Summer 2012

Preschool Graduation.  I am so happy with how Sam finished out the year.  I was worried when he got a note sent home the second week of school.  He pulled through like a champ.  He loved his teachers and they loved him... so they say.



Miss Heidi and Miss Amberlee


Shayleen and family came for 3 weeks this summer.  We had an absolute BLAST with them!  Everyday was filled with adventure.  Steel days, ark City, 24th of July, Jump on it, hiking the G, Bridal Veil Falls, Family Reunion at the Lindon Pool, Scera pool, DiscoveryPark, Humanitarian Center, BBQ's etc..

Jump On it

Steel Days

   Park City

Daniel took Sam on the Zip line.  I thought he would be yelling waaahoooo, but it freaked him out.

On the way up to ride the slides

Merry go round

Last year we were just getting moved in and didn't make any of the Lindon Days festivities.  This year however, Kelton "got" to walk in the parade and hand out crap for the fire department.  He wasn't super excited about it, but he did it. And low and behold he was walking right along with the princesses!!! I had a hard time getting him in a picture because a] he didn't want to get one taken b] I may or may not be a little obsessed with a "Miss" anything.

4th of July.  Thank goodness Lucy was still in town for the 4th.  We miss you guys!!!.  Here is the parade from their front yard.  I love the 4th.  I love America!!


Gabrielle and daddy Dave

Stephanie Nielsen was the Grand Marshall.  I have been following her blog forever. 

Tired boys after a long day

I LOVE BASEBALL.  Kelton played on the A's for city league this year, and this was in the state tournament.  He did AWESOME!!! He played a lot of first and third, and pitched some too.  He is growing, and becoming such a great leader.  He is such a consistent player, and fun to watch.  He played on and SuperLeague team as well this summer, and that team wasn't so good. Actually, they SUCKED.  Even though they didn't win a game.  Heck, they didn't lose a game by less than 10.... he still loved it.  It was so hard to go to those games and watch their team get blown out over and over.  I worried Kelton would start to not like the game as much, or get really down, but he was really positive, and was the one who made sure he got to practice. Bless his heart.  here's to fall baseball.  Pleasant Grove ROCKS! A team we wanted to be on for a while. Woot woot!



Sammy  reading to his "baby cuzzzzin"

 Misc. Summer

Wearing Spiderman at Carls Jr. to get a free sandwich

Kelton in the brighter blue.  He went to Timberline for a week to learn leadership skilzzz

 
Kelton's Birthday was the same day as the reunion.  It's crazy to have a teenager now.  Weird weird weird.  He spent the whole day down at the park and pool hanging with family.

WE HAVE A TEENAGER!!! Happy Birthday Kelton.



family reunion

Happy Birthday!

Sammy and Carter

Dinner with the the brother and sisters (and spouses-or is it spices?)

"smashbooger"



haha at Smashbooger



Shad's almost state record Mak

Day 5, 6

Started the day with a littel breakfast

Dolphin tank.  We were trying to touch them. No luck.

before the show

 
 

Dolphin Show

End of day

done swimming at 11

boys in the hot tub. 

My reading nook while they went swimming

 The first stop at Sea World was feeding the seals.  7 bucks for 5 fish.  We were warned to keep your fish covered, since the birds are quick...I handed the french fry container of fish to Shad, who then handed to Kelton....Kelton took the first fish from the container-bammm taken from a bird.....fish 2,  bammmmm taken by a bird. The last 3 made it into the seal enclosure, however, 2 of them were taken by birds...haha Sam was a giggler watching the sea lions sit and chill.  The shows were awesome there.  The dude that entertained the crowd before the seal show was hilarious.  The Shamu was a highlight for all of us.  We were drenched by the end. 

All in all Sea World was great. I loved the penguins, Shad, honestly I don't know, he liked all of it. Kelton loved the whales, the sharks, and touching the star fish. Sam, he wanted to go swimming most of the day,hence the horrendous snake on his face.

On the way home we stopped in Mesquite to gas up.  The boys were done in the truck, so we stayed the night and went swimming.  It made the ride home the next day a little easier.

I am so thankful for my boys.  I love that Shad thought of this vacation, and I booked it.  It was a blast hanging all together for so many continuous days. woot woot!

Day 4

On to San Diego.  Grandpa Wall had mentioned a cool air craft carrier we could go tour.  We decided to go there, then go to the beach for a while.  We arrived about 10:30, but thought a bite to eat beforehand would be smart.  How hard could it be to find a restaurant in San Diego? I wouldn't think too long.  We drove along the shore, but these were more expensive, not super kid friendly places.  We then drove around down town, but couldn't park anywhere. Up a steep hill we went looking for a main road, made a couple turns, and the next thing we saw were people sitting on their stoops, with their hats on crooked, looking at us like we were tourists or something. (crazy i know) Shad told Kelton to turn his hat sideways and nobody would know this ford truck with Utah plates didn't belong.   An hour and fifteen minutes later we found a Carl's Jr. just outside the "hood". A coin was needed to access the restroom, and of course Sam had to go #2.  By the time we made it back to the USS Midway it was 1 in the afternoon, and they closed at 5.  Plenty of time? NO!!! we didn't even get to see the whole thing!  It was incredible.  This air craft carrier/turned museum was unreal! 

Here is their website http://www.midway.org/visitors

We all had head phones, although Sam wasn't allowed to have the actual recorder to listen to.  I loved the hospital and the dentist area the best.  They had bodies in there like they were really get worked on.  The brig was creepy, and the kitchens huge. Take some time to browse their website. Shad and Kelton loved it too. Sam, he was fine with checking out the planes, but not so much with all the  walking and stairs.  We stayed until they kicked  us out at 5.

In the brig

What a hunk

All of us on the flight deck

We headed to our hotel instead of the beach since it was getting  late and the boys were hungry. Time for dinner at one of the best hot dog/burger joints I've ever been too.  Bunz, man, I wish it was a chain.  SO SO  good.

This is what Sam did over and over and over. Cannon ball, then float....then sink.

oh a little side story

We saw this guy on a corner, and Kelton is still laughing about it.  He held his position forever. No blinking, no moving. It was kinda awesome for us sheltered people to see.