Fun unexpected Road trip with the kids....

Can anyone guess where this parking lot is located?
It's about 67 miles SOUTH of Morgan

I rode with CJ and the boys, as they met someone to pick up a batting cage and pitching machine they purchased on KSL classifieds.  It was quite the load, and we were sure glad that the seller helped to load it up and tie it down.  

Their favorite "treat" at this store - Circus Peanuts !!  YUCK !!!  The smell makes me gag.  Grossest  snack candy imaginable IMHO.  Well, any guesses on the store yet?  If you said CABELA'S you are right !

Then we moved on to another store that none of us had ever been in before.  This was closer to Morgan, on about 114th South.  Any guesses?  

There is even a Ferris Wheel inside, and these two LOVED riding on it. 

I pushed Thatch around  in this shopping cart while they rode the FW, and CJ shopped for Zac some much needed things for RAGNAR.....YES!! he is running in it !! Yahoo !!

He was fine as long as I kept moving :)

Guess the store yet?  It was SCHEELS

We caught a quick bite to eat at Mickey D's on our way home.  It was a fun day.

Lemonade - 25 cents

After hearing the call from clear down the street (across Young Street even!) - they arrived, ready to purchase a cold drink :)  They unknowingly butted in front of Stacy (hiding in her car :)

What a couple of great guys from RC Willey - they made the little boys day !

Later in the day - these two were goofing off on the tramp.
They love our trampoline.  It's over 20 years old, and has been taken  care of and repaired, and it has the greatest BOUNCE!!  The only problem is theBLACK that gets on little feet :)

Love this picture !!  We went over to Gary and Carol's on the night Kacey and Payson came to Utah.  We walked in, and I bent down and said, "Hey Payson", in my Grandma sing songy voice......He looked at me with a blank stare, then his eyes shifted to Roger D. standing behind me.  His face broke into a smile a MILE WIDE, and he ran right past me with out stretched arms to Grandpa.  It only hurt my feelings a little bit - it was a sweet sight to see him so excited for Grandpa.  I don't think I've ever gotten a picture of Roger with quite that sparkle in his eye. 

Celebrating Father's Day - one day early

Today was wonderful.  The temperature was in the 80's, we got alot of work done, we relaxed a bunch, we were able to see Kacey and Payson, whom we hadn't seen for 2 1/2 months (in person).  LOVE LOVE LOVED it !!

Most of these pics I already posted on FB, but check out the videos at the end :)

We rented a Ditch Witch at ACE.  Dug a bunch of trenches, for piping for more sprinkling system Dad is putting down at the property.  It was hard going.  The DW was a POS (excuse the French).  Treyson asked why they called it a Ditch Witch.  Hmmmm........makes you think.  I told him the it dug trenches, which are little Ditches, so fast and well, that it was almost like magic (that a witch does).......... Hmmmmmm......these kids are asking hard questions :)

Treyson rode around on his 4-wheeler, which is Uncle Don's old one that he used.  I can't believe that Uncle Don used that little thing :)  Too funny !  Treyson had a good time.  He just put it in a low gear and putted around.  

Lance is home for the summer from Stanford, where he just completed his first year.  It was so good to see him, and he is so good to the kids.  LOVE YOU LANCE !!

Mom broke out the dinner bell !   We all brought our own meat and drinks and a potluck to share.  It was great as usual.

Kacey and Payson came up !!  It is so good to see them.  They will be here for 2 months, and Landon is coming at the end of July for 2 weeks.  Yahoo !!  The little boys played so well together.  It seems I couldn't get enough pics.

Swinging !

LOVING THEM !!

Climbing on the Tree

Sitting on the 4-wheeler

Throwing rocks in the creek

ooooo - BIG SPASH !!

We all went in and got Dad a Father's Day gift for the property.  A molded tire swing, just like ours, but green !  Zac was the installer of course :)

Back to the sandbox.  They had a great time.

Tagg, getting warm after playing in the ditch

They LOVED the new swing - Treyson, Dax and Tagg

On the slide......  Payson would always climb up from the bottom, and Thatch would always climb from the back.  We about had a few crashes. 

So so happy to see this cute little boy in PERSON !!

There Thatch was, just sitting there minding his own business, eating watermelon, when up comes dad (VERY SLOWLY) on the 4-wheeler.  It didn't faze Thatch at all, even when the winch touched him.

