Four Year Old Ryan

Coming back from UT with the kids, we ended up driving home on Ryan's birthday. Since we only had to drive from Flagstaff that day we got into town around 4, I dropped the kids off at the movie theater with Curt to see "Toy Story 3" then rushed home, put Heidi down for a nap and tried to pull together a cake and a few decorations for Ryan's family birthday party. Curt had pre-wrapped the presents. I think we just barely managed to pull it off. I was leaving again on Thursday (His birthday was on a Tuesday) for Traci's baby's blessing, so it was now or never. He looks happy right? Didn't I just have him? I wish time weren't going by so fast. He's such a wonderful part of our family. (Especially now that he's potty trained!!--THAT was an epic story!j/k)

If you're wondering what in the world is that cake supposed to be--please use your imagination--here is a better picture, it is supposed to be a tiger. Had we the time and correct decorating supplies, it might have looked like one!

Summer Travels

more to come of Park city . . .

CEDAR CITY
My Dad's extended family got together in Cedar city so my immediate family kind of piggy backed off that reunion and had our own. We got to stay in a nice cabin together and I was so happy to get all the little ones together. Fun times. We missed Traci and Scott and Vaughn and Tammy, but BRAND NEW babies take precedence over us . . . I guess.--j/k!!

Here's all the kids listening to Great Grandma Peterson tell some pretty awesome stories.

Some Baseball playing.

We did some hiking around . . .

LOTS AND LOTS of playing in the stream . . .

Standing at the stream looking at the back of the cabin we stayed in.

Standing on the porch of the cabin looking towards the stream

Heidi climbed the stairs any time she got a chance

Tire swings added to the fun

Mom, Addy, Megan and Olivia

More Smores of course

Somewhere in the middle of Arizona (only five miles into nothingness off the main road) lived the Dinosaurs. We hopped out of our air conditioned Swagger wagon, into the 106 degree heat (thankfully there was a wind--not really a cool one, but a wind) to see the dinosaur fossils, and tracks. We saw dilophosaurus tracks, pterodactyl tracks (don't check the spelling on those) some bones fossilized into the ground, eggs, claws, dinosaur feces--yep it fossilizes too, and a T-rex track. I was pretty convinced. It was all free too . . . except for the indian jewelry we had to buy for the tour. Who knew dinosaurs lived on the Res?

Two days after getting home from Utah with the kids, Heidi and I caught a flight to Idaho Falls for my little sister Traci's first baby blessing. It just so happened my extended family was having a reunion that weekend and I got to see lots of Aunts, Uncles, cousins, and my grandma Nielsen.

Here is the adorable little family!!

I also got to see Aric and Sally and girls again!!!

Here's sweet little Enoch.