked me what we should name him. Jokingly, I told them we should name him 'Rainbow' since he changes colors every time we see him. Well, Mike wasn't real enthused with that. Our 'horse' colt (meaning he's a boy :-) ) needs an extremely MANLY name. Well, I'm clueless, but even without a name, he is a pure DOLL!!!

July 23, 2008

Well today is such a beautiful day and the kids and I are going over to Malad. They want to go to the library and get them a book. Then we'll probably have a picnic at the park and they can play on the playground equipment for awhile. I'll make sure I get some good pictures.

Mom and Dad are still gone on vacation and it is driving me crazy;-) I'm really glad that they were able to go on a fun vacation together and relax but I am having some serious withdrawals. They know this, I think, since I leave them a message or two on their phone everyday telling them... Yeah, they think I"m crazy too!!