Summer 2008

I'm feeling a little guilty that I haven't posted anything since July, so I decided to put quite a few pictures up from the Summer.

DAWSEN'S BIRTHDAY

We had Dawsen's birthday party at Millsite, it was a lot of fun.

I attempted making this cake, it turned out ok, but it was falling a part by the time of the party.

We had a pinata full of lots of candy, and a few fireworks since Dawsen was born on the 4th of July.

We tried to get a picture of all of the cousins that were there, and you can see Trever loves his picture taken.

MESQUITE

Rebekah had planned a trip for all of us to go to the Grand Canyon, but it didn't work out. So, we all went to Mesquite instead. We had a really good time. I think it was around 107, but we spent most of our time around the pool so it didn't really matter. Grandma tended the kids at night for us, and we did a little bit of gambling.

FATHER'S DAY

For Fathers Day we went fishing with some friends up at Potters Pond. It was nice to be up in the mountains even though we didn't catch very many fish.

Deacon and Devon had fun playing in the dirt.

CAMPING

Here's a few pictures from our one and only camping trip of the year. We knew it was suppose to rain all weekend, but James was determined to still go. We had an fun time, but by Sunday morning we were ready to go home. After locking the keys in the trailer in the middle of a downpour, and trying to keep Devon from getting too muddy, and being slightly nervous that we wouldn't make it out of there, we headed home before the Sunday rains started.

JOE'S VALLEY

Aunt Rebekah and her family came out to visit us this Summer, and while they were here we went to Joe's Valley to play in the water and we had a great time! If you can't tell by the boys faces...getting a picture of them is about as much fun as getting their teeth pulled!

Devon loves the water, and also trucks and tractors.

The girls had fun playing in the dirt!

Dawsen likes to play with Devon.

New Roof

This is what our house looked like on Thursday...

Thursday afternoon...
and now on Saturday...
Devon got to take a little ride with Grandpa Byars.

James decided to take on a pretty big project this weekend, and I just wanted to show everyone his progress. Our little, old house needed a new roof. James got in the attic, and he could actually see daylight through our roof. Since our house didn't have trusses either, he decided it would be better to add those also. Take in mind that he started this on Thursday, and it is now Saturday. We have had a lot of wonderful help, we are blessed with good family and friends.

As you can see, Devon has began to be a little dare devil. Grandma Frandsen gave him this four wheeler for his birthday and he'd rather stand on it than ride it. It's amazing to see what he can do although he doesn't like it when I have to stop him from doing something that might break his neck...like standing on the four wheeler.

James and I went to the EMS conference in St. George this year, and Devon got to go swimming for the first time. He didn't like it all that much, but I hope that by the end of the Summer he will like the water better. St.George was nice and the conference was really good although we spent a lot of time chasing Devon. We even got to see Celine Dion...ok she was in impersonator from Las Vegas, but she was pretty good. Next year hopefully we can go down without kids, it wasn't really an option this year since I am still nursing, but we are working on that, and I do see an end to it.