They had a ball with the watermelon.  Thatch ate it - Payson stabbed and threw it :)

We all lined up in a line across the big grass area, and walked from one end to the other, picking up THOSE DANG BRANCHES that fall by the MILLIONS (it seems).....Everytime there is wind, more come down :/

After the party, we went for a quick view of the Rich Barnyard Menagerie.  Dax even got to ride Shady !!  He loved it :)

We brought over some big logs for the goats to stand on, but all they wanted to do was nibble on them.  Thatcher is getting very brave around all of the animals.  I can hardly wait for Payson to come and see them all.  Today he didn't, because he went home for a much needed nap. Maybe tomorrow. 

After everyone left, we hunkered down in the shade of the barn.  Treyson and Tagg were on the other side of the barn playing.  All of a sudden Roger noticed that another skunk had been caught in the live trap, and the little boys were playing about 6 feet away from it and hadn't even noticed !?!??!    It was still alive, but hadn't sprayed them, thank goodness.  Hopefully we are getting all of the varmints that are bothering our "girls".

Enjoy the videos below - in no particular order. 
(they are mostly for Landon)
I am so thankful for this day.  It was fantastic !

A little bit "Shady"

I've been wanting a horse for our barnyard for while now.  Notice I said "I", not "We".  Roger was NOT on board.  I finally got him to say, "whatever, do what you want"..............so I did.  Annette and Wendy offered to come with me to get the horse.  Then Wendy had something come up, and Annette said to get Carol Wilkinson to help, and Carol couldn't, and then Kevin Bangerter walked into the office to register his vehicle.  I said, "Kevin, what are you doing tomorrow morning at 9am?"  Bless his heart.  He and Cindy and grandson came along, and when we got there, Megan had the horse all ready to go !!  I thought it would be hard to catch her, but I guess not. Anyway, he was there for moral support :)

She is a cute little miniature horse.
I was able to lead her around and load her myself.  

Back at the barnyard, she was fine, the goats were curious, and I thought, "Hey, this is great".  As soon as I took off her halter and lead rope, she got FRISKY with the goats.  Mayhem ensued.

Before it was done, Billy had jumped the barnyard fence to get away from the horse, and Miss Piggy accidentally got kicked in the head.  I was beginning to think we had made a BIG mistake.............but Annette just kept reassuring me that they were all just getting used to each other.  We ended up closing the gate, and kept Shadow and Miss Piggy on one side, and the goats on the other.  We let them stay that way all day. 

Zac and the boys came up later to move some farm machinery.  We worked in and around the animals, and they were a lot calmer.  You can see Shadow's head just over Thatch's right shoulder.  Caption of this pic?  Away in the Manger (of course :) 

CJ thought she was being funny NOT (haha) and got Rog this mug for Father's day............you  know, since he wasn't happy with me about the horse situation............. (haha)

CJ had a little bit of experience with horses as a teenager, and she jumped right in there, shook the bucket of feed, harnessed her back up, and put the kids on her back.  

Such a cute family !  CJ turned out to be quite the horse "whisperer", and Tagg is a natural (check out his hands holding her mane).  Treyson was a little nervous, but the horse led around like a pro.  Narry a buck or a bit of trouble.

I'm all smiles now :)

Zac and the "cowboys"

Meet "Shady" fka Shadow
(Roger's warming up to her ;)

Swimming Lesson Finale

Ready to watch the fun 

Thatcharoo

Diving for treasure (that's Treyson with his back to the camera and Tagg sitting at the pool's edge)

Missed the jump from the diving board, but not the TA-DA afterwards :)

First time Hula Hooping - he's a pro !

Relaxing 

Kaydence and Treyson - hanging out while Tagg and Kamry have their lessons in the pool.

Tagg  in the blue tube, talking with Teacher Shannon.  He's a hard one to get a picture of - but not a video (see below) 

Skunked

No - not this skunk !
But two of his brothers

One was caught in a "live" trap................which we had to take care of.  Nasty business for sure.  The deed was done earlier without the little boys.  This is just the aftermath.

Tiny little thing - but a chicken killer none the less.

His brother was MUCH bigger.  Already expired........
The videos below are pretty funny.  Sorry about the "S" word.

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