Summer '09

I know it is now almost fall and for quite some time I have tried to post about summer. My problem is there is always something else to do. Whether it is mow the lawn, or weed, or go to the aquarium or splash pad or zoo. There is always something else. So here is a quick update of our summer.

Here are my kids being crazy as usual. We have this park in Park City that we call the John Deere park. The kids absolutely love it. We make a few trips there every summer.

Here are the kids at the Riverton Splash pad. We went a few times this summer with cousins and friends. The kids love it because their Dad and Tyson built it! Eli goes around telling everybody that...pretty funny.

Here we are at the Aquarium. We had Madisons friend Brittany and her brother Collin with us. I bet we went 5 times this summer. We bought a family pass and it is only 5 minutes from our house. Cheap entertainment! We love to pet the stingrays!

Here are the kids in Yellowstone. We had our niece, McKinley, with us. I would have traded all of my kids to keep her. She was so fun to have for 9 whole days. (I will put more pictures of Yellowstone later. I took a couple hundred or so...)

We had a wedding this summer too. Troys dad got remarried. Here we are at the wedding. It was fun to all be together. We were missing Aaron and Carter, but I am sure they were there in spirit....right Aaron?

Here are the kids decorating Papas truck and Troy and Lorin drinking beer so they could hang the cans from the bumper. Funny thing, the next week Troy was called to be the Elders Quorum President. Good thing he really wasn't drinking the beer!

Troy did a bike race as part of the Tour of Utah. It is one of the hardest stages in the United States and he finished it. You can see how excited he was to finish! I was so proud of him.

And here are Troy and Jason crossing the finish line together. Troy says there is no way he could have done it without Jason. This is kind of how they are in life. They don't go very long without talking to each other. Jason and Heidi have been great friends forever. Thanks guys!

Thats just a few things we did this summer, I forgot my camera for the others, but we had a lot of fun! And thanks Jill for spending a couple weeks with us and keeping us busy!