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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Floating down the Snake River - Idaho

Our friends told us about a floating trip on the Snake River in Island Park close to Yellowstone National Park. So after we left Oakley we took Nana with us to Montana & had a blast. I thought I would wet my pants trying to get in the boat and trying not to fall over. Sam was trying to have everything under control, but we were drifting away with half of Nana, one of her legs still on the dock....... all I could do was laugh, which made Sam even more frustrated and made me laugh harder. We are such city folk when it comes to stuff like this. Half of us had flip flops on and the other half, the boys, had brand new hi tops...eeek!
We saw two huge MOOSE walk right across the water in front of us and big fish swimming in the river. It was truly beautiful up there, we had perfect weather even if the the water was freeeezing. A couple of times we had to get out and push the boat off the pebbles where it was shallow and I thought I would never feel my feet again. It took us about 3 hours to float (and row) back to base.
What great memories though!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Saturday in the park......

nope, its the not fourth of July, but it is getting Springy here in Las Vegas and we love going to Floyd Lamb Park. It seems as though its always around this time of year, when we realize Sam is going to be gone a lot more with his business, that we get the idea of going to the park. This day we took a picnic, bikes, scooters and cousin Lucy with us to hang out for a few hours. We had a good time. I have to record, even though Jacob will probably hate us if he ever reads this, but it was so funny. We were trying to eat our food and bees kept flying around us and near the food. Jacob was TOTALLY freaking out, I mean really out of control. Even when there wasn't a bee by him he was hitting his hands against his head and running away from nothing.....Sam and I were laughing so hard and other people in the park where looking at us wondering if our son needed help? Then Ryan got in on the action and the two decided that it would be much safer if they ate their lunch in the van. We were still laughing at how ridiculous they were being. When the wind would blow past them they would both start running around in circles as if a swarm was on them.
Later on when we coaxed them out of the van to play some ball, Jacob said something to the effect of, "you don't know what its like to have a phobia.....I am scarred for life now because you put me in jeopardy of being stung...." Oh goodness.......you can see the hesitation in their faces when I tried to take a picture of them.
We were saying how entertaining it will be when the boys grow up and go on scout camps and have to deal with squirrels, snakes or bobcats......glad we wont have to try calm them down then. Bless their future leaders hearts, ha ha!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Idaho trip

Sam wanted to take our kids on a road trip to Idaho to see the new construction in Rexburg at our alma mater, Ricks College now Brigham Young University, Idaho (BYU-I). I have to admit I was initially not excited about the loooooooong trip stuck in the van with the screaming, fighting and complaining children but being the optimist that I am....jk.....said it would be worth it. And it was......
We broke up the trip by spending one night on the way up in Provo and then visiting Trudi and fam in Oakley, Idaho. On the way back we had quick visit with Selena & Celeste and families on the way home.
We'd never been to where Trudi, Tyler and Noah live and it was really fun hanging out (......ok and eating and shopping). My sisters have all turned into quite the little homemakers so it was fun to see Trudis projects and go find cute deals at ummmm.....various stores!
The kids loved playing with their cousin Noah, who is soooo cute! We left for the two hour drive to Rexburg the next morning.
Oh my goodness.....how things have changed up there. It was so funny how the kids reacted when we went to have lunch on campus. When we went to school, I worked at The Nordic, the food joint in the Manwaring Center (fondly nicknamed the "MC"). Well now the ENTIRE second floor of the MC is the food court, HUGE with like 8 different options of stuff to eat. The kids were freaking out because they felt so conscious that they were the only kids around. Jacob was hiding behind Sam and I saying through his teeth..."lets get out of here"....... Sam calmed them down by explaining to them that first of all no one cared that they were there, secondly, pretty much everyone was LDS too and was super nice and thirdly because we were Alumni, they had a right to be on campus....it did the trick and they relaxed and had lunch. We walked all over campus, up and down the library, showed them the Snow building where I spent a lot of time practicing piano and taking choir and piano. At one point we opened the door to a little theatre where I used to have choir. Class was in session, I had the kids and Sam stand just inside the door where no one could see us. Immediately the "spirit of Ricks" returned to my heart and I remembered how I truly loved my choir class and learning in the Snow building. Of course the fact that they were singing the national anthem had nothing to do with my swelling heart and leaky eyes!
By the end of the day the kids had decided that they want to attend college in Rexburg. They loved it. Baili was talking about things she could do and Jacob where he would take classes to be a graphic designer. Ryan said he wanted to play basketball there and even got to shoot a ball in the big gym. I know it was a really positive experience for them and that made us happy!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Staheli Family Farm Maze

Sam took Nevada Day off work and took the family to a corn maze in St. George, UT. We didn't really know what to expect at the Staheli Family Farm but the day turned out just perfect! They had a bunch of activities for the kids, animals to pet, games to play and food to eat. The corn maze was BIG and we totally got lost. The little kids got tired fast but Ryan led the way and we finally found the center (picture with the flag). Yay...... That night Sam and the boys went back to the SPOOKY part of the corn maze to get chased by ghouls and zombies with chainsaws....SCARY! They loved it. The girls and I went shopping instead!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Knottsberry Farm, CA

We celebrated the boys birthdays in California. Had a great time with the kids. Ive said it before but as the kids get older it is really fun to hang out with them. We stayed at Embassy Suites (pictures of that to come), went swimming the night we got there and had a breakfast buffet the next morning at the hotel. We spent the whole day at Knottsberry Farm and had a really good time. The kids loved the rides. We think we like it better than Disney.....gasp! I know Disney is close to many peoples hearts - Lucas - but really, we got a great deal on tickets, the park was almost empty (we went on a Tuesday), and we LOVED the rides. Even the food was reasonable for lunch and dinner.
Ryan and I were definitely the most adventurous although as the day went on, Jacob did loosen up. Sam bought tickets for Ryan and I to go on this crazy swing, the "Screamin Swing" and it was crazy......Ryan was a daredevil the whole day but it swung so high, I dunno what we were thinking. My favorite was the Boomerang....I remember it also being my favorite from my senior trip - umm like 5 years ago....hahah not....that was 1996!

Fall Luau - Oxymoron? Not in sunny Las Vegas

Our family was invited to a company picnic for one of Sam's clients. It was a super fun, well organized and FREE! They had so many fun things for the kids and us. We had delicious Hawaiian food, ice-cream, sno-cones, pumpkin decorating, dance contests, a rock wall (check out Ryan) and the favorite SURF RIDER!! We had a really fun time as a family despite the roasting heat!