pioneer day in fairview

for the 24th we had the whole fam damily down to fairview. this was the very first time that we had ALL of the kids down there at the same time since we bought our lot 5 years ago. we had a great time and the weather was great!
thursday night i rode down with chet and tiff. friday we decided to take the kids down to the pool while we were waiting for everyone else to get there. kendyl was NOT going to go down the slide, so we opted NOT to get the slide passes. ryker could only get in the wading pool, so tiff and i just sat with him.

'ibert', veggin' in the pool



kendyl was very content in the small pool, but chet really wanted her to get in the big pool with him. he coaxed and coaxed. begged and begged.

finally, she said to him, "dad, your'e 31 years old! i'm sure you don't need someone to get in the pool with you!" . but she finally consented and did go with him to the big pool and actually enjoyed it.

when we got back up to camp, jeff, haley and the kids showed up. they put up their tent and we watched a doe nibble on the trees down by the swing. she didn't seem to be bothered by us. the rest of the clan showed up eventually, and got camp all set up.
the next morning, don, chet, tiff, kendyl, ryker, jeff and hunter got up early and went to scofield to fish. (the rest of us were too lazy to get up that early).

the proud fishermen and woman!

we all had fun riding the four wheelers.
"papa and ibert"

give the girls a box of make-up, and look what they can do!
(hours of entertainment!!)

falute and siona


auntie haley was a good sport, being the first make-over model.
falute, haley, kamryn and siona.

nothing like being initiated into the family with four little girls that mall you and then insist on a make-over for you, too. chelsey was a good sport.

kendyl, falute, chelsey, kamryn and siona

we had fun planting wildflower seeds ( i dought that they will grow, but the kids had fun planting them anyway.) we walked down the road and hunter found a butterfly. then of course, for the next hour, we were hunting for butterflies (the other kids, all thought that they needed one, too.)
hunter and ryker were good sports, because when we found one, of course, the girls wouldn't touch them and the boys had to catch them for the girls.

hunter, with his butterfly

looking for butterflies.
mostly we just found a lot of grasshoppers.

and as always, the kids love the swing! they love to be pushed to 'the moon'! kamryn said her favorite, was when grandpa twisted her up and then pushed her after dark.
this is all of them sitting on the bench down by the swing.

kendyl, falute, siona, isley, ryker, kamryn, and hunter.

(next year we will have another one to add to our #'s! someone is going to have to find a place to add another swing. after a while you get tired of hearing "but, it's my turn!".)

saturday afternoon, we had a big fish fry with the halibut that we caught in alaska. the adults enjoyed it, but i think the kids would have just have soon had hot dogs.

the last morning, don took some of the kids, tiff, mel, and sheila to birch creek to play in the water. it poured on them and they were wet, whether they waded thru the water or not.

falute, kendyl and siona

we had a great time sitting around the campfire, making smores (grandpa even broke out the story of "thump drag". at first, i wondered if he had lost his mind, but he changed the ending (i thought hunter was going to pee his pants, he was laughing so hard, and then he got everyone else laughing with his contagious giggle!) and the kids had him repeat the story over and over, until i about lost MY mind! it was fun to have everyone there. it's the pitts to have your kids grow up and have their own lives!

thanks, kids for all making the effort to be there!