Memorial Day

another cool tree for pictures :)




We're loving the nice weather and the rivers!! It's so nice to have Spring here!!!

What a fun little boy!


We don't have too many pictures with all of us! I love it!


Here's the bottom of the waterfall. They have the real trail end just before you get to the waterfall, but Nate took the kids while I trudged up to it to get pictures. It was really pretty! Annie and Austin we totally missed out last year!


We found this cool tree and had to take everyone's picture in it.




This is the waterfall from the the lookout point. This is as far as I got last year. It's beautiful, but it really does look cooler from down below. Anchorage is all green again- I don't know if I mentioned that before- it happens overnight!!

Memorial Day

We had a really great Memorial Day! Nate was home, so that made it really exciting! We went to our Ward Breakfast, they did a little program to remember the troops, and then we went on a hike. We hiked up to Thunderbird Falls. It's about a 3 mile hike if you go down to the bottom of the waterfall. It's really beautiful up there. The kids all did really great on the hike. Cherry, Kelz and Bubba all walked, and Lukey got to ride in the backpack, but we all had a really good time. I am trying to put some pictures on here, but it doesn't seem to be working for me- we'll see. So, Annie if I co get them to work- you might recognize it (I don't know how much of that place you remember- you were so sick :( ) After the hike, we came home and took a really long nap, and then we got up and went to a little neighborhood barbeque thing down the street with some friends in the ward. We had a really fun day. So anyway- hope you are all doing great!
Love ya!

He's So Cute!

I couldn't decide which one I liked best :) he's so cute!

Kelz in the Water- what a doll!

Kelz just getting a good start!

Playing in the sprinklers

Playing at the park- Lukey going down the slide by himself!

Cherry and Kelz rolling down the hill

Bubba rolling down the hill too :)

Lukey really got into the sprinklers the other day when we were watering the lawn- he didn't seem to notice that he was getting soaked :) it was WAY cute- he got the other kids all into it too.

Even Bubba!

Beach Lake

We went with some friends to Beach Lake for a picnic. This was our first time to this lake, it's about a 20 minute drive north. There weren't a lot of places to sit to have a picnic, so we just parked ourselves at the end of a fishing dock and laid out our blanket and had our picnic there. It was pretty fun. The lake is beautiful, but I didn't get too many pictures of it since I was so busy watching Lukey making sure he didn't fall off the dock (that was somewhat nerve-racking to me for some reason- I guess I didn't want to have to jump in the lake with my clothes on). Cherry, Kelz, Bubba and their friends just ran back and forth from the land to the edge of the dock to get rocks to throw in the water. We had a really great time. It's fun to go to new places.

Equestfest

We weren't too fond of the shooters- "too WOWD" brad says.

Here's the buggy races

cute boys!

this one was cherry and kelz favorite horse- "da white one wih dah pink dar on it bumb!"

Equestfest

We got to go to this little horse show thing (really low budget) but it was really fun for the kids to see horses- it's been a LOOOOOOOOOONG time since they did last.




Lukey got a kick out of the horse. He was squirming all over the place while I was holding him trying to take pictures- he wanted to be right next to him! What a cutie!

Look, Mom!!! No training wheels!

the pep-talk of the century :)

It only took her a few tries down the driveway and back before she had it down!


already a pro!

We were so proud of her!! She is such a quick learner! We're totally gonna have to celebrate this one!

The Park at Cheney Lake

Bubba is totally loving the playgrounds this year! I'm loving it! He tries everything now :)

A dorky-camera-happy-mom picture

here it is again from a different angle :) isn't it cute!?

K- this is just funny- we have had that disposable camera for about a year (I think Nate bought it for the trip up to the Russian with Annie and Austin), and it was full a LONG time ago, but KELZ thinks it is HER camera, so she has it with her no matter what, every where we go- and "takes pictures" of everyone and everything (don't know where she got that :)), but I just crack up everytime I see it. One minute I think it's lost and the next minute- there it is taking a picture of something! Kelz is a cutie! That would make a really cute picture though- too bad there isn't any room on the film ;)