Warner Family Reunion

A few weeks ago was the Warner family reunion in Spanish Fork.

It was such a fun day!!

The boys had a blast, they loved meeting a lot of their second cousins for the first time. And they really loved having so many kids their own age to play with.

The Warner clan went all out and rented a HUGE water slide for the kids.

See Luke and Kolby, one on each side...... not going down the slide?

Dad came to the rescue and clothes and all showed the boys how it was done. What a hero Dewey is.

Cassidi was able to come over for part of the day. She was in huge demand for the face/arm painting crafts. She is so creative, as soon as she would walk away from the table the kids would go looking for her.

Kolby and Luke were both more interested in the Pirate crafts, Kolby showing off his eye batch and pirate face. Luke was hard to pin down to take pictures he was literally running the whole time.
It was WONDERFUL getting to spend time with the whole family. The day just flew by with great conversation, great food and fun activities. ( I took tons of pics but don't like to post to many of others without asking permission)



Grandma Warner lives in a beautiful farm with stunning views in Spanish Fork.

Kolby was fascinated by Uncles Randal's cows. Dewey finally took him out so he could get up close and see them.

I love this next pic, Kolby likes cows much better from a distance. I told Kolby he was safe with me, the cows know I don't eat them they would leave us alone :)


They didn't seem to mind Dewey to much.

It was a long ride back to Cedar after such an action packed day. The boys both fell asleep before we were even out of Spanish Fork. And to be honest I was not to far behind them.

Thank you so much to everyone who worked on the reunion, I know it was a lot of work and took a lot of time and effort to pull off such a fun day.

We really appreciated being able to attend. And look foward to more to come.

Mountain Biking

Our first mountain bike ride of the summer. ( I know its mid August and some might say the summer is nearly over but I'm being "half is glass full" and looking at it as a first of many rides)

We found a BEAUTIFUL trail around a lake. A friend told us about it and how its the perfect ride. They just failed to mention that its a VERY narrow trail. Not the perfect trail for pulling a trailer with two boys. Dewey had a workout and a half trying to pull them up hills through shrub.

We stopped about half way around the lake to cool off and enjoy the scenery.

The boys ended up stripping down to "birthday suits" to enjoy the water. The water was nice and cool and almost crystal clear. So fun to play and slash around in.

Dewey and I are thinking we might try to have a date day and try the ride ourselves. But then if we don't make it the whole way we won't have an excuse ;)

Have a great week all!!!!

Splish Splashing Fun

Wow its August already and we have not posted swimming pics yet, where has the summer gone?

This is the boys pool in our backyard. Its just a couple inches of water but tons of fun. I can't believe how pools have changed since I was a kid.

The boy's love it, the hard part is getting them out.

A few weeks ago the Allreds invited everybody to their St. George house for the weekend. It was 115 degrees in the shade and a blast. The swimming pool felt more like a bathtub with its 98 degree water. It didn't stop any of us from jumping in.

Liz and Gary came down for the fun, this is Liz and Kolby.

Kolby and I splashing in the water after going down the slide.
Luke and Kolby started to get really good at holding their breathe and going under water, they both practiced in the low end. As long as they had their goggles on they were good to go.

You just can't have summer without swimming.

Kids First Fish

Very bad no good awful week...... and fishing

Have you ever had a week where something bad happened everyday? I'm pretty good with the general life stuff that happens but when it starts to pile up its a little tough.

A quick rundown...... broken toe (who would have thought that a little toe I only ever notice to occasionally paint could hurt so bad) Broken front tooth ( so not cute and so fun to be out in public smiling). An 8 hour car trip to the big city for a 10 minute doctors appointment with a specialist for Kolby. He has a cyst on his eyebrow that will need to be removed. (It only took 4 doctors and several tests to find this out) Lots of other little things but we all had some sort of medical issue. And our biggest worry is that Grandpa/Dad our family rock has not been feeling well.

But its a new week, I started it off bright and early at the dentist getting front tooth fixed so thats a good start. I saw grandpa with my own eyes and he says hes feeling better so hopefully we are all on the up swing.

