A Trip Four Wheeling

Erin loves to go four wheeling.....me, not so much! Since school is starting soon we decided to go before it starts. We only have one four wheeler, which works for me because I usually stay behind, read a book, drink diet pepsi, sit under an umbrella, and guard the truck and trailer. But this time we borrowed Mandy's Yamaha so I could give it a try, to see how I like it. It's not that I am afraid to ride (Ok maybe a little!), i ts just that one parent should always be the responsible one. Thats the excuse I like best.

We went out to 5 mile pass. Its a great place to go if you are a first timer.


Getting Erin all ready to go. She doesnt even mind wearing a helmet and goggles. She just loves to go.
A good place to stop for pictures... SMILE!

Since I was the follower, I didnt like to eat all the dust, kicked up by my speedster husband. So I wore a bandana, glasses, and hat. Bruce kept saying "How will anyone know its you? I need to take one of you sitting on the 4 wheeler", which he did, but all the adobe photoshop skills in the world couldnt make me skinny enough to post it. So heres the close up.

All Erin kept saying was faster, faster..........but....

...unfortunately they had to keep stopping and waiting for "Slow poke Mom". Thanks you two for letting me tag along. It was a ton of fun!

A New Trampoline

We are re-doing the backyard....It only took an afternoon to tear it down, but it is taking alot longer to put it back together! I will post before and after pictures when we get all done, for now I only have before pictures.

But one of the fun things to come out of it....is a new trampoline. It would have been cheaper to just fill in the hole, but that is no fun. So Bruce and I (mostly Bruce) decided to just replace the mat and pad, and a few springs.

Yeah ....A New Trampoline!

First we had to get rid of the old one....thanks Mandy for your great scissor skills....Its alot harder than it looks. I think we went through 3 or 4 scissors! I dont have any pictures of putting it back together...lets just say "Find and read the directions first" enough said!
Finally ready to jump on.... any takers? Of course Erin...Go Erin!!

Erin's cousins stopped by to show us some fancy flips.

And of course Mckai needed a turn.

Mckai taking a turn with mom.....I think he likes it.

Millcreek Canyon

I love going up the canyon. We usually celebrate Erin's birthday up Millcreek Canyon. While we are there we take a few family pictures. I love it when certain people cooperate with the picture taking portion of the trip. Thank you so much Mandy, Emily, Jason & Erin, for all your cooperation with the obsessed lady with the camera!

Theres the Cute Birthday girl......Happy 18th Erin!!

A little help from Nathan & Jason, with blowing out the candles

Erin loved all her presents, thanks so much everyone.

Mckai was a big helper in handing Erin her presents.

Princess Erin.

Erin look this way.....please...pretty please. Oh well....maybe next year.

Amanda And Emily teased me about all the pictures I had of Jason. But in my defence, he was so willing to pose and to let me take as many as I wanted. And we all know you have to take 20 to get 2 or 3 good ones. Right?

Emily & Nathan......"Mom you have 4 pictures left use them wisely, cuz then I'm out of here."

Amanda, Mckai, & Brandon....

The best way to get Mckai to smile, is to catch him just running around playing. Just dont ask him to sit on a fence with his parents and smile, cuz it just isn't going to happen.