Recent Activities

I know it's been a while since I posted, and I apologize profusely for that.
Here are our most recent activities:

Matt and Baseball

Nick's solo in the "3 Piggy Opera"


We went to Pine Valley yesterday and cooked hot dogs and dutch oven potatoes for dinner. Ella decided that she wanted to open the new bottle of mustard for me. Only, she didn't know how and used her mouth. When she finally got it open, she ended up with a mouth full of mustard. She had just started to like mustard before this, and not surprisingly doesn't like it anymore.


The other thing that going wonderfully is our garden. This year, all of the kids are in charge of a certain number of plants.

Matt is in charge of the tomatoes both red and yellow varieties-


Nick is in charge of all the sweet bell pepper plants (red, yellow, and chocolate)-


I am in charge of the bib lettuce, white and red onions, the sweet basil, and italian basil. (You can't really see the basil because it's hiding behind the onions.)


Ella is in charge of some strawberry plants in the front yard and they are very low maintenance. So usually while we are weeding, she is in charge of Bruiser.

Or is it Bruiser is in charge of Ella? Either way, they keep each other entertained!

Fun around home

We recently bought a pass to the Washington City Community Center. (Thanks to Uncle Sam and tax returns.) We adore it. The kids love to go swimming and sometimes will stay for hours without getting tired. They also have a rock wall that the kids tried climbing for the first time the other day. I think that it is something that they will definitely do again.

Nick is on the left and Matt is on the right.

Ella and her friend Tyler Croxall.

Matt and Nick playing at the pool!

Recently my dad acquired a 4-wheeler. It's 25 years old, but has surprisingly low miles. (Less than 2,000.) And the price was right- FREE!! We have had a lot of fun lately taking it down to the river and out across the Arizona border. It's only a 10-15 minute drive to the border and there are so many places to explore and play out there! Check out the video of Ella. She absolutely loves 4-wheeling!

Nick and Brandon (on Brandon's 4-wheeler).

Ella and Grandpa (on Grandpa's 4-wheeler).

Matt and Brandon (on Brandon's 4-wheeler).

Matt and Nick are helping me write this post and they are adamant that I post the video of the gypsum mine that we go to a lot. Hopefully you all will want to come and go with us when you are here next!