Night at the Park

Colby absolutely loves the park!

This whirly gig is a blast to play on. Mom would laugh and laugh till her tummy hurt :O)

Colby was rolling in the sand and got it all over in his fur but mostly in his eyes. Mom was protecting him from me.

Dad and Michelle enjoying the park from the bench. it was pretty hot.

Check out that tongue action going on.

Alex and Stina playing on the bridge

Doug was the dog watcher, he had 3 at all times

Syrus didn't get this bridge at all, He kept falling through trying to get to Doug, and of coarse Doug kept prodding him on :O)

Raspberry Picking

About 2 weeks ago we headed out to my friends grandmothers home to pick Raspberries in her fabulous patch that's at least 27x25, and the raspberries ripen about every 2 days.

Doug, Myself and Shannon picked for about 3 hours in the warm shade, surrounded by birds chirping and lot's of fun chatter. It is one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever been in.

We got 3 little pails completely full,

even though I was stuffing my mouth every chance I got,

we ended up with 13 regular sized cereal bowls full. Now it’s time to make some tasty jelly. Thanks to Shannon and her Grandparents for inviting us over!!!

Smile for the camera... This is Shannon standing in front of her grandma's home.

Her Great Grandfather built it from the ground up and her grandma has lived there her whole life. Such a beautiful plot of landscape and the garden is amazing!

This is a picture of the actual raspberry patch.

Don't they just look so tasty hanging on the branch!?!

Doug had a great time listening to Shannon and Myself chat for the LONG 3 hours :O)

Check out that tub of berries

Check out how tall the bushes are and they are so dense.

This is the final product. We got 3 pails full just like this one. When we got home it ended up being 13 cereal bowls completely full. Now it's time to make freezer jam.

Draper Parade

We had a blast 2 weekend ago with Krystal and Jake in town, so much to do and so little time to do it in. They were here for Jakes side of the family so we were sitt’n the kids for a couple hours on Thursday night. We went to Day Break Park for the evening and it was a blast! They have a great playground with a crazy jungle gym, lots of swings and an awesome slide. The kids made so many friends and didn’t want to go even though we had been there for hours.

Tanner and Ceterra (Doug’s nice and nephew) were both in the Draper parade bright and early Saturday morning.

Ceterra is with her Dance group

Tanner with Karate

Krystal called me when we were about 10 minutes from the house and said, everyone is still sleeping we will make it later if they wake up in time. Now that was crazy to both of us cause those kids are always up by 6 am and it was almost 8:45. The parade was great it started at 9 and was over by 11:30, due to the over whelming amount of entries we stopped counting after 93. I know you were going to loose sleep over this also so I’ll just let you know, we still got a ton of candy even though we didn’t have any kids sitting with us.

Doug and his little sista Lisa

Crystal and Lily at her first parade

Doug and Me having a grand ol' time

Then the race began… we were off from the parade to get home. It was time for a BBQ & slip-n-slide party. It was a ‘Splash’ of a time. Almost everyone took a ride on the slide and the food was great.

Christina Playing with Syrus (I know you can't see him in this picture)

Mom doing a puzzle

Mercedes having a blast

Alex going on the Slip-N-Slide

Jake eating with his girls

We all headed to Inception later that night. if you’re planning on going, put on your thinking cap cause it’s pretty ‘deep’. Probably one of the best movies we’ve seen since The Longest Yard.

Zions Camp

Doug Enjoyed 5 days at Zion’s national park with the scouts ages 14-18. They did all sorts of things like camping at the Ponderosa camp ground, Hiking the Narrows, Angels Landing, and swimming in the lake. They had lots of tasty food provided by yours truly!
(I don’t even cook meals for 2 people let alone 33)
Doug came back looking like a lobster but he had so much fun turning into it. :O)View from Angles Landing

Getting close to the end of the Narrows. It only took 10 hours 50 minutes to hike the 16 miles
These are some of the boys from the troop, closer to the beginning of the Narrows.