Family Adventures

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Flake Fun

Yes, this summer has flown by. School is starting in Snowflake next week! I think I'll copy Ruth and just caption some pictures about life these past several weeks.

We visited Utah for Tarzan and the kids had a blast listening to Grandpa stories.

Scott worked lots on reinforcing the culvert and cementing heavy rocks around and on top of it.

My little fashion diva

Thinned carrots from the garden

Tilling circles for the orchard. We are hoping to get some cover crops in to loosen and enrich the soil after the cousin reunion.

New chicken eggs! We love how small they are!

First time horseback riding for Robin and Rand's birthday.

We bought a little utility trailer. Really nice to have around.

Playing in the mud after the flood.

Our first real black eye.

The flood

Can't wait to see everyone at the reunion!

Wow, it looks like everyone is having a summer vacation from the blog! I honestly don't know what to write so I'll just put up some pictures. Can't wait to see most of you at the upcoming cousins reunion!

We enjoyed a reunion with the Nilsson side of the family at Bryce Canyon. We went swimming, horseback/mule riding, bike riding, and or course gorgeous hiking. The weather was hot but not nearly as hot as back at home. Weird.

Henry always loves the car shows that come to town and the drag races!

The kids have been working the donkeys to get them ready for the fair! We are attempting to do "Coon jumping but some of the donkeys are more cooperative than others!

I finally met a donkey friend of mine in person. Gail, lives in California and runs the GotDonkeys website. She was travelling in Yellowstone and stopped by our place on her way back home. It was delightful!

You can't keep this kid inside these days. The boys got the go kart up and running when Garrett's parents were here to help. Its a fun machine though it still has some quirks that need to be fixed.

We had one of our Blue Spruce trees removed in the front. It was seriously damaged in one of our last snow storms so it was time for it to go. It makes our front yard seem so huge!

It has been a good summer - a little on the hot side- but good. I'm not sure how the time flies by so quickly so I'm trying to enjoy all that I can. Hope you are doing the same!

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Hyde Happinesses

Hello! It’s been awhile since I’ve written! It’s always so fun to see y’all’s posts… but it’s even more fun to see you guys in person and I’m so excited for this week for that reason!! :) can’t wait to see you guys. We got to see Joe and co. at the play this week which was awesome.

This summer has been fairly busy already! A couple weeks ago we went up to Coeur d’Alene Idaho. It was pretty fun! Cams aunt and uncle own a really nice lake house up there and have jet skies and boats and all sorts of fun toys. Cams mom grew up in Coeur d’Alene and has lots of sisters that still live up there. We went out on the boat lots and played volleyball with Cams cousins. Cams younger siblings were all there with their fiancés and his mom and it was just generally a good time. Stetson slept about 0% of the time but that’s okay. A few days after we got home, we attended Lexi’s wedding in Bountiful. It was good times, except that the wedding itself lasted for 2 days. That was awful and it was blazing hot. But I always love a good wedding.

So that just about brings you up to date! It’s really hot here now, and we just have a little window air conditioner. It gets up to 85° inside sometimes 😅 but seriously, don’t you miss the fun little college apartment phase? It’s pretty great I think, despite the heat.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!!

The beginning of a very long car ride to Coeur d’Alene

First thing he does when we go somewhere new is locate all the balls.

After locating the balls, he gives them a hug :)

Lots of morning workouts

He’s got road rage

Handsome boy

He got attached to this sprinkler one day

Lauren inspired me to try some charcuterie boards for Lexi’s bachelorette party

Don’t be deceived: he loved playing in the pool before the wedding

Four generations

Wedding shenanigans

He was happy to be home

Pockets for the win

His daddy loves America and is soooooo excited for the Fourth of July.

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Flake Fun

First off, Happy Fathers day to all applicable parties. You fellas amaze me.

The last two weeks have been a wild ride!

We had a small neighborhood bbq on Memorial Day. The heart attack highlight was looking over and seeing James dangling from the monkey bars (approximately 7 ft high). He held on until I got there.

Scott had his 42nd birthday which was 2 days of fun. We went on a hike and James tripped and cut his head on a rock. I would be okay with never having another head wound in the family. He is fine now. Then we went to a lake and rented a kayak.

We worked a little on reinforcing the culvert in anticipation/hope of a good monsoon season.

We went to a rocket day at the library as well as a portable planetarium show which was neat.

We decided that we should have our septic tank pumped since it hasn't been pumped in 30 years or so. But the plumber couldn't find the septic without remodeling our bathroom so we spent the last 2 weeks digging random holes around and we finally located the tank on Friday night! What a relief!

We can't wait to see some or all of you in a week or so! Love you all!