The Pumpkin Patch

Us with our pumpkins
Kemper loved the little ones

My neice Emma with my nephew Maddux

Me and Andie feeding the goats

Some of us, ready to go find our pumpkins

Andie playing on the flatbed trailer

My sister Kami, my Mom, and Kemper on our way back

Andie with her favorite babysitter Emma

Every year we go with my family and all of our kids to the Pumpkin Patch. It is so fun, they have tons of things for the kids to do. They have really great homade donuts too, what more could you really want. Last year Andie was a newborn, so this year it was great to have her more involved. Next year she will for sure be walking around so that will be even better. Kemper, of course thought it was the best thing ever. He has been checking on our pumpkins all day just to make sure they are still safe on the front porch and that no one has stolen them! We were laughing at my brother Kip, who was shocked he spent 35.00$ just on pumpkins. It was worth it though, to get to pick them yourself.

Girls Night Out

Me, Sharon,(mom-in-law) Krissy, Shanelle, Emily didn't want to be in the picture!
Krissy, my sister in law, and her good friend Shanelle

Saturday while our husbands went to priesthood, me a couple of my sister in laws, my mother in law and a friend went to dinner. It was fun, we all got baby sitters and just had a girls night. After priesthood the boys went to Fudruckers and got an 11 pound burger, I am serious. You can pre-order the massive burger. I should have given my camera to Chad so he could take pictures of it.

Camping with the Gages

Kemper and Eli in the trailer
Kemper found these catapillers all over camp

He named them fuzzy wuzzies

Eli, after playing in the sand

See, this is why we have a shower in our trailer

The whole fam

Brett (aka super sneth) with his log, he was proud of that thing

Andie, not walking yet......again the shower rocks

My boys hangin by the fire

Another great camping trip. This time we went with Brett, Emily, and Eli. Emily didn't want any pictures of her cause she is pregnant, and lame (love ya Emily) not the pregnant part, but the not wanting pictures taken part. It is so great to camp in the fall, so beautiful up there. And we have a heater at night so you don't have to freeze in a tent. It was a little too cold for swimming, but that didn't stop the kids from getting in the muddy sand. And of course there was fishing, and four wheeling to be done.

More family pictures

If you are sick of all the family pictures just skip over this post! I should have just waited and posted them when I had them all. I was hoping for some outside opinions on wich pictures to develop and blow up. Any thoughts would be really helpful.

Family pictures

Here are just a few of the pictures we had taken a couple weeks ago in Hyde Park, I will have to post more when I get them. A friend of the family, Brooke Mack took them, and I think she is great. The kids did awesome, and Chad too, taking pictures is not his thing really. I am sure most guys feel the same. Chad is always saying he likes the candid shots better though, now I have to try to only choose a few, which is going to be hard when I love so many of them. The one with Andie and Chad is priceless I think, she got so many great candid shots. I never realized how great candid shots really are, I am definatly convinced now.

Our weekend at the Marathon, and at Lagoon

Me and Kip at 5:00 am, Jess was awake and waiting, so sweet. She took pictures before we headed to the buses that would take us up the mountain to start our painful, but rewarding day!

Not the best pic of me, but its just as I cross the line, so thats kinda cool

I am so excited to be done!

Kip crossing the finish line, way to go bro!

I love this picture of my other brother Kyle, and Andie

Kip and I showing of our metals!

It looks crazy, but this ice cold ditch felt great

The catan game, the night after the Marathon

My brother Kip with his girls Emma and Shaylan

Me and my boy on the train

Kemper and Chad getting wet on the Log ride

Kemper trying to keep his arms up the whole ride
Chad and Kemp

After the Marathon, my parents took Andie home with them and Chad and I headed to Lagoon for the day with Kemper. It was so much fun. Every ride that he was tall enough for he had to go on. The kid had no fear at all, it was an action packed day. It will be fun to take Andie next year too, but it was great for Kemp to have Mom and Dad to himself I think. He even got stung by a bee on our way in, but that didn't stop him from having a blast. We rode rides, ate the classic amusement park food, Chad even won us some stuffed animals. It was a perfect end to a great weekend.

An exciting weekend

Yesterday I ran the Top Of Utah marathon in Logan. It was a great experience, even though around mile 18 I swore this was my last marathon, which of course it won't be.  I am happy about my time of 4:28, mainly because I hadn't trained as hard this year.  My brother Kip hardly trained at all and he came in just under 4 hours. So not fair. It was a great feeling at mile 24 seeing my sister in law Amy, she ran the last 2 mile with me!  She was so cute, asking me about movies, and my kids, trying to distract me from the burning in my legs.  It was a different running it alone, Kip took of in the first mile, usually there is a big group of us.  My Ipod was great though, how did we ever survive with just walkmans?  I did see a friend from highschool, which was fun. I can't wait to hear how she liked the TOU.  I am still in Utah, but I will post some fun pictures of the weekend on wednesday.

Some of the good times we have had lately.

Kemper's big catch!
My boys love to fish
Andie hangin with Pepsi at the Boise River

My first time water skiing in a couple years

Kemp in the truck, excited to go boating

Andie, me and Chad. Our friends Teyan and Jess were there too.

Kemp going for a swim

She was not loving that life jacket

Memory, Mackenzie, Kodi, and Jennie at Kenz and Kodi's baptism. My nephew Mcay also got baptised but I forgot my camera, I stole these pics from my sis-in-law Krissy.

Me and Andie at Great Grandma Carlson's 80th B-day party.

still no internet!

I am having Bogging withdrawls. I don't know if I have spelled that right! We should be getting our internet hooked up tomorrow, quest is seriously lame. We have been having fun though. We have been boating, having b-day parties, barbeques in the park. I ran almost 22 miles saturday, in preparation for the top of utah marathon, in 2 weeks. I feel like I am ready, but it won't be my best time ever. The summer got away from me, and I wasn't able to train like I wanted too. It will still be great though! So we are busy, I just can't post pics yet. So I hope people survive till I have new pics up! Kidding, like anyone even notices. :)