Miss Independent

July 4th in Blanding

We were able to go down to Blanding this year for the 4th. It has been about a year since we were last down there, so we were definitely due. My Mom, Dad, Chris and Denim, Sandi and kids all came too. We all stayed at my Grandma's house, which worked out very well. The kids had a blast playing in the basement with all the old toys and the adults got in a lot of Rook and Dominion time.

Waiting for the fireworks to start.
Still waiting!!
Hayden, Carson and Chris' legs.
Look at the innocent face. Last week me and Hayden hit a bit of a rough patch and that face wasnt quite so innocent. Last Wednesday first thing in the morning she told looked at Colin and said "I like my Dad, I no like Mom." And then she said "I like Brooklyn and Ave, I no like Crosby." I knew she meant business by putting me in the same category as Crosby!!
Then later in the day she topped it off by calling me "mean." She has never called anyone mean in her whole life, so I was totally shocked when that came out of her mouth. I am not going to lie I was pretty hurt and offended by her "verbal abuse," but looking back I can see that I brought it on myself. I was impatient, had a bad attitude and really was "mean" at times. Needless to say I have had changed my ways and we are doing much better this week...she has even said quite a few times that she likes me!!!


Blanding went all out and got a few rides.
Haydens favorite part of the parade was seeing Smokey the Bear. She now says he is her favorite animal.
Towards the end of the parade.
Enjoying the parade.
This is a horrible picture, but those four tiny specks in the air are F-16s jets. That was the first time Blanding has done that, it was pretty cool.
Hayden showing her respect for the flag.
Waiting to load up on candy.

Our little boy scout.


Being scary dinosaurs.
We hit up the dinosaur museum. The kids loved it.



As much as these two fight and argue they really do have a lot of fun together.
Carson and Granny Jo cheering on the horse-shoe players.
Sunday we went up the cabin and ate lunch, played Horse-shoes, played Mad Gab, swung on the rope swing, went for a little hike. It was so nice up there!!
These were three of my attempts to get a picture of Hayden. Didn't I do a great job??

What we have been up too...

He was in seventh heaven with this snickers.
This past weekend we went down to St. George for our annual Gibbons trip. I was a loser and hardly took any pictures. We had a ton of fun though.
We left Thursday afternoon and stayed in Cedar with Denim and Sandi. After the kids went to bed we played a mean (literally) game of Phase 10, who knew a simple card game could bring out so much animosity in people. We have vowed just to stick Rook from now on!!
Friday morning we woke up and saw puzzles done all over the floor, toys ALL over the playroom and the girls were already dressed up. We didn't think much of it until Brooklyn informed us that they had only slept for a couple of hours and then woke up and had been player ever since. Turns out they woke up at 3:00am, went to the bathroom and never went back to sleep!! We knew we were in for a long day, luckily Hayden immediately fell asleep as soon as we left for St. George and then took another nap later in the day!!
Friday we played at the park for about 7 minutes and decided it was too hot, so we headed back to the condo and went swimming. Carson went swimming for the first time and thought it was pretty cool!! We had a BBQ that night and then after Hayden and Carson were in bed Colin and I played Tennis with Dean and Megan. I always forget how much I like playing tennis!
Saturday we swam again, Colin watched the USA get beat in the World cup and the girls took the kids to Toy Story 3...it is a really good movie!! That evening we all went out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant and then Denim, Sandi, Colin, me, Dean and Megan went to Tuachan. Denim got $10 tickets through his work, so we jumped at the chance to go. We saw 'Cats,' it wasn't the best Broadway show I've ever seen, but it was entertaining and we had really good seats, so it was well worth it.
Sunday we packed up and headed home.
Jordan, Hayden, Mckenzie, Taylor, Gavin and Sheylie
Taylor, Hayden and Mckenzie
Hayden holding Carson. He really did like it, he pretty much likes anything if it involves Hayden.
A couple of weeks ago we went up to Strawberry Reservoir with some friends and spent the night at their cabin.
Life doesn't get much better than this!!
That is how she held that "s'more" the entire time she ate it, I don't think she had one bit of marshmallow or chocolate on her hand when she was done...so girly!!!
Beautiful girl!!
Sleepy boy!!
So cute!!

More House Pics

Carson's room.

Hayden's room.




Garage. Because we got the bonus room above the garage it added on six feet in depth, so we have plenty of room to store our junk and park our cars.
Outside of house. A couple of weeks ago I was again looking on KSL and a guy was giving away free sod, so we went and got enough to do our front yard. It still needs a lot of tender-loving care, but hopefully one day it will look nice!!
Half-bath...not very exciting, but you can get a little peak at Carson. :)