Camping Over the 4th of July

I am sorry that I have updated our blog lately, but we have been busy with life. Our last camping trip was over the 4th of July. We went camping with our friends Jeff and Shawna and my brother Mike. Our camp site was very grassy. Shawna had brought the game "horsey ball" or something like that to play. The object of the game was to throw two bouncy balls, attached together by rope, to a hurdle looking thing that had bars on it. The balls are suppose to wrap around one the bars for points. The first person or team to twenty won the game. Before we could even play the game, Justin and Jeff (with help from Tyler and Garrett) flattened the grass with the four wheelers so we had a relatively flat area to play the game on.

Tyler liked playing the game. He would run and fetch the balls his mom threw way out of bounds. Needless to say, I sucked playing the game. I never scored any points. I'm just not the talented. Besides playing horsey balls, we went four wheeling and just relaxed.

Jeff and Shawna had brought their dogs camping so we took Miley with us. We would take Tyler and Garrett on little rides down the road while the dogs ran. Miley did a good job staying with us. During one of the dog runs, Uncle Mike let Tyler drive the four wheeler all by himself. Mike sat behind Tyler while he drove down the road. Tyler had a grin from ear to ear when he stopped. Mike said he did not do too bad considering this was his first time.

No camping trip is complete with having smores. Garrett and Tyler love smores! They also love roasted marshmellows! They even like plain marshmellows! My boys love sugar just like their dad!

T-Ball

Tyler is playing t-ball this summer. His team is the Mariners. Tyler enjoys t-ball. He really likes to play at the pitchers position or first base. When the coach puts Tyler in the outfield, he gets bored and does not pay attention. Part of that is because he is not playing the position he wants to. Last week, he had a really nice hit. Here is a picture of Tyler starting to swing at the tee. Here is Tyler finishing a hit. Sometimes he will turn his whole body with the follow through.

Here is Tyler trying to get the ball. He is playing first base so he is happy.

The program Tyler plays t-ball through encourages the kids to have fun and learn the basics of the sport. They do not keep score. Each game is two innings long. When Tyler's team is at bat, every kid will take a turn batting. After everyone has batted, they will all go to the infield/outfield and practice catching the ball. The coaches work with the kids and teach them where to throw the ball after it is caught.

Tyler is having fun learning the basics of catching and throwing and batting. We will keep you updated on how the season goes.

Here is Tyler throwing the ball.

Swimming Fun

A couple of weeks ago, I took the boys swimming. We met a couple other moms and their kids and had a fun afternoon in the sun and water. My kind of day. :) Tyler loved swimming. He was quite content in his life jacket and would motor around the pool just fine. I had to constantly keep looking for him because he would just swim away from me.

Garrett also had fun in the pool. He liked to hang out by the edge of else on me. He would occasionally float around, but he liked to stay close to me. This is a change from May. I guess in May when he went swimming in SLC, he was all over the place.

Overall, it was a nice day. It was warm, sunny and the water was nice. The boys had fun. They keep asking when they get to go swimming next. My response to that is when it is hot out and when I am off of work.

Transformers 2

As some of you know, my boys (little and big) really like Transformers. When Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen came out, we attended the 12:01 am showing on June 24 due to my big mouth. I was joking around with Justin and Mike and said that there was going to be a midnight showing of Transformers and that we should go since I worked the whole weekend. I never thought they would really want to go at that time. I was wrong. We went to the movie with our friends Jeff and Shawna. They had two theaters sold out for a 12:01 am and 12:02 am showing. The movie was OK. Justin thinks this movie has lots more action than the first one. It was fast enough, that I did not pay attention to the time. I was surprised when we were going home at 2:45 am. The nice part was I was able to sleep in. Justin unfortunately had to get up and go to work the next morning. It was his choice to go to the late movie just so he could be one of the first to see the new Transformers.

Happy 4th of July

Since tomorrow our nation is going to be celebrating it's independence, I wanted to wish you a happy Fourth of July. This is a time of year many people will gather with family and friends for barbecues and fireworks in honor of our country being free. Many soldiers have sacrificed their lives in order for us to be free. I hope everyone will take time and reflect on the many freedoms we have as Americans. I hope everyone has a safe, fun filled fourth. We will be enjoying our freedom while camping in the mountains and riding our four wheelers.

The Wink

We have a little flirt on our hands! Garrett loves to blink and wink at people! This past weekend, he has gotten really good at winking. Garrett will wink when he wants to be cute, especially if he has done something he should not have done. The problem is he really is cute when he winks. Hopefully, this will just be a toddler phase and he will outgrow it before he becomes a teenager. I can only wish...

Father's Day Sunday Drive

Yesterday, we took a drive out to Avalanche Gulch to check out camping spots for over the fourth of July. Uncle Mike and Miley went with us. Once we got out to check on a spot, Uncle Mike walked with Miley and the boys on the road. Garrett was trying to jump in the mud puddles when he thought he could get away with it. Tyler would run up the road then wait for Uncle Mike to catch up with him. Miley loved being able to go in the truck and then go on a walk. She really liked it when Justin would drive through the mud puddles. What a crazy pup! We even made it back to town before it started raining. Overall, it was a nice Sunday drive.