Shad's Fishing Trip

Shad had all of last week off. You would think having 9 days off he would have spent more than 2 home...He went bear hunting the first weekend, the guys were successful (woohoo!) and returned Monday. I assumed since they got the thing, he would be home the rest of the week doing my honey do list. But alas, he went to Flaming Gorge with Jason and Sean. He had a blast. They caught some huge fish, stayed in a gigantic tough shed that included a bunk bed, a twin bed, and a light. They left Thursday and came back reluctantly Sunday. I am glad he went and had a good time. He has been wanting to go there forever. He has been purchasing things on eBay left and right to catch these fish, so I am just thrilled that he was able to go. Thanks Jason for taking pictures. Shad did bring the camera, but it's kinda hard to take pictures when it's in the truck the whole weekend.

Kelton's in LOVE

Finally! Shad bought Kelton the puppy he has been promising for months now. Granted it's a hunting dog (blue tick to be precise), but it's Kelton's. Shad let him name him...There was a list of girl names he had already written down because Shad swore he would never buy another male again, but when he went to pick her up, he had to get the male since he was "so hound looking". So the name game went on for a full two days. Girl names he had picked: Diana (lol), Betty, and Belle. Boy names: Marlin, Nash, Melvin, and Harvey. These are only naming a few. Diana was his favorite(everyone sing it now-dirty diana oh oh), so I am thankful that we ended up with a boy dog. Kelton has spent hours and hours outside with him already and he is coming to his name being called. HARVEY

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Bees Game

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Wall (and uncle Jim) for the fantastic birthday present for Kelton! We had so much fun last night at the Bees game. We met the big wigs, had rad seats, ate good food, watched a fun game, bought memorabilia, watched fireworks, and of course enjoyed the best of company. What an awesome day!

real eagle during the National Anthem


we are cool


oh, wait we are cooler




rally caps

2 rows behind us, i saw this very proper lady, with these....


the very well known former Jazz coach and manager, Frank Layden led the crowd in the "take me out to the ball game", and came to sit with his wife...lol

1st day of school

My 4th grader.

Camping

Last week we finally got the chance to go camping with our awesome friends. Sam wasn't as hard to control as I thought he would be. He had so much to do, play with the 13 dogs that were at camp, open and close-open and close- and open and close the Thompson's trailer, eat and eat some more. Kelton rode the 4 wheeler and the motorcycle the Drury's brought just for him. Kelton was a totally different kid up in the mountains. He knew everything about everything,took care of building our fire, and helped with meals. The pictures I took the first 2 days, somehow got deleted. I wanted to look at them and the number count read 0. No idea what happened, I know they were there! There were a couple of our family together with a beautiful mountain backdrop, a picture of about 100 sheep in the middle of the road on the way to camp, and quite a few of Kelton and Sam playing with the dogs. So sad, so sad. Fun times though.


seriously


sam was running down this hill and biffed it. he layed there until i got all the way down to pick him up.


kelton coming up said hill


the girls making jason look pretty with makeup (didn't get any final pictures)




riggin was the first brave one to go in the freezing water


riggin putting his head under


kelton getting ready to go down


ahh the beginning


making a little pool


2 of my 3 boys


clothes got too wet

We got home on Sunday afternoon, unpacked, got cleaned up, and took a little nap. Then I did this....



I think if I didn't have such man toes, and wasn't wearing flip flops I probably would have been better off. It was like filet-ing (i know, not a word) a fish. Top of the toe down to the bottom of the toe nail. ER docs say I will grow a new nail since they were able to put that one back in...lol