Happy 6th Birthday Chance!

If you can't tell the by the gifts, the cake, and the smile... this kid likes Lego's! He has them in his bed before his eyes are even open, he has them in his hands as he climbs back in at night. He has a hard time getting dressed, eating breakfast, doing homework or any chore like it when Lego's are within reach (and coincidentally they're way too close to his bedside so he's much too easily distracted). But he LOVES to build, loves to tear them apart and build them again and again. We had a great time with Chance on his birthday, spent the day at the Payson pool and then a few days later hit the Demolition Derby as a family. We love you Doobie!

Juab County Fair

Tricycle Toddler pull, bicycle Barrells, Scrapbook and Lego entry, Jiffy Muffin's, and animals galore.... not much to miss at this years county fair. The kids came home with 2 ribbons each and $7 to split, throw in the animals and this is an experience you have to participate in when you live in rural Utah. They had a ball and learned a thing or two while they were at it!

Bird Reunion

Four Generations, and 4 of my Grandpa's siblings had kids,grandkids, and great grandkids represented. It's been a few years since that many were together, but it was a lot of fun and the kids had a ball at the Payson Pool. Reagan adopted Uncle Gun to drag her round and round the lazy river, and as the clouds rolled in most left... but leave it to my "fish" to swim through it and stay an extra 2 hours after everyone had gone.

Learnin to Ride

As if Bailey Nuzman wasn't already one of my FAVORITE people in the world, she offered to give my Bailey riding lessons this summer and it has been Sooo fun to watch her walk, trot, gallop, even start to run the horse. My Ba acts as though its Christmas morning every week and will stagger in at o'-dark hundred in the morning wondering what time riding lessons start. I can't say enough good about her teacher, what a sweet, generous, beautiful, AMAZING friend she is to my daughter. Oh that all the people she has in her life were this good to her. Thanks Bailey!!

Even willing to take the younger three on a lap or two around the arena. They were in HEAVEN!!

24th of July Park City

What a fun day with both of our Grandma's with us. We drove to Park City where our perpetual hosts, the Call's, had offered their Pool House at their timeshare for the day. We had snow-cones, BBQ, and plenty of pool time fun. The kids can't ever get enough of their cousins and we were lucky to have an extra Grandma in tow for the family day.

Frame Family Va-K to St George

Lots of swimming, lots of sun, plenty of kids and plenty of fun!
We chose St George as the "half-way" point from here and Los Angeles where Craig and Sue now live.... forgetting that St George in the beginnig of July isn't the ideal vacation spot... I think the pool temp was hovering near 90 while the air was over 100, super refreshing! At least the spray was at St George's downtown squre. We stayed in seperate condo units at the Sports Village and played all day together hiking, swimming, games, and dinner together. We even snuck out with just the "Mom's" for a movie. Fabulous fun and lots of sapped energy, but so glad to see cousins loving cousins

4th of July

Nothing like running the races in Salina to really make it a true 4th of July. I should race farther than the 50ft we try with the potatoe sack, but the kids LOVE this day, and truthfully as hot as it might be, so does the Mom :) Foot races for each age group, sack races, greased pole, more races at the pool, and the coin dive to follow, BBQ at Grandma Birds with food fun and family, and then cap it all off with the highest candy-to-float ratio of any parade you've ever seen.... whew, what a day! Thanks Grandma Bird for still putting up with us invading your space and following us to the races even at 89... we love you!!

Cutest Grandma's Ever!!

Memorial Day Weekend

To kick off the summer before life got so crazy, we took the kids to St George to swim and see Zion's. Neither Gi or I had ever been there and figured it would make for a fun day trip. The kids loved the swimming, it had been such a LOOOOONGG cold spring, we were all excited to see the sun, and the hiking in Zion's was really pretty. It will be a lot of fun to go back in 5 years when everyone can hike and we don't have to wait for the youngest stragglers.