24th of july weekend...

friday afternoon, tiff and i set off  to fairview, with the kids.  we stopped at the spanish fork splash pad for a picnic and some afternoon fun.

siona, sitting in the water

briggs, tiff, and ryker

letting briggs feel the water

tiff forgot a hat for briggs, so we had a makeshift hat out of ryker's hat and gramma's visor.

kendyl and siona, showing off their 'orange rind' bracelets.

 

we took the trailer down on the mountain the week after memorial day.  the next time we went down - 2 weekends later, this is what we found.  don thought the kids had been playing in the mud, and had flung (is that even a word?) mud all over the back and sides of the tip out.  (i have no idea where he thought they would have been in the mud).  anyway... when we started investigating, we discovered that we had had a visitor, looking for food (maybe?).  when chet and tiff went down the following weekend, there was a sign posted on the gate of a bear sighting up around our area.  YEP!!! a bear wanted in our trailer.  good thing we didn't have it stocked with any food, yet. 

so any way... back to our weekend... donnie left on the four wheeler to go explore some of our lot.  he decided that he couldn't go forward up the hill any more, and so he backed up... a little too far.  he hit the rocks on the side hill, and the wheeler rolled over on him.   he yelled, but we couldn't hear him.  so he shimmied himself out from under the wheeler and then yelled for me to bring the camera, because he had a 'kodak' moment.  and he also yelled to chet, to bring down his wheeler with the wench.  we thought he was just having a "donnie" moment and didn't react too soon.  he yelled again and when we went down the hill, this is what we found.  YESSIRREEE... a 'kodak' moment.  we were glad to find that he was ok, just a little bruise her and there, but nothing serious.

chet hooked his wench up to don's wheeler and pulled him over. when she seen the wheeler tipped over, kendyl said " this is the worse day of my life!"  chet reminded her that the worse day of her life was probably when SHE got run over.  but for the day... this was the worse day ever!

chet, with his two little buddies.  the spot on ryker's face, is a little blue tear that chet marked on him with permanent marker.  chet told him that every time he whinnied, he was going to get another tear mark.  ryker actually thought it was pretty neat, so it didn't turn out to be a great threat.

ryker, wearing his helmet and trying to fill up the water gun.  notice that the water sprays out vertically and the hole in the gun is no where near the water spray.

kendyl, ryker and siona - sitting by the fire, waiting to make 'smores' after a long day.

this is the back side of the skyline on our way to "potter's pond".  there is still snow on the skyline and it's the end of july!  but everything sure was beautiful!  such a pretty drive!

kendyl

we took the kids over to "potter's pond" to go fishing.  when the poles were all ready, the kids took their places and now to wait.... and wait.....

siona

ryker... the "DUDE"!

briggs

the pond was so pretty and quiet... until WE got there!

tiff was trying to get siona and ryker to do their gymnastic tricks on the log

kendyl caught the "BIGGEST" fish!
they all caught at least one and were totally thrilled!!

briggs... doesn't he look cute!  we were heading over to 'birch creek' on the four wheelers.  he's all ready to go!

this is how he rides.

ryker... misting himself off before the ride.

here we are at 'birch creek'.  the water was freezing!  but that didn't keep us from running through it.

chet told siona and kendly that if they layed in the water and made 'water angels', he would give them each a dollar.  didn't take much talking to get siona to do it!

kendyl decided it was worth a dollar!

ryker, tiff, and briggs.

this is a picture of kendly's leg after the trip to "potter's pond".  tiff counted 77 mosquito bites on her.  the thing is, we actually drowned them with mosquito repellant 2 or 3 times while we were there.

her back.  poor kid!

we always have a wonderful time down at the trailer!  it was so quiet and peaceful.  the weather couldn't have been better.

love that we have a retreat that we can go to and have our family and friends go with us and enjoy the days... and nights sitting around the campfire listening to grandpa tell stories about 'thump drag' and roasting marshmallows for smores.  tiff makes the BEST smores ever! 

another great weekend down on the skyline!