Flowers

I love flowers....and these are a few of mine this summer.

Jumping Jase!

Bret and I have been wanting to go watch Bennys friend Jase motocross race for quite some time. We finally had the chance to go last Sunday. He did a good job and it was way fun to watch. Those older boys are seriously crazy on those machines!!! They had racers of all ages and I had to take a picture of this little girl. She was racing against boys and girls and she kicked butt!! She was an aggressive little bugger, she even caught some air! Lol! Those little racers were sooo cute!

Happy Birthday Baby!

Helga is two today! She has turned out to be such a good dog and we are all crazy about her!

Sunset

These were the clouds in the sky yesterday at sunset! Absolutely beautiful! The golden ones were from the west side of my house and the pinkish ones were from the front of my house which faces south.

Farmers Market

Last Saturday we went to the farmers market for the first time this year. We have alot of fun and try to go at least once per summer. We look forward to buying the fresh strawberries and specialty breads and dips the very most! Those three things are always on our list! We love to see whats new and buy a piece of jewelery or two and maybe get a massage. :) Part of the fun is just checking out the people.....You get to see alot of interesting folks thats for sure!!! Sometimes we get henna tattoos or buy soap made from goats milk...... :} Benny and Amber love the fresh watermelon lemonade...so they always get that....and we usually sample something unique to eat. This time it was a coffee cake 'supposedly' unlike anything we have ever eaten! The vendor said, "When you eat it, you will be sure that you're in heaven!" He was close to being right about that! Lol! Anyhow, after we finished up there we headed to Elements restaurant for lunch on the patio. It was a fun time, with great food! When we came home it felt good to cool off inside, and before I knew it, everyone crashed .....well at least Benny, Bryce and Amber did! Check out how tired Benny was! He fell sound asleep just like that!

Trek

Benny went on the trek to Martins Cove a couple weeks ago. His Ma and Pa were Glade and Suzette Smith. Everyone involved with the trek gets placed into families and receive names, which are the real names of pioneers that blazed that trail. Bennys name was Kenyon Taylor Butler. Their trek family name was the "Smithsonians". He had a really good time and claims to have had the "best trek family by far"! He said the part he will remember the most was when they got to a hard part on the trail that was deep sand and uphill, and the boys had to climb to the top and watch the women and girls push and pull and struggle to get their carts up to the top. He said it was so hard for him to sit and watch and not help! He said the boys and men put their hats over their hearts and werent allowed to speak....just had to watch. He said it was all he could do not to go help his ma and sisters! The purpose of this part of the trek is for the young men to learn to appreciate girls and to respect them instead of viewing them as objects of pleasure. Benny said it definitely had an impact on all of them. I received a call from Suzette the night they returned and she told me through tears how wonderful Benny was, that he was a perfect gentleman, hard worker, sweet and kind to everyone, and fun to be around. Oh gosh...those are words this mother loves to hear!!! :) I already knew that though, he really is a great kid! Anyway, I thought he was such a cute little pilgrim...........I mean pioneer!

Good Times!

We had a fun 4th of July weekend. We went to the fireworks with the Calls and Ericksons on Friday... and then went to Bear Lake on Sunday and Monday with my extended family this time. There were tons of kidlets of all ages everywhere! Gma and Gpa Page and Auntie LaRae came too! We even had a performance on the kitchen bar for our entertainment! These photos are not in any special order...and the clouds are totally random I know, but they were cool.... as the clouds usually are at Bear Lake...and once again, Bret is striking his famous pose... with Rachel my niece mocking him.