Yesterday we tried for the third time to take the boys fishing. And third was our lucky charm...... 4 fish were caught between Luke and Kolby. It was perfect weather and a beautiful lake. A calm and relaxing way to end the week. (from hell)

Luke had to make sure the net works

And Luke proudly showing off his catch. I took videos but couldn't upload them. Pretty funny stuff. So hopefully now that the boys know what the point of putting your pole in the water and sitting there without moving is, it will be a LOT easier on Dews nerves.

July 4th weekend

I know I have a lot of favorite places but Park City Utah is right up there near the top.

My almost sister in law Mickey was able to get us an amazing condo in PC for July 4Th weekend.

It was huge, there was plenty of room for Steve, Mickey and the girls, Liz and Gary plus our four. It was so fun to have 3 of my siblings all in one place with their families.

We had a blast!!!!! Huge thanks to Steve and Mickey for hosting us!!!

Steve and Dewey took their mountain bikes up the ski lift and rode down the Park city ski resort mountain. It looked like so much fun. I stayed and played with the "Little's" :)

Kolby, Luke and Hailey posing for pics while we waited in line for the Coaster ride.

They have a new ride, you sit on a coaster as it pulls you up the mountain, then you go as fast as you can back down the mountain without fear of flying of the rails. (unlike the alpine slide where you can go as fast as you like but have a good chance of flying off the track, just ask dew) Very very fun. Luke rode with Uncle Steve, Kolby with Dew and I took Hailey. The boys LOVED it, Luke was jumping up and down that they went so fast nobody caught up with them.

This is a pic as we were going up the mountain. While we were riding the Coaster Mickey and Keanna were riding down the mountain on a Zip line.

Park City has AMAZING restaurant's, its a hard choice with so many options. But Sushi is a favorite of all so we picked a very nice Sushi place. They had pillows to sit on benches just off the floor. Both Luke and Kolby fell asleep as we were walking in.

This is how they spent lunch in a nice restaurant..... fast asleep.

It took Luke awhile to wake up even after we left the restaurant. PC still has Olympic things set up all over town.

Aunt Becca and Uncle Dell hosted our annual Fourth of July BBQ at their house in Salt Lake. So we all drove down for yummy food, fireworks and to see Grandma (G.G) who had flown in from Texas.

This is the three Little's of the great grand kids, Kolby, Ellie and Luke. The boys were not sure about have "baby Ellie" sit by them without an adult there.

Luke and Uncle Steve playing on the rope swing.
It was so good to be able to spend time with Grandma, I don't know how I missed getting any pictures with her and the boys.

Wonderful getaway weekend, thanks to all for a great time!!!!

Luke

Luke is getting so big, so grown up. We have been doing some serious cleaning, going through things not needed or not used to donate. As most of you know even though Luke was two when we brought him home from Kazakhstan he was wearing size 9 month clothes. He was still wearing size 12 month shorts last year. (It was far more traumatic then I thought it would be to go through his baby clothes that don't fit anymore. The only way I got through it was to promise myself I'm saving shirts to make a quilt.) I'm thrilled to report he is now a size three in shorts and pants!!! At his Doctors well visit a few weeks ago we found out he is....drum roll please... finally on the U.S growth charts!!!

Not only is he growing like a weed, he is also hilarious! This kid makes me laugh out loud every day. Dew and I are always looking at each other "did he just say that"? It doesn't seem that long ago that he said his first sentence. A few days ago I was giving the boys a bath and they were both splashing like crazy. ( I know weird for a 2 and 4 year old) I told them to stop they were getting me all wet. Luke turns to me and says "Mom relax, its just water it will dry". I heard Dew laughing at the other end of the house. Did my baby boy just tell me to relax??? Yup, he sure did. Hum, maybe a lesson in that for me to pay attention to.

Luke is definitely a daddies boy. If Dews doing something Luke needs to be doing the same thing. Same goes for clothes, even though its hot here if Dew is wearing pants and boots to work in the yard that's what Luke has to wear too. Luke has his own tools that he gets out if Dew has his out working on something. It is very sweet to watch I swear it just makes my heart sing.