Huntington Lake

Huntington Lake is a must for summer time fun.  Not only is it a blast to swim in, but you can't beat the crawdad fishing. 

Jumping off the docks is the best!  But you have to swim out there first!



 To dry off, the kids headed to the boat docks to try their luck at crawdad fishing.  Well, lets just say it was a success.  Every time they pulled up their line, there were 4 or 5 crawdads.  The kids ended up catching about 4 buckets full of crawdads.

 Throwing them back in the water was a highlight

 TROUBLE!!!

 Finally, the best part was when we dumped the bucket of crawdads on the docks and watched them scatter back to the water. 

Just another summer day with the Larsen's!

Lets Celebrate!!!

The 4th of July was great this year!  We started our celebration at the parade in Huntington where the kids caught LOADS of candy. 

 And had LOADS of fun on the bouncy toys at the park after the parade.

 Riding the train!

 After the parade, we LOADED up the car and headed to fish lake.  The kids had so much fun!  They caught a ton of fish and they had a ball playing in the water.  I was so worried that there would be a ton of people there, but it was just right. 

 The weekend before the 4th, we celebrated by going camping.  We found the BEST little camping site.  It was perfect for baseball games, riding 4-wheelers, and it had a pretty cool swing.  The weather was perfect and we had the best time.
Tyce loved shooting the BB gun.  He was a great shot! Pretty hard when your target is a foot away :)

 We spent one afternoon up at Potter's Pond.  Kade didn't want to fish, he wanted to dive in!  He loved wading through the mud!

 Seeing our Mountains burn a few weeks ago was so hard on all of us,.  We were so sad to see it in flames.  At the same time, we were so thankful that the fire didn't jump on East where we run our cows.  Here are a few shots of the fire from East.  We rode up there each night while we were camping to check the fire. 

T-Ball

Tyce wasn't the biggest fan of T-ball, but he stuck it out and did a great job.  He would hit the ball out of the park every time, and he was the fastest little runner.  I am really proud of my little Brave!

 I just had to take this picture of Tyce waiting for his turn to bat. 

 Quite the pair

Summer is in full swing!

Summer is under way at our house and we are enjoying every minute of it!  We are staying super busy with things like fishing, swimming, and most of all cowboying. 
Kyle has a secret fishing hole that he takes the boys and the fish are HUGE.  Here are a few of the fish we caught:

 Baseball this year was a BLAST to watch.  Kade is quite the ball player.  He is getting so big and so good at sports.  I was one proud mama in the stands cheering on my little Yankee. 

 Kade and Tyce have also been riding their horses a ton. It was time to bring cows off the desert and they rode the entire way to the farm getting those cows where they needed to be.  Again....very proud mom.

 Here was my cute driving partner!

 It seems like if we aren't on our horses, or not playing baseball, we are swimming.  We have spent a ton of time at both the pool here in town and up at 7 peaks.  My kids love the water and have become great little swimmers.

 Kade and Tyce had swimming lessons right after school got out.  Kade did so well the first day that he was moved up to a higher class.  I couldn't believe how well he was swimming.  I can't swim as well as he did.  Tyce.....well, he is a great swimmer too.....if he would just DO IT!  He wanted to run around instead of listen. He looks pretty cute in his goggles though!

We graze our cows on the desert or mountain almost all year round, so our cows were only home for about 3 weeks before we were herding them up the moutain.  We did it on a Friday night when it was nice and cool and this was our view coming off the trail. 

 Kade and Tyce were once again my riding partners.  They did a great job helping me get the cows up the mountain.  I couldn't have done it without my cute cowboys. 

 Finally, we spent my sisters birthday at Huntington Lake and we all had so much fun catching craw dads and riding on the boat. 

Hopefully the next few weeks goes by really slow so that we can continue to enjoy or summer.  We can't wait to have a few more camping trips, horse rides, and good times with family.