Trip to Grandpa and Grandma Ketchum's House!

We LOVE going to Grandpa and Grandma Ketchum's house, it really is a little piece of heaven on earth. It's such an amazing place, and the kiddos loved it! We did lots of riding Grandpa's 4 wheeler, our dirt bikes, fishing, playing around the property and eating good food! Does it get any better than that? Nope! Daysha helped Grandma dig in the dirt, and made sure the dog's food and water were stirred up! We took an old car seat we purchased at the swap meet with us and attached it to the 4 wheeler and rode all over, as you can see, Daysha was pretty comfortable! Pops and Zane set up the zip line in the yard between a couple trees and zipped Destry back and forth! We took a trip to Grandpas fire station and got to see where he volunteers and then got to take a ride in the fire truck! That was neat, not too often you get a chance to do that, Destry fell asleep on my lap in the jumper seat while Grandma was in the other jumper seat and Daysha got to ride up front with Grandpa and Zane! Way cool!! We got to go see Justin, Emerald, Cyprus and Hickory (their two kids are really close in age to ours so they had alot of fun playing!) Sandy and Norm and we also saw Jason and Teresa (Chris's son and his wife) and their house which has a beautiful yard!! We were so happy to be able to take this trip, especially with owning a business it's tough to do, but so worth it! Can't wait to go back!!

Our First Camping Trip This Summer!

We bought a little camping trailer this year, Zane's tinkered around a done a little work on it but it's in great shape and perfect for our family! We took our first camping trip to Kamas this year, it's about 1 1/2 hours from our house and beautiful! There's lots of riding and water, two of our favorite things while camping! As you can see, Daysha loves the dirt and licking rocks, this girlie girl is not afraid of, and actually seeks out, getting dirty! Wouldn't have it any other way! Destry enjoys hanging out in the gear bags while his sister entertains him! We have two great little campers!!

Oh So Soft!!

Daysha found my jar of eucerin lotion while I was packing to go on our family camping trip, amazing what can happen in 2 minutes while your back is turned! My lesson learned and thankfully in a funny way!! She's got some skill, looks like she was going for a full beard, some earings and a little extra for her arms once her hands were free!!

Makin' Up For Lost Time!

Wow, it's been a while! Lots has happened this summer so far so I have some catching up to do...the kiddos are doing so good! Daysha is about 21 pounds, Destry 19! Both are healthy and getting big. Daysha has hit such a fun stage in her life, very talkative and mimicking just about everything we do...Destry just started crawling last week, has two little teeth and is very ticklish! I had no idea how much joy my life would have with children, they are the best!!

Following are just some fun random pics of this summer and their brief description, not necessarily in order: My Aunt Mary, Aunt Terry and Grandma Johnson came to visit this June for my Grandma's 81st Birthday and I'm so glad we got their pictures with the kiddos!! Daysha at the little park by our house, uncle Jason with the kiddos and swimming at uncle Jason's place. One of the things Zane has enjoyed this summer is setting up the zip line for the kids in the front yard - he's using the "jenny" jump up (sorry Destry, being second child does have a couple draw backs...!) as the seat, the kids love it! We also set it up at Grandpa Deryl's house which you'll see in another post! A couple photos from Jill and Ryan's house riding down the sidewalk on the long boards...the kids all love that! Uncle Brenty and Kyson on the 4th of July, Brent, Shelly and Kyson in another photo. Aunt Stacey reading to the kiddos, kids playing in Grandpa's 1929 Ford Model A, a favorite when they go to the grandparent's house!!