Happy Father's Day - We love our Dads

About 1964 - Lee, Erika and Gwen

2005 - Zac with Treyson

2012 - Landon with Payson

2003 - Brendon with Cameron

This past week we worked and played

It is the time of year when we roll up the greenhouse plastic at Grandpa's garden.  This is always a group effort. 

Even the little one likes to help :)

Sometimes it's hard to pry the big ones away from the TV in the shop.

Still working on that #*&% trailer......   Zac got new flooring put down in the bathroom.  I'm not sure it he has the new toilet set yet.   They are almost ready to start packing it up, and moving it to  our house.  They have until July 1st, and everything seems to be going well on their house closing. 

Eating supper with Grandpa Roger 

Yum Yum !! 

Zen Master Tagg

Hello !

Payson loves the swing 

Eating supper

Jeff got the hay baled, and of course we needed to take the requisite pics.  Here in the distance you can see Roger D. trying to boost Treyson up - didn't work so good.  He needed three people to get him up there :) 

What a poser :)

Thatcher was extremely nervous - and wanted down almost immediately.  The bale was not steady enough for him. 

Payson and Brightyn wanted in on the action.  At first Payson stood down, and studied the situation, the kids getting on and off,......and only then did he decide he would like to participate.  That kid is very methodical in his thinking. 

Walking back to the Property.  

Here we come !!

Another night we watched Brightyn and Payson while Kacey kept score at the baseball games.  

The kids had such a great time. 

Brightyn is quite the climber !

Makes Grandma a little nervous though.  She likes to look, but when Billy comes sniffing around her shoes......she wants NONE of that !

She loves the chickens.

Sometimes they can be quite noisy - check out the videos at the top of the page under FAMILY VIDEOS for some cuteness !

Kacey took the kids hiking today up near Snowbasin with her mom and Brittney.  Payson found alot of bugs, and brought them home.  Oh how these kids LOVE the BUGS !!  

He has no fear.  I sure hope he never catches a bee or earwig, because he handles them freely !

Hi - meet my friend caterpillar !!

We have a little cottontail bunny that likes to hang out under our pine tree in the front yard.  Brightyn spotted it, and we went round and round the tree trying to catch up to it.  

Then Payson got in on the action, and we chased it over to Vern's field next door.

Be sure and check out a bunch of cute short videos at the top of the page under Family Videos.  There are videos to go along with most of the pics I've posted today.  

Friday and Saturday - Life is great !

Grandma, do you think we need to clean the junk out of Billy's ears?   No Tagg, I don't think so.  Billy came to us from the Wardell family a couple of years ago.  Boy he sure has grown !

Climbing in the barn is so much fun !

Poor Miss Piggy  - it's hard for her to get around.  She is so ugly she's cute !

Jumping is always fun...........

No jumping for Kathryn - with her broken arm.  Right after I took this picture she fell off the swing and hurt her OTHER arm!  I was sure glad it didn't break too. 

The ground drops away, and they swing out over the tall grasses.  I chant a song/rhyme about an evil clown who lives down in the ground, and doesn't make a sound,..........until it GETS THEM !!!

Today we tried to tube down the creek......  They were sure excited. 

It is quite the chore to get all the kids down to the creek......ON the tubes......and all of us headed off together. 

Roger D. took this picture from the shore.  It sure wasn't much fun.   The creek was sososososo low, and we had to walk alot of the way.  The kids had fun - but seriously we need a couple more feet of water.  I guess that won't happen this year !

Getting out was a chore - we got our water shoes stuck in the mud, as we sunk up to our knees almost. 

Grab me Tagg !!

Okay - Now for landing the whale........

A one......and a two..........and ..........

It was harder than it looked, and I tried to keep the water shoes ON my feet, and not stuck in the mud.  Thanks Zac and CJ :)

You wouldn't know Treyson and Kaydence are the same age.  He's about twice her size.  They have a great time together. 

We cooked up some S'mores and got warm by the fire.
Kamry, Kaydence, Kassidy, Zac, Treyson, Tagg, CJ, Thatcher. (Kathryn was in the sand)

Last but not least !  This cutie will be getting glasses soon !  He has been squinting, and his one eye has turned in.....  I guess he is a far-sighted as his Daddy.  Zac didn't get glasses until about 6 months before he went to Kindergarten, when he was 5 1/2 years old.   Thatcher will get his glasses in about 2 weeks.