Ward Campout

This year our ward decided to have a camping trip.  We went up to Camp Manapou.  It is north of Sun Valley.  We had a great time.  Ryan was able to come and go so he could work in the day and be with us at night.  It worked out great.  The kids had a fun time.  Brother Tree brought his four wheeler and let everyone have “rides”

Sister Schmidt was taking lots of pictures of everyone.

The kid tent got a little destroyed, but I was happy to let them destroy it instead of our tent!

We had some crafting and games during the day.  There were lots and lots of kids there.

It really was a great time.  Ashley got sick the last night and threw up.  That was not a fun experience with not showers….  It was a rough night.  The weather was perfect in the day but freezing in the night.  We survived though and hope to do it again next year!

Big Nielson Reunion

Much to our dismay we drove to Washington!  We thought we were going to be done with that drive for a while, but not so.  We were happy to get to go though.  It will always be home.  We had lots of new cousins to meet and play and swim and have lots of fun!

These little boys were dunking their heads in the buckets, they were so funny.  (Rett and Brad’s twins)

The weather was fantastic the first day.  Perfect for soaking yourself!

Michelle’s little girls were darling, just like their mommy.  They wanted their pictures taken too.  I was happy to oblige!

Rett couldn’t get enough of the water.

Bode brought every motorcycle he owns and shared with everyone.  Justin and Kurt took a few rides around out at the pool.

I just love the landscape and scenery.  Who would have thought you could miss a hay shed?

Emma could not resist Greg’s new born BIG baby.  I couldn’t resist him either.  He was so snuggly and cute!

Rett found Aunt Tricia’s car door opened and helped himself in.

I didn’t get any pictures of Justin he was pretty much MIA. We all had a great time and cant wait to get together with cousins again soon!

Story Time

The first story time of the summer involved some heavy equipment.  Rett was in heaven!  He climbed all over the loader and backhoe.

Lots of other kids caught on quickly too and wanted in!

Rett calls it a hahoe.  He is all farm boy!

Farm Equipment

Ryan called and told me to bring the kids to the corner to see his big load. 

The boys were quite thrilled when they saw his lights coming.

Big load!  I think they liked that little four wheeler best though!  Justin got to go with Ryan to unload and drive the four wheeler back.  He has spent a lot of time on the farm this summer and pretty much knows what is going on.  If he doesn’t he isn’t shy to ask a billion questions until he does know!

Rett didn’t cooperate…  he was too busy checking out the “wheel”

It’s harvest time!

Storms

We had quite a few dry lightning storms this summer. 

This one had been burning for a few days South of Richfield.  It was getting close to town so Ryan and I went out to see it. 

We left the kids home.  Another storm was just coming in with more lightning.  Ashley was pretty nervous at home so she said a prayer that it would rain and the fires would go out.  She called me to tell me what she had done.  She heard something outside and went to look and it was pouring rain.  She was so happy her prayer was answered, and quickly!  We literally watched the fire go out with the little cloud burst and down pour.  Im so glad Ashley has such faith!  We learned again that prayer works!

Atomic Days Parade

After the race we went back to the cabin and had breakfast then back into town for the parade.  The hi lights were the airplane ping pong ball drop, the motorcycles, and the princesses.  It was a fantastic parade.

After the parade we got to go meet the princesses at the drive in.  Claire LOVED them.

She is for sure they are coming to her birthday party.  We will have to see about that!

What a fun treat, now we don’t need to go to Disneyland!

Atomic Days 5k Run

Paige invited me and our sister in laws to run in a race with her.  So about 6 weeks before the race I started running, and running, and running! The first day I ran I made it and 1/8th of a mile so I had lots of work to do!  I finally ran the whole 3.1 miles a week before the race.  It was cool.  I was happy to get this chance, it was quite and adrenaline rush!

Sara, Me, Kimaree (Paige’s sister), and Paige.

I ended up 3rd in my age group, that was a HUGE surprise, maybe there were only 3 of us in my age group??  I don’t know how many there were, here is my time:

I was 33rd overall, I think there were around 60 runners?  I was really happy with the hole experience anyway!

We had an excellent cheering squad.  Ryan’s parents were there and all of our families were there to cheer us on.  It helped lots!  I cant wait to do another race.  It was such a fun experience!

Crashed Pivot

The day water went out one of Ryan’s old faithful pivots fell off of a bridge.  It resulted in a big mess.  Thankfully (I guess) there was no more water so we didn’t need to rush to get it put back together.  It is back together now though.

Here is the guilty party, it just ran off the bridge and caused 4 towers to go down.