Fishing, 4-H Camp, Hayden's Wedding, Castle Dale Days

WOW....What a long post!
Sunday was such a nice day that we had to get on the 4-wheelers and go for a ride. We rode all over Ferron Mountain starting at Hunter's Highway. It was perfect weather and SO pretty. The mountain was covered in blue bells. We stopped down in McEwan Flat to fish for awhile and the kids decided that they needed to splash around too. It was a really fun ride.....church next Sunday for sure!

Saturday was Hayden's wedding. We are so excited for him and Kylie. They make a great couple! The wedding was at a hotel in Price so it seemed like all I did was chase my boys around the pool. But when the dance started, Kade pulled out some awesome dance moves. It was a lot of fun and I know that they will be happy together.

This is a picture of all of my cousins on the Hansen side. We are all super close and we do a lot together. Mess with one, and you mess with us all.

Last Thurday I took Kade to 4-H camp. He made butter, stick horses, ice cream, yo-yo's, and he dipped a candle. It was a really fun day for Kade. U-T-A-H utah, utah, 4-h!

Finally Kade had a blast at the Castle Dale Days little buckaroo rodeo. Kade raced his stick horse named Mater all the way down the arena and on his way back "Mater bucked him off". He was the cutest cowboy out there. We decided to just let Tyce run without a stick horse. He would have won if he would have turned around and came back, but he just kept running. It was a good time.

Branding 2009

Branding Calves is one of my favorite times of the year. There is just something about the smell of burning hide that makes me happy to be a cowgirl, and so glad that I grew up the way that I did.

This year everyone came to help out, so we decided to have a hot dog roast. The kids had a ball helping Kyle brand, tag, and castrate the calves. There was only one thing missing......Grandpa Jay. Hanging out on the top of the shed

Roasting hot dogs...yum!

Everyone

Tyce was having fun just running around like a crazy man. He found the swather and decided to play on it for awhile

Then he wanted to play hide and seek in the pens. Thank goodness grandma Jo was there to keep track of our monster while I helped run the shoot.

Our newest addition

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Crazy kids

The kids were upstairs in my bedroom one morning watching cartoons while I ran down stairs to throw a load of laundry in the wash. When I got back up to them, this is what I saw......both Kade and Tyce covered from head to toe in black and red permanent Sharpie marker.

Tyce is such a clown. It cracked me up the other day when he put the football potty on his head and said "hat"! What a funny boy!

Timpanogos Cave

Wow....what a climb! Today we took the kids on a mighty hike to see Timpanogos Cave. Kade was such a trooper and he never complained until his legs started to hurt on the way down. He worked his little muscles hard the entire 1000 ft climb and I was so proud of him. Kade's favorite part of the cave was the rock that looked like a "canimal" (camel) and my favorite part was the heart of Timpanogos. It was a really fun trip that ended in a dip at the Legacy Center swimming pool in Lehi. I debated on taking Tyce with me, but I am glad that I left him home with aunt Angie (who just got engaged last weekend........congrats)! Hopefully when we take our next trip to Timpanogos, Kyle won't have to work.

Fish Lake

We thought that it would be fun to go to fish lake for the day for a picnic and to fish. I got my kids dressed in their shorts and sandals and we headed out. As we were driving I started to notice the temperature dropping from 70 degree's to 50 degree's and finally at Fish Lake 38 degrees......it was FREEZING. Well, thank goodness Jamie had an extra jacket that my boys could wear and I found an expensive hoodie at the Lodge so we survived the day. The boat ride was not worth it for sure. It was so cold and Tyce's life jacket was so tight around his coat that he was miserable. Oh well, another memorable experience with the Jeffs' family!

Softball, Blog Book, and Jamie's Birthday

It's softball time again!! Every summer I play softball on the women's slow pitch league and I love it! This year I am playing in Price and in Emery County so it seems like I am always playing softball. The ladies that I play with in Price are all faculty and staff at PHS so we have a blast! We might not be the best team, but we definitely have the most fun!

This picture cracks me up!

I have wanted to make my blog into a journal for a long time but never did my research. The other day, I decided to check it out. That is when I found blurb.com. All I had to do was "slurp" my blog into blurb and what do you know.....a blog book. Isn't it awesome!!

Finally, last night me, my mom, Jodi, and Jasa headed to Richfield to take Jamie out to dinner for her Birthday. It was so nice to see Jamie and to hang out with just us girls. Jamie is building a home in Central Valley and is living in Monroe until it is finished. We wish her the best in getting her mansion built...and happy, happy birthday!

School is finally out....and summer has now began! Can't wait!!

PHS Class of 2009

A few of the Greatest Teachers at PCA (especially that Mrs. Larsen...I heard that she is awesome)!
Wahoo!!! They actually did it! This year was Pinnacle's 1st year to have a graduating class and I was there to witness the memorable event. The graduation was awesome. The graduates entered the theatre following the Carbon High drum line (which was awesome) and then us teachers came next. The speakers were great and I will have to admit, I was a little teary eyed when our boys choir got up and sang "I am the greatest". I have taught these particular students since they were in the sixth grade so it was kind of hard to let them go. I have been through all of their life experiences and to see them go from a hormonal 8th grader to an adult was amazing. I wish them all of the luck in the world and I will definitely miss each and every one of them. GO PANTHERS!!

WHAT A WEEKEND!!

We have had a busy weekend.....here is what we did:

On Thursday we took Kade up to Heber to see Thomas the Train and the Heber Creeper. Kade was in heaven. He loved the train ride and he loved seeing Thomas. As for Kyle and I.....LAME!! I can't believe that we drove 2 1/2 hours to go on a 10 minute train ride.....I guess it was worth it because Kade serious couldn't believe that we went all the way to the "island of Sodar" to ride Thomas. We also got to stop and visit Lauren and Cam which was great!

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For Memorial weekend we took the trailer out to Flat Canyon for a camp out. When we got there it immediately started raining. I figured that it would just blow over and we would have a great time......boy was I wrong! It rained the entire time. Finally Saturday afternoon, we decided to pack up and come home. We ended up having fun at the house, but Sunday afternoon we decided to give it another try with a 4-wheeler ride. The weather was cooperating pretty well until we were at the highest point of Trail Mountain.....that is when it decided to hail. After it started hailing, the lightning started. That is when we decided to get the heck out of there. By the time we got back to camp, our faces were numb from the pelting hail balls and frozen from the rain. I have rode is hail before when I worked for the forest service, but never with my babies. Kade actually got so cold from the ride, that he had a fever the next day. He also had a nightmare that night about the rain. Tyce seemed to be just fine. It was quite the experience.

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Finally hanging out at the farm......Kyle gathered the cows off of the desert at the first of the week while we were at school. He found most of them, but we are still out a few. Now that the cows are home, Kade and Tyce finally get to feed them everyday. Feeding the cows is Tyce's favorite part of the day. He loves to moo at the cows and if he could, he would get right in the corals with them. The bull sure doesn't like Tyce.....he snorts and shakes his head at him every time he gets out of the truck. It is really funny!! We actually got a new bull this year. He is a nice looking bull (with excellent testicular width...according to the papers...HE HE). He is a black Gelbvieh bull and we hope that he does the job. My dad LOVED to run Gelbvieh cows....so I know that he would be proud of our choice. This is Kyle's new horse Angel. She is so pretty....and fast!