Thursday, September 10, 2009

Our Summer in a Nutshell--

So I know that I have been HORRIBLE at keeping up on my blog this summer. It's been such a busy busy summer but we have had some fun. We went on a day trip up to Glendale to ride the jetskis for an afternoon and have a cook-out on the beach. It was a great time and we sure enjoy our time spent with friends. This is Charlie and her baby boy Cutler... They are so much fun to hang with... We all had a good time. While Mike, Bradey, Charlie & Cutler were out on the lake, Kenzie and I sat on the beach and soaked up the sun. She was just sitting in the water and playing in the sand. There was this awesome warm breeze and we were enjoying every minute of it...

Lunch was sooo good. Why is that when we cook outside, it just tastes better? We had burgers and chips and lots of good garden veggies on the burgers. Yummy!


Well this is kinda out of order, but on the weekend of July 24th I went and spent the weekend with Mike In Wyoming. Everyone thinks he goes up there to work and lives in some sort of a shack and just suffers like crazy but this is his home away from home. This is where I stayed during the days while he was working. I so enjoyed my time alone. It was FABULOUS! And his house is so nice. He no longer has a room mate so this is what I consider my 'vacation home'. Ha ha.






Back to the trip to Glendale... Here's Mike and Bradey on the jetskis. Bradey even drives and it scares me, but he does really good!







Of course, the kids have spent alot of time this summer on the back of the horses! They are funny cuz sometimes they just decide to saddle one horse and ride together instead of riding 2. Kinda cute really. They really do enjoy each other's company.






HOME SWEET HOME!!!!!




This is sweet little Phoebee at the Narrows waiting for me to cook. She was just so happy that she got to go and the other dogs had to stay home :-)





Every time I get out the camera, Daizee attacks me... She loves the camera! I love her and her corny personality! She's my little gomer!





You'd never guess, but I was weeding the garden and lost the family. Well here they came on the horses. I guess they didn't want to disturb my work so they went without me :-).... The kids need that time with their dad. I love seeing them on the horses together.





This is my garden, yes weedy I know. But eventually it became extremely amazing and we got it all weeded and it produced like CRAZY! We love our garden and next year we plan on doubling it's size.






This is Harry Norman. In this picture he was a week old and now he is over 2 months old. WE love him and he has the funniest personality. The kids plan on breaking him to ride. They just can't wait until he gets old enough to saddle. He cracks me up!





When we go fishing to the narrows I make sure and take a cooler full of food so that I can cook while everyone fishes and swims. I enjoy watching them all play while I'm cooking them dinner. The kids like Tinfoil dinners as long as all they contain is a hamburger, potatoes and green beans. Taste pretty good, if I don't say so myself...






As I slave away over the fire,


They PLAY!!! And I love watching them...




When Mike is home, Makenzie stays pretty close. I love this picture...



Our sweet little Makenzie...





Bradey got in one of his photog moments and decided there should be a pic of me too to prove I was there at the narrows too. Note Phoebee in her sound asleep state in my lap :-)




Time out from swimming and fishing for a snapshot!




I went on Makenzie's last 2nd grade field trip with her. We went to the dinosaur museum and the zoo in Pocatello. We were just getting ready to leave when she asked her friend to take a picture of us. I thought it was so cute that she thought of it.. And I think her friend did an excellent job!!!





For Mother's Day, I got my kids dressed in their nice clothes and sent them on a walk outside between rain storms. I snapped 20 pics of them. Here are some of my favorites...















Well, the summer was fun and now I can't believe my kids are back in school now. The house gets pretty quiet sometime but I sure do get a lot of baking done!














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