Castle Dale and Beyond

I can't believe that I haven't posted for a month. Its been a whirlwind. I will condense that whirlwind now:

We spent a quick awesome weekend in Castle Dale with my friend Cammie and her three kids. It was a car full of kids and a car full of fun!

These are some pictures of us at the "Wedge" or what I like to think of as little grand canyon.

Kenady and Cali at the Indian writings.
Me and the kids at the writings. Very cool by the way.
Presley and Carter, caught holding hands. This happened numerous times during the trip.
Playing by swinging bridge.
Playing on the cables of swinging bridge.
Most of the kids at "pancake rock." The kids loved climbing all over these rocks. They could have stayed here for hours instead of just hour.
Later in the month we had tickets to "Day out with Thomas. " in Heber City. We stopped at the Dairy Keen before heading over there. This is the kids outside on the train. They got those cute train hats in their happy meals.
This is waiting to get on Thomas!
Getting balloon animals. Two of them bit the dust before we even made it back to Rock Springs. Talk about drama!
Teag trying to sneak under the fence to get a closer look at Thomas.
All the kids in front of Thomas. He is the "real Thomas" according to Teag.

We had a good month. Plowing on through May. I also did a graduation cake for a lady here in town. I thought it was super cute. Just thought I would share.
Yay for June!

New family pics

My sweet friend Rachel took these pictures for us. Its been a long time coming to get new pics since Teag was 8 months old when we took our last ones. As usual it was cold and windy on the day we were taking them so we improvised at the Rock Springs Historical museum. She did a great job taking them. Now to decide which one to enlarge to put above my fireplace.....

This one is actually inside the old jail in the museum. One of my favorites.

MOAB

We spent about 5 days in Moab this month for a little mini vacation. Can I just say that I heart Moab. My type of fun filled, active vacation. We stayed at a really nice house with some friends. The kids and adults all had a great time. This is Teag in the backyard of the house. The kids' favorite part of the trip was playing in the backyard. Crazy huh?

Kenady helping to set a bunny snare ( ya righ).
One day we hiked up to Delicate Arch. It was VERY windy, but so fun.
This is our wind-blown family pic. The rock we sat on was keeping up from getting blown down into the canyon.
Josh carried Teag on his shoulders the entire way. And he smoked the rest of us to the top.
Teag is jumping off this rock. He has great form right?
Presley and daddy at the bottom of the trail.
Teag is very into his digging. Serious business.
Backyard gathering and finding for the "garden"
Getting ready to go jeepin'. We went up poison spider which apparently is a really hard trail. It took us about 6 hours to get up and back. That was with tons of stops and playing at the top for a while. I was a bit of a nervous wreck. Fro some reason I was freaked out. I do not like to feel like we are going to tip over. Josh drove so well. It was his first time and you wouldn't have known.
Pics at fins and things. We are all so awesome.
Peace out!
I look like a power ranger or something.
Flippin' sweet.
Sweet!
Moab is the best. We will be back again, ready for more adventure.

The Best Day

Kenady was baptized Saturday and we had such a great time having everyone up here to be able to witness this special time for her. Both set of grandparents were there along with almost all of her aunts and uncles. She also had many friends there to support her. We had a delicious dinner afterward where we got to visit with everyone.

We took this pic of the Nacey side because everyone was there. The family continues to grow.
Josh and Kenady pre-baptism. Kenady was soooo excited and ready for this day.
Family pic before the baptism. We love Kenady so much and are so proud of her decision to be baptized. She is such a strong young girl with a huge desire to do what's right. I'm so thankful she is such a sweetheart.

All about 8!

Kenady turned 8 on the 20th. I really can't believe it. I'm a mom with middle-aged kids. When did that happen? I told her she could get her ears pierced when she turned 8. When I told her that it seemed like so far away and now it has happened. This is Kenady getting ready for the gun.

After she was done. She didn't even budge, wimper or cry. What a brave girl. She said she had a vision of herself jumping when they pierced her ear and it ruined the hole so she was very aware of not moving.
Then, my dear sweet friend Debra wanted to throw Kenady a surprise tea party for her birthday. Of course I was game for that. She did everything even though I told her to let me help about 20 times. The only thing I did was the cake. It really was the best birthday any of my children will ever get. Thanks to Debra!

These are some of the girls getting ready for Kenady to come in the door.
I filmed her walking in but didn't get a pic of it. She was definitely surprised but very shy about it. She just had a huge grin on her face. This is Kenady trying out the pinky thing with the tea cup. Every girl had their own real teacup and saucer. Debra had all this. I do not own one piece of china. I wasn't much help in that category.
So happy!

Birthday cake. Totally sub par for how awesome the party was.
The spread of food.
Presley looking stylish.
Kenady all decked out with some friends.
Getting ready for the pinata.
Opening presents.
I told Kenady how lucky she was to get a surprise party. Most people never get one in their whole lives. She was so happy and so were we. It was a great birthday. Now onto the baptism. Her date is set for April 16th. More of that to come later.