Day 7: Saturday, July 5: Today Jeffrey, Kathleen, Grandpa, Jim, Max, Wes, and Jackson rented a fishing boat and went out on the lake for a few hours to fish. Then we went to Canyon and hiked down Uncle Tom's Trail to see the Lower Yellowtone Falls, which was gorgeous of course. We spent most of the day with Jim and Lindsey.

Max and Jackson in the fishing boat. The wind was blowing and they all got really wet on the way back, except for Max and Jackson who hid under Grandma's coat and ate potato chips.
Yellowstone Falls
Mommy and London
Jackson eating a huge strawberry icecream cone
Oh man, look at those filthy feet!

Day 8: Sunday, July 7: We got up and checked out around 10:30 and everyone went their separate ways. We had a great time with all the Nye's. Then we did a little sightseeing on our way out of Yellowstone and headed for the cabin. We met my dad there and we drove up to the top of Sawtelle, which is the mountain with the ball on top. You can look over the whole valley and it was breathtaking.

Saying goodbye to Paul and Claudia
Gotta have a picture of Old Faithful (Old Thankful as Jackson calls it)
Daddy and Jackson by an old Yellowtone tour bus
Londie and Daddy on top of Sawtelle
Londie with Henry's Lake in the background

More of Day 8: Up on Sawtell and in Island Park

On top of Sawtelle. I never knew how much my dad and I looked alike until this picture. It helps that I am not wearing any makeup and I am squinting hard cause the sun was so bright.
Shortly after we got off the mountain, a lightning storm passed over. It was beautiful and Wes (being the great photographer that he is) caught this snapshot of lightning. He was pretty happy about capturing it.
Jackson holding up the ball on top of Sawtelle
Daddy
Grandpa

Day 9: Monday, July 7: This is the last day of our vacation. We had a big breakfast with my dad, then we left the cabin and drove home to Springville.

There were just endless fields of beautiful flowers. We had to stop and take a few pictures. We have so many pictures of pretty flowers that I won't even begin to post. They would need their own blog.

All tuckered out from the trip. They pretty much slept the entire way home.

Summer Activities

I have been meaning to post these for a while. Not only are we finishing our basement, which should be complete sometime mid-July, we have been busy planting an apple tree, and a peach tree in our backyard, planting a garden (which I don't have a picture of, but will post one later), and doing some domestic canning.

(above) our apple tree
Jackson is the best helper in the whole world, just ask Wes.

(below) our peach tree

Yes, you heard right. I canned some chicken all by myself (ok, with the help of my awesome friend Lindsey). I now have 24 jars of boneless skinless chicken breast to add to our food storage. It was pretty fun, but unless you buy the chicken at a way good deal and already have your jars, it actually costs about the same or a little more to do this than to buy canned chicken at the store. But it was fun anyway.
Oh, yes, did I mention we have a new addition to the family? A little girl just about Jackson's age. They look very much alike too!

Hot Air Balloons!

It was Art City Days in Springville a couple of weeks ago, so we woke up real early (6:30 am) to go watch the hot air balloons take off. We went with our friends, The Mathews, and my friend Lindsey got this shot of our boys. Isn't it great! Look real close at their faces. They were so excited about the balloons. Right when a balloon would take off, the people inside the balloon baskets would throw candy, so there was a huge mob as the balloon was taking off. Both boys got trampled, which of course scared the little guys to tears....and they also ended up without any candy which then brought on more tears. They did end up snagging some fruit snacks in the end so all was well with the event.

London-14 Months Old!

London is 14 months old today. She says, "Ma ma," "Da da," "Ja Ja," "doddy," (that's for froggie and doggie. She can also say, "uh oh!" She chases Jackson around and wants to do everything he does. She loves to cuddle with mommy and daddy. She is also a total daddy's girl. She absolutely will not let us help her with her fork or cup while she is eating. She has to do it all by herself. We love you Londie!

London Riding at the Park

London was riding the horsey at the park and she bumped her nose on the horse, and I thought her reaction was so funny. She almost was about to cry, and then she toughened up. So funny. My babysitter was talking to me in the background while I filmed. So that's what that is.

Happy Father's Day!

Wes is such a great dad! He loves his kids and family so much and would do anything for them. He works hard so I can stay home and take care of the kids. Jackson wants to be just like his daddy, and he has so much fun with him. London always wants daddy to hold her and she will just lay on his shoulder and cuddle with him. She gets so excited when he gets home from work and just wants to be held by daddy. I love Wes so much and appreciate him. He is the best husband and daddy!

Fun with family

Jackson can do monkey bars all by himself!
I thought Aunt Lulu looked so pretty in this picture I just had to post it for all to see!
We went up the canyon with Jim and Lindsey and Laura and cooked hotdogs and marshmallows. Owen and London chillin in the camp chairs.
I thought this picture was fun because all the kids were crowding around Uncle Jim to watch the video he had just taken. All the kids love seeing themselves on camera.
Mommy, Daddy, Londie

Funny!

I had to post this. I just think Jackson looks so funny in these goggles.
Ooooo! Magic wands! We planted these weird flowers last fall. I don't think we will be planting them again. They are very strange.
I bought a coat for London last summer on sale and I tried it on her to see if it was going to fit her this fall. We laughed so hard cuz she just looks so cute and funny.

Oh yes, and Jackson wanted in on the fun too. I guess he was feeling a little left out.

Swimming Lessons

Jackson had swimming lessons at the beginning of June. Here are a few pictures from them. He did really well.

Of course, London was present as always. Keeping her out of the pool was a chore.
Nice Jump!

Moody Canyon Farms

These pictures were taken at my parent's farm in Rexburg. My dad grows potatos and grain. I think the sky is so pretty in these pictures. Either my grandpa or/and my great-grandpa built the old wooden barn. It is really old, but really neat. I love all my memories of playing, working, and hanging out at the farm. It was a great childhood. -Saundra