~ WaRm RiVeR~

Warm River was SO MUCH FUN this year!! I think we really had a great time! The boys and I camped all by ourselves in our tent! I was very proud of myself for sleeping in a tent by myself without Kevin. Don't get me wrong I was pretty nervous but we lived. Although the last night we had a close encounter with some kind of animal digging around our tent.... I almost died. So, just for future reference... please don't make me sleep in a tent by myself with just my kids to help me defend myself... :) my heart may not live through the next time!
We enjoyed many trips down the river. Playing in the shallow water, using our water pistols, Playing with our great cousins, eating, telling stories around the campfire, getting eaten alive by misquotes, running, laughing, crying ... just to name a few fun things.. :)
We also had the GREAT privilege of seeing Smokey the Bear!!! Cahlin loved it. Eyan ... wasn't quiet as thrilled. We also got to attend a little meeting on Bear Safety. I found it very interesting and Cahlin loved learning what he needed to do to defend himself from bears... ;) The older kids also got to test out how to spray Bear Spray.. it was great fun, and very entertaining!
I have been going to Warm River since I was a small child and it's always been something that I hold close to my heart. I have very great memories of this place. It was fun to see all of my family again. I miss you all. I wish everyone could be closer and we could play all the time... but that would make it so when we are together it wouldn't be quiet as special. Thank you all for helping me when I needed it as I have two small children and only 2 hands!! We can't wait for next year!

2010 4th of July

This year the boys and I headed up to Idaho Falls for the 4th of July celebrations. It started out with a early morning at a 5k! I ran my very first race! And sadly I don't have any pictures! Grandma Jones has them all on her camera! But it was a great race and I was proud of myself for getting it done! Then we headed on over to the Idaho Falls Parade... it was a VERY chilly morning and everyone had a hard time being excited about it! Plus, for some reason the parade took forever to start and stay going!
After the parade we went back to the Desmond's for a BBQ and the annual Water Fight! We had a great time! I will forever say that no will ever beat Grandpa Jones at a water fight... don't even start it you won't win... ever... period.... :)
We then rested our poor little bodies for a while and then ventured out for the fireworks at the Green belt! Things got kinda mixed up and we all ended up getting separated... it was a stressful event for most of us but we eventually got it figured out and settled in for the show! It was great! The boys loved the fireworks. I love seeing the wonder and excitement that is in their eyes when they watch fireworks. It's just great!
Thanks to our friends the Hatch family for coming and spending the day with us! We had so much fun with you!!! We hope it was fun for you as well!

Cheesie Grins...

Now I know where they get their cheesie little grins from....

~Eclipse Premiere~

In July Kevin surprised me for my birthday and got me and my friend tickets to the Eclipse premiere!! I was SO excited! So, as you all know because I am a total Twilight crazy person we had to go out and get ourselves some cute little Eclipse t-shirts. Then we headed on out to the movie theater to stake out our spots on the grass! We had a great time eating, playing cards, getting rained on and laughing and the other crazy people all around us. The movie was GREAT!! My favorite one so far! All the actors are finally getting to be a bit better at their jobs! We didn't get home til very late in the morning but it was very much worth it! So, if I haven't mentioned it in the past I will now just so everyone is clear on how I stand.... I LOVE TWILIGHT!!! :) Thank you Kevin for being so thoughtful and sending me out to play.

Daddy's boys

As I was going through all of our pictures that I have so wonderfully neglected I found these cute ones of Kevin and the boys… I don’t know why we were taking them but they were cute and I thought I would share! I love all 3 of my boys.

Utah Jones Family Trip

The boys and I had the GREAT privilege of getting to go to Alan and Lynette’s baby boy’s blessing the first of May. We had a FANTASTIC time with the Jones family!! We had a great car ride with Grandpa Jones and then spent the first day with Jason and Katy at their fun new house. Then Grandma Jones came and picked us up to go down to Alan and Lynette’s in Tooele. We had a great time!! They made wonderful food and the company was just FABULOUS! Thanks to the Gifford's for putting up with us and sharing your wonderful family with us! Plus, it was a HUGE bonus that baby Sam is so adorable!!!

PS- I was very bad at taking pictures that weekend... these are the only ones that I have... :(

So tired

One day clear back in APRIL... ( I know I've totally abandoned my blog) we found Eyan like this during his nap. It melted our hearts. Kevin's mom makes these ABC books for the grand kids. He just loves his! Thanks Grandma for the great book!!