Sunday, July 31, 2011

Family Reunion {that was over a month ago}

Um, so a quick synopsis.  We go to the Payson Lakes Group Site every year on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday after Father’s Day for the Wilkey Family Reunion.  It’s also always the same weekend as the Manti Pageant and I’ve always wanted to take Carlos but he hasn’t seen it yet because of that.  Anyway.  It is a lot of fun and the kids have a blast.  This year there was a fun paddle boat race on the last day and everyone had a chance to make their boats the day before.  There were canoes and kayaks and a raft.  There was also a great talent show.  So here’s a photo journey of those few days.

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Obviously, Austin wasn’t a huge fan of the cold water.  Jaiden and Zach, on the other hand, loved it!

There was also a cool little platform that needed lots of love and attention.  Thanks to the Uncles for trying to make it work!

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And then there was the epic fit by exhausted Jaiden and Austin because they didn’t win in the Paddle boat race (Zach did) and the resulting screaming which, for Austin, lasted until the very bottom of the canyon when he too finally succumbed to sleep. 

The best was that the whole time they were crying, Zach was playing with his prize, a little stuffed bear, and singing along to “I’m bringing home a baby bumble bee!” 

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Blah

Today I feel like it really is more like a blah, blah, blah day.  I’ve got lots to post including family reunion and Fourth of July.  But I don’t really feel like doing anything.  I’d like to read one of the books I got from the library but there’s a “futbol” game in the background (I hate the sound of sports on tv, it’s just a big, awful white noise to me) and it’s too hot to go out in the hammock.  And it doesn’t matter where I go, I’ll just get mauled by the kids!  What I really should be doing anyway is making dinner or figuring out some other way to feed my family.  Hmm.

Friday, July 8, 2011

If you want more…

If you want to see more pictures of our hike at Jenny Lake, go to my photo blog, HERE and you can see some of the beautiful nature along the way.