Tingley Beach

On Labor day, the girls wanted to go to Tingley Beach and ride the paddle boats. Tingley Beach is a place that has four small lakes that are stocked with catfish. We had such a fun time and got good leg workout. You can rent the boat for 30 min. so, Boomer and I took turns with the girls. Luke was to little to ride, he didn't like that at all. But, Grandma stayed with him and they had fun feeding the geese.

Tee Up

Luke has learned the excitement of a tee. He says to me, "Mom, I goin' outside to tee up." He takes his little club, tee and balls and tee's up. 

He is getting pretty good!!

My Birthday!!!

I had such a great birthday. I had my family and my Mom here to celebrate. We had a fun morning opening presents, I love how excited the kids get to give you presents. Then we went to the Zoo, Aquarium and Bio Park. It was a fun, exhausting day!!!

My friends SPOILED me, it was so SWEET!! Lots of love!! 

These are the pictures of me opening presents. Boomer had just gotten home from California and brought the kids Callaway shirts...they were so excited.

On the train going to the Zoo!!

The Lion was laying down, then he got up went to the top of this rock and ROARED so loud. It was amazing to watch and hear!!

Our son LOVES getting his picture taken, I guess having a camera in your face his entire life, you get use to it. He was on top of a rock and yelled to me, "Mom, picture me, picture me". He hits different poses, so funny. Look at those hands and  faces.

At the zoo Joslyn has a friend, a little sting ray. We have to go see it every time we go so, she can say, Hi! You can see her friend in the lower left. It is always moving it's body, she thinks its saying, Hi. She pretend to be a sting ray. So, cute!!

At the zoo there are peacocks that just wonder around the area. We were eating our lunch and a peacock started walking toward Joslyn. It freaked her out a little and she didn't know what it wanted so, she threw her entire sandwich to it, she thought it was coming after her food. It was so funny.

This is her sitting like a peacock!!

We were going to go out to dinner that evening. But, by the time we got home we were wiped out. So, it was a nice quiet evening with pizza. It was a great BIRTHDAY!!! Thanks, Mom for coming out to celebrate with us!!

Desert Racing

We went with our neighbors out to the Desert for a Baja Race. It was so fun. The kids had a blast playing in the Desert sand. The weather turned out to be perfect. Our neighbors had a friend racing in the race, so we were able to hang out in his pit area. They practiced throughout the day and by the time they raced it was dark. So, it was amazing to watch them racing in the dark and just seeing their headlights going up and down on the trail.

We are just hanging out waiting for the race.

The kids loved the sand, I had to give them a baby wipe bath and strip them down to their underwear to ride home. The lower left is a picture of our neighbor Taylor and her daughter, Brielle is the one in the green by Morgan.

Joslyn got playing in the dirt and I just let her go for it. She was a complete mess. We started laughing that she ended up with a unibrow. We started calling her a Trekkie. The pictures on the right were Taylor trying to show Joslyn how to do the Vulcan hand sign. She took about 10 wipes to get clean :0)

This is the race at night. The upper left picture is all we could see was the head lights going up and down. The other picture is Joslyn doing a sand angel. The sand was soft and deep, the kids had fun climbing the hill to the top to watch the race.

These last 2 pictures of Luke are for me to always remember how he plugged his ears. Since he was a baby, instead of sticking his finger in his ears, he folds the top of his ears over. It is my favorite, it makes me smile every time he does it, what else are the top of your ears used for.

Happy Birthday, Rylee!!

Rylee just turned 7 years old. We had a fun morning opening presents, then in the afternoon we went and saw the "SMURF" movie. After the movie, she got to decide where she wanted to eat for dinner, she choose McDonald's, seriously. We tried to convince her to go somewhere more exciting for her birthday dinner, but the smurf toys in the happy meal were too exciting. 

She got a package from Grandpa and Grandma Medsker, 

she was so excited. It came a few days before her birthday, so she was excited to open something early!!

It was a Justin Bieber birthday. She got a CD and shirt. She wanted a shirt of Justin Bieber, but I couldn't find one anywhere, we were a late on the Bieber fever stage. So, I had 4 bidding wars on Ebay and finally won one. The night before her birthday, she came downstairs and told me, "Oh, Mom just so you know, I don't like Justin Bieber anymore"...UGH!! But, luckily by morning, she was in love with him again.

Thanks to all the other (Grandma's and Grandpa's) for the cards and money to go shopping. She had a blast spoiling herself.

Aquarium/Zoo

We took a train that goes from the Aquarium to the Zoo. 

It's about a 25 min drive through town. The kids had a blast. It was fun to 

be able to see both parks in the same day.

Petroglyph National Monument

I took the kids out to the Petroglyphs. We went and hiked on volcano's and looked at all the petroglyphs. It was pretty amazing seeing all the early American Indians and Spanish explorers drawings. It was pretty hot that day, around 98-100 degrees. The kids were troopers and we got through the hike.

The volcano's erupted around 200,000 years ago.

Luke cracked me up, he jumped down each stair, there were a lot.

There was a sign at the trail head warnings us about Rattle snakes. Luke stayed right by the sign for a long time looking for snakes. He figured they would be by the sign.

Crafting Fun!

When we were in Utah we went and shopped at a new wood store in town. It was so fun. I let the girls each pick out a project to paint. When we got back home we had a craft day and painted. They turned out really cute.

Driving Home from Utah!!

We were heading home from Utah, as we were going into Moab, there is a huge sandy hill. The kids were ready for a break out of the car, so I pulled over and told them to hike. They looked at me like I was kidding. HEHEHE. They got out and headed up the hill, they did pretty good and their energy was zapped!! YEA!!

The End of The Summer, Zoo Trip!!!

I know, I know more pictures from the zoo. But, can you really get to many cute pictures of animals and the smile on my kids faces :o)

How cute is this Grandpa, just chilling in the sun.

The kids love doing the crafts. 

Luke was making an elephant.

A Legacy!!

Boomer's Grandpa Smith (Smitty) passed away in July, a week before his 93rd birthday!! What an INCREDIBLE man. He lived an amazing life and is now reunited with the LOVE of his life.

He was put in hospice while we were visiting Utah, so we were able to go and spend sometime with him to love and kiss on him. He was such a huge part of mine and Boomer's dating and married life. While Boomer was on his mission, it didn't matter who I was dating, I would go and visit Smitty and his wife every month. He told me that if Boomer didn't come home and marry me that he and Naoma were going to adopt me. So, I knew I was in going to be in the family one way or the other :0)

A four generation photo on Grandpa's 90th birthday!!!

The viewing was such an amazing night reuniting with cousins, uncles and aunts. With many friends that came to give there love. Just the way Smitty would have wanted it, lots of laughing, hugging and LOVE.

The grave side...I love the picture of Joslyn on the top, she stood watching the pinwheel for the longest time blowing in the wind. It was a sweet moment.

The grave dedication was such a memorable moment. Watching the Air Force fold the flag and place it in Boomer's Aunt Diane arms, was incredible.

We love and will remember you always, Smitty!!!