School Already?

Yes, school (work) officially started today and I survived. For the 1st day of school we hauled our students to Provo to a Ropes Course. I don't know about my students, but I had a blast!! I started out on the zip line....I had to climb up this 50 foot pole and then I ziplined to the bottom. It was tough. I didn't realize how out of shape I was. I was so proud of myself when I got to the top, and the ride down was awesome. Next we went canoeing. Well, I was set to go with two of my students in this canoe and right as I sat in, I leaned a little to one side and I dumped myself out. I climbed out of the freezing cold water, soaked from head to toe and decided to try it one more time. This time I got in safety, but my student did not and she tipped all three of us over. Everyone was laughing at us and taking our picture. I was soaked the rest of the day and I smelled like dirty fish water the entire bus ride home. I spent the rest of the day getting kids off of the zip line......but what a great team building day it was for Pinnacle Canyon! Go Panthers!!! (Sorry, I have no pictures of the eventful day)

Camping for the Bow Hunt

It's hunting season again and once again opening morning was unsuccessful. Kyle hunts mussle loader but my brothers in law both bow hunt, so we all went camping with them. We camped up Huntington Canyon and boy was the weather great! The kids had a ball playing with their dump trucks in the dirt and us girls enjoyed relaxing my the camp fire. Within the first 10 minutes of camping, Kade was covered in dirt from head to toe and he stayed that way the entire weekend. I can't wait for Kyle's big hunt so that we can go camping one last time before we have to pack things away for winter. Here Kade comes racing down the road with his dump truck

The kids played with their dump trucks all day long. Dad and Tyce

Chase and Kade rolling in the dirt.

Tyce's 8 Month Portraits

Huntington Lake, 4-wheeler Ride, and the Castle Valley Pageant

My niece Kelsey had her 2nd birthday party at Huntington Lake last Sunday. The kids all had so much fun swimming and playing in the mud. Yes...we missed church (dang it!), but we had a blast.

Kade loved playing in the mud (and throwing it at everyone).
Kelsey and Kade running in and out of the water
Tyce LOVED the water. He could have played in it all day
Yesterday we decided to go on a 4-wheeler ride with Jasa and Jared. The boys wanted to ride up Gentry Mountain to look for deer so we headed up at 6:00pm. I didn't have a babysitter for Tyce so I threw him on the 4-wheeler with us. Well, about 1/2 hour into the ride it started looking really cloudy. We just kept on riding and it got worse and worse. We didn't know if it would be smart to wait it out...or keep riding. Well, needless to say.....we all got soaked. Tyce's first 4-wheeler ride wasn't that pleasant, but he was a good sport.
Kade, Dad, and Tyce waiting out the rain under a tree.

Here is a video of me riding in the flag ceremony for the Castle Valley Pageant. This was my 13th year riding in the pageant and I am sad that it is already over. I love racing my horse down that hill into the pond. It is kind of a rush! I hope that you enjoy the video....it is only of me, not of the entire ceremony. There are 6 riders (Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Air Force, and the American Flag...in this video I think I am carrying the Navy). ENJOY: (you might want to mute my tunes)

Emery County Fair

Every year I look forward to attending the Emery County Fair and this year was no exception. Emery County is the greatest place in the world to live and you really realize it when you see all of the work that they put into the fair for the citizens. The fair starts on Thursday and goes until Saturday and each day is filled with fun entertainment and booths for the kids. This year a hypnotist came and he was so funny.
Each year the fair ends with a FREE concert. This year is was Western Underground (Chris Ledoux's band). They were awesome! They sang a lot of Chris Ledoux's old songs and some awesome new ones of their own. They also gave a nice tribute to Chris Ledoux. It was a great concert....I just miss Chris Ledoux coming out and riding the mechanical bull.
I am sad that the fair is already over, but there is always next year.







Tyce and Kade at the parade. Tyce decided that since he couldn't get up and catch the candy himself, that he would just steal it from my neice's bag.





Here is a picture of Kade and the girls waiting for the parade to start (Kelsey, Abby, Kade, Tylee)









Western Underground

Desert View Pro Rodeo

Here is a picture of my dad riding a bull when I was about 4 years old. Isn't he awesome!

It's rodeo time! One of my favorite times of the year is the rodeo. There is nothing more fun to me than attending the Pro rodeo. I love the broncs, I love the bulls, and I LOVE the barrel racers. I think that my love for the rodeo comes from my dad. He was always announcing rodeo's and when he was younger he was the best bull rider around.

This year for the rodeo, the county decided to have some of the locals do the Hyde Race. If you don't know what the Hyde Race is well you are missing out on some classic entertainment. So a cowboy is on his horse at one end of the arena and his partner is standing by a barrel at the other end. The cowboy on the horse takes off pulling a large piece of hyde (well belting) and the partner must grab hold of the rope and ride the hyde all the way around the barrel and to the other end of the arena. Anyway, Kyle and his brother decided that they wanted to participate. Everything was going smoothly, but on their way back, Kyle's brother let go of the rope. They would have won the $1000.00 if he just would have stuck it out. It was so much fun watching them.

Kade also had a great time at the rodeo. I am not sure if he really watched the rodeo, but he sure had fun playing with Kelsey by the fence.

I am sad that the rodeo is over...but that means that the pageant is coming next week!!



Kade with his cousins: Abby and Tylee

Kade and Kelsey wrestling

Tyce loved playing with the ticket.

Baby Tyce

Tyce is now 7 months and he is such a cutie pie. He is the happiest baby ever. He started to scoot around a few weeks ago and now for the past few days he has been crawling everywhere. Also this week his first tooth popped out. He is getting so big! I tried to get a picture of his tooth but it is really hard to see.