Camping!

We had so much fun camping this past weekend with the fam. We went with my mom, and Jesse and Melissa. It was a blast. Brooklyn is turning out to be a little camper! When it got late, he was the one who wanted to go to bed. So, he went to bed in the tent, all by himself, while the rest of us played games and hung out. He slept all night, and I was afraid that he would be the first one awake, which he was, but it wasn't too early! We actually got some sleep, and Nate said that it was the best sleep he has ever had while camping.
Jesse either hid his face, or made a nasty face for my camera, so this is his punishment. Mwah-ha-ha Jesse!

Our camp site was right next to the river, it was so peaceful to fall asleep to the sound of the water.
Toasted marshmallows. A perfect end to a perfect night camping. I hope we get the time to do it again soon!

Dam Day!

On Wednesday ( I know..I know..I'm a blogging slacker) We went to Pineview with my friend Audrey and her son Wyatt. It had been raining all day, but the weather cleared in perfect time for us to go! They waited for me to get off of work, then we headed straight up there.The kids had a great time. Brooklyn mostly enjoyed throwing sticks and rocks into the water. Even though there is still snow on the mountains, the water was to our surprise, not too cold. We were pretty much the only ones on the beach.


Wyatt and Brooklyn are both so blonde...Sometimes people mistake them for brothers. It is easy to see why! They get along so well, and always have fun together.

We hope to make it up there more often. I can't believe we haven't taken advantage of the dam in past years. I think we went there once last year. Shame!

Something fun!

We went to the International Sheepdog Championship & Festival this year! It was actually so much fun, and something new to do. It is so amazing how well trained those sheepdogs are! They have this huge obstacle course and they have to guide 5 sheep all the way through it, without loosing any of them. When they're through herding them down the course on the mountain, they have to bring them into a large ring, and separate them (what they call "shedding") into a group of two sheep, and a group of three.

After they separate them they have to lead them into a pen, and the dog's handler has to close the gate of the pen before any of the sheep have to escape. It is not easy, there were a lot of dogs that didn't finish because the sheep wouldn't go in. The dogs respond to a series of whistles that their handlers whistle, and that is how they know where to guide the sheep. It was amazing.

The handlers spend years training their dogs, and they have great relationships with them.

They also had a ton of fun things to do for the kiddo too! Besides the dogs, they had PONY RIDES!!! Brooklyn was so excited! They also had good food, a dog splashing competition, a weird animals show, and a petting zoo. Well worth the entrance fee!!

All in all, it was a fun day. We will definitely go back next September and watch it again!!

Family reunion!!

We just got back from my family reunion at Bear Lake! It was SO FUN!! I haven't been there forever...and Brooklyn loved it. He keeps asking to go back! It was so great to see all my family together, it has been so long since we have all seen each other.

My uncles suprised us with a Boat! We got to use it for the day, and we borrowed a water-weenie from Nate's uncle, so it was pretty much awesome.

This was the view of the lake from the cabin we rented. It was so beautiful!

On Thursday we went to Minnetonka cave with Jesse & Melissa, and my
aunt and uncle Jeff & Annette and their grandkids Jacey and Evan. It was so fun, and not too hard but there was A LOT of stairs in that cave.

We had such a great time, I hope we get to do it more often.

The Beeeeech

Nate and I were feeling particularly "summer-timey" the other day, so we decided to drive up to Pineview for a little sand and water. Ok, it was actually SO FUN! I know that Pineview isn't really the best place for that, but it is the closest. Brooklyn had so much fun in the water!

He has told us EVERYDAY...MULTIPLE TIMES, "I wanna go beeeeeech!" He had too much fun. He actually was a little too brave in the water sometimes. He would get in up to his shoulders, which freaked me out a little.

Pineview is SO full right now! There was hardly a beach where we were. The trees are practically floating in the water. But it made for some pretty cool pictures.

Oh My Heck. If you are up in Huntsville anytime soon...you MUST go to this BBQ place we went to. I think it was called "Texas Pride". It was DELISH!! Seriously though, I would drive up there just for that. YUM!

Farmer's Market

The SLC Farmer's Market is one of our favorite places to be on Saturday mornings during the summer. There is always so much to see, and the freshest good things to buy and eat. We LOVE IT! ONE of our FAVORITES is.....Kettle Corn!!!!! Oh my heck, one of the greatest foods known to man. Yum!

There is always somebody that makes baloon animals for *tips. Brooklyn loves them! This time he got a horse...which miraculously lasted ALMOST our entire day in Salt Lake.

Another one of our FAVE's is all the different bakeries that are there. There's about 5 that come every Saturday, and the all have delicious baked goods!

This is the first time we haven't driven to the market...we rode the Front Runner down, and then walked there. Then we spent the rest of the day riding Trax to different parts of town, and going to fun shops.

Summer is HERE!!!!

Oh MY HECK! We are so excited for Summer! Today we went to the Splash Pad with Heidi and Claire. The kids had a BLAST!!!! Even though it was pretty warm outside, a wind came up and Brooklyn was Shivering, and practically purple by the time we left. It's funny how kids don't notice those things, he was completely oblivious to the cold.