1st Place Lone Peak Champions!

McKade was selected to play with the Lone Peak All-Star 9U baseball team. They played hard and had a lot of fun. All of their hard worked paid off. They played 2 games on Thursday, 2 games on Friday and 4 games on Saturday. They took the 1st place title home along with a big smile and a big trophy! We are proud of his hard work & hustle he played with this tournament!

SUMMERTIME FISHING/CAMPING!

We took the kids up camping and for a family fishing trip. It was a huge success. Camping was perfect! No RAIN, and NO WIND! We didn't have to even use our heater. The weather was perfect and it was a fun few days we were able to spend together as a family and even better we had a little break from BASEBALL GAMES. Fishing was AWESOME! We caught and released over 40+ rainbow trout. The kids had a blast and we kept Scott busy running back and forth taking off ALL of our fish. It was super fun and the kids are already planning their next fishing trip.

BASEBALL!*BASEBALL* AND MORE BASEBALL!

Mitchell and McKade LOVE baseball and we have been supporting them in ALL of their games. They both are doing fantastic and enjoying the game and learning alot. Mitchell plays for the Utah Heat and McKade plays for the Utah Venom. We love watching them play and we spend a whole lot of our time at the ball field. Sadie is being a trooper and has made plenty of friends so it is a fun outing for her most of the time.

Dance Festival 2012

The kids had their annual Dance Festival. The boys, of course did not want me to take any picture, but Sadie told me I could take all the pictures of her that I wanted, I am grateful for her at times like this. Mitchell was not thrilled about the dance, but I told him he only has one more dance festival, he did very well and surprised me with all his moves. Kade was all smiles and giggles and Sadie couldn't have been into any more. She was serious and danced her heart out. I love the dance festival and enjoy watching it each year!

Cruising the Baja!

This past week, as a family, we went on a Family Vacation. We all decided a cruise was the way to go, since all my boys really care about is FOOD, SWIMMING and a little more FOOD! This trip was perfect for them. Sadie's was not really big on the food, but she was super excited about the GIANT waterslides on the back of the ship and the FREE icecream cones. Kade took full advantage of the FREE ice cream cones. He had two in his hand at all times, breakfast, lunch and dinner and all the snacks in between. It was truly a wonderful vacation for him. Our cruise took us down to Baja, Mexico. We had (2) stops, Catalina and Ensenada, Mexico. It was a wonderful trip and we had a fabulous time together as a family.

We drove down to California and we hit Newport,Beach for a day before we boarded the ship. It was just like the good old days and we loved every minute of it.

Scott and the kids enjoying the beach. Mitchell was brave enough to get burried first.

Sadie was also brave and wanted a chance at getting burried. Kade had no interest at all, but he loved every minute of burrying everyone else.

Kade is the type that likes to lay on his towel and just "LOOK COOL"!

The kids thought the towel pets and the chocolates laying on your pillow at night were the best! I just loved that someone else was making my bed for me.

Scott, Mitchell and Kade, trying to decide what Kayak to take up the coast.

The 3 muskateers heading off into the deap blue sea!

The Carnival Inspiration from our Beach in Catalina.

Sadie and I stayed on the beach in Catalina, while the boys went kayaking and snorkeling. The weather was perfect and the just the 2 of us had a great time building sandcastles and collecting shells.

Kade out decked out in his snorkeling gear, he was not a fan of his outfit, he thought someone might thinks he looked weird. Kade the fish don't care what you look like!

Sadie and I chilling at the beach!

Mitchell and Sadie stopping for a picture for me. I loved all the flowers all over the island.

A picture of the AWESOME waterslide on the back of the ship! The best place on the whole ship, so Sadie thought anyway

Catalina Island from our ship!

A family photo at our Dining table. The kids loved having to order off a fancy menu each night. Mitchell really got into it, by the last night, he even ordered two Entree's. Mitchell was very brave and tried all sorts of NEW foods: Alligator fritters, roasted duck, and lobster. He also loved trying a new dessert out.

One of the 3 BlowHoles in the world. Who new Ensenada, Mexico has one of the 3!

The crew trying to get a little closer look at the BLOWHOLE!

Ensenada, Mexico cute, clean little americanized city. We let the kids have the real mexico experience by going to a Market in old town Ensenada.

Mitchell was able to capture this picture of giant seals up on the warm rocks!

Mitchell let loose on the pool deck and danced his heart out with his buddy he met from Ogden. He really surprised us all when he got out on the deck of the pool and started shaking his money maker!

Just one of the many, many hamburgers Mitchell was able to devour!

We topped the trip off with a Dodgers Baseball game. The boys loved every minute of it and all Sadie was interested in was what the vendors were selling in the aisle. We had to remind her that the FREE FOOD ended when we got off the ship!

The 2 boys in all there glory, watching there favorite team! We were even lucky enough to have an amazing firework show after the game. The highlight for the boys was when they opened the gated to the field and we were able to lay on Dodgers stadium watching fireworks. It was a perfect ending to a fabulous week!

Kade and I trying to capture a picture together!

The family out on Dodgers Stadium turf waiting for the firework show!

All in All we had a wonderful time, we laughed a lot, we ate a lot, we made some awesome memories and unfortunatley we packed on a few pounds. We are ALL looking forward to a fun filled vacation real soon!