Camping in Heber

At the end of May we were able to go to the Heber Valley Church camp with all of Chris's extended family. It was a lot of fun. We stayed for 3 days and the kids loved being able to run free, play in the dirt, and have so many fun friends to play with.

They thought riding in the wheel barrow was pretty fun.

On the last night we were there we saw this moose up in the trees. It is actually down on its knees here. It was HUGE. This camp is run by the church and is used mostly for girls camps. They have 5 different challenge courses you can sign up to do. We signed up for one of them and this was part of the challenge course.



There were two metal cords that started close together and got further and further apart the longer you walked on them. The point of the challenge is to get you to lean on your partner so you are able to walk all the way to the end.


As you can see in the picture below I obviously trust Chris more than he trusts me. I am completely leaning into him and he is just bending over and sticking his butt out.





Kaden wanted a turn so he went with daddy.

The big part of this challenge course was this HUGE swing. You get harnessed onto a little disc seat and they pull you up to the top of this tree and then you free fall and swing for a bit.

This is Kelly.


This is Chris being pulled to the top

And after he let go...

Kaden can never be left out so he wanted a try

It was very very cold the whole time we were up there. We were in the middle of moving so most of our winter coats were in a box somewhere. To keep the kids warm we layered them in all sorts of clothing. Kaden walked around looking like this most of the time.

We rented a bunch of canoes and paddle boats while we were there. Kaden rode with grandma and grandpa and thought it was great

Taycee rode with Chris and me and didn't love it so much.


Here is a few of our group out on the lake.

This was most of the group. A few kids had already taken boats out.

Cute Taycee in her life jacket

It was a really fun trip despite the cold. Taycee got sick the last night and actually threw up in the middle of the night. Luckily Chris caught all of it in his hands ( gross right?) which was a huge blessing because we were able to keep our bedding and stay til morning. We left early the next morning and she seemed to recover quite quickly.

All in all the first camping trip of the year went very well. :D

Introducing the King and Queen....

of bath foam land

They also happen to rule the house.

4 years

Our 4 year anniversary was on the 25th. But I got Chris Brian Regan tickets for the 13th in St George so we celebrated early that weekend. The kids stayed with Chris's parents and we got a hotel room. It was so nice to get away and remind ourselves how much fun we have together. I am so glad I married my best friend.

These pictures are way out of order...

We got smoothies for breakfast at the orange peel... yummy.

Glad this handsome man is my husband

4 years and still so happy.


This was the pool outside our hotel room

some goofy faces before Brian Regan

Sweet nose shots

Cruisin in the car

This is a random picture but I've taken a lot of baby pics this month and this is one of my favorites.

While we were in St george we went to the temple with Ben for his endowment. After we had a little pizza party at the park. Taycee got her first ice cream cone.... and LOVED it.

The perfect way to end our anniversary weekend. A session at the temple with the family.

When Chris and I went out for to dinner on our actual anniversary I asked him to name 5 things about me he didnt know before we were married. He said..

1. I didnt know how patient you could be.

2. I didnt know how quickly you learned new things

3. I didnt know how obbessed you were with washing your face and brushing your teeth at night ( almost to the point of OCD)

4. I didnt know that you rarely lose when playing a game

5. I didnt know how well you could participate in a conversation you know nothing about.

I said...

1. I didnt know how amazing you were with kids

2. I didn't know that once you start something you are obsessed with it til it is finished.

3. I didnt know how much you loved enchiladas

4. I didnt know you talked in your sleep

5. I didnt know how quick you are to swallow your pride and admit when you are wrong.

More of May

Well we are here. We are all moved in to our new home and the last box is unpacked. I havent had internet for 4 days and I felt a little bit out of touch. But we are up and running and settling in to our new place. The kids seem to like it. They are not use to having stairs and multiple levels to play on so they are keeping quite busy exploring the house. Yesterday I told Kaden we were leaving and he asked if we were going home so I guess he doesnt quite understand that this is home now. I am going to try hard to update on all that has happened and not miss out on anything. It might take a few days.

At the beginning of may I bought a family pass to the zoo. We have been there 3 times since. The kids love it. Taycee runs around pointing to all the different things. Kaden thinks the monkeys are the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Uncle Hunter took the kids for a ride on his four-wheeler. They LOVED it, Taycee screamed for 15 minutes when we had to take her off.

Kaden and Aunt Jenny at the zoo

We went to the living planet aquarium and then to Jungle Jims with our good friends Rob and Jocelyn and their little girl Rylee. It was a good time.

May

May was a busy busy crazy month. Thankfully it was just as busy with playing as it was with work. Lots of changes are happening around our house. The biggest one being that we are moving to Layton.... in like 4 days. So right now my house half in boxes and half torn apart. That's always fun. There is no way I can catch up on all that has happened in May in one post. So I am going to do a little post each day when I need a break from boxing.
We will start with the fist of May.
Once we finished finals... WAHOO!! ( Oh an by the way I got 102% on that final I was waiting to take) We decided some time away was greatly needed. Luckily we have AWESOME parents who were happy to oblige. Chris's parents and my sister Jenny came up and watched the kids and my parents took us to Moab for a jeeping trip. It was the first jeeping trip Chris and I have ever been on. It was a blast. We rode all day Fri and Sat and came home Sat night.



We got to see beautiful sights like this...

And see lots of crawly creachers like this.. ( I didn't hold it... we let my dad do those honors.)

We watched people do crazy things like this...

And did some crazy stuff ourselves.


It was a fun trip and the perfect way to end Spring semester.

We came home to find that everyone was healthy and well. Kaden did get a hold of some black fabric dye which he spilled on the carpet. So we now have a few black spots on the carpet. Guess its a good thing we are moving out. :)

The weekend ended with a great Mothers Day with my two little mess makers.