Grown-Up Getaway!!!

Leaving the kids behind Craig and I took off for a long weekend with my sister Ashley and her husband David. We drove through Evanston and up to Bear River Lodge. It was great, the cabin was perfect and the fresh air was just what we needed, if only for a couple days. We rode four-wheelers all day on Saturday, and I had no idea how hard that way! Great way to workout the arms and have fun at the same time! Saturday was beautiful weather, and then Sunday on the drive home it snowed in the mountains! Welcome to June in Utah folks!!


Provo Falls


The Snowy Ride at the Top of the Mountain (June 7th)

Deer Straight Ahead!

View From the Back Patio of the Cabin!

Don't Let Her Fool You.. Nothing Angelic about that one! hehe

Niko's Last Soccer Game

I think the pictures say it all. Crazy kids!!!

A Day at the Aquarium

So I picked the kids up early one Friday afternoon and took them to the aquarium. Niko had been talking about it and when I told him that there was a new exhibit with piranhas in it he was even more excited!! J They had a great time doing the scavenger hunt through the entire Aquarium, and learning about all the different things that live under water. I tried to get Sam to touch a stingray but her hand went about two inches into the water (the stingrays were about a foot and a half down there) and she got freaked out and wouldn’t do it. The best was when we got to the electric eels, there is a machine that shocks you when you touch it, and I didn’t tell them what it did, just told them to touch it. Priceless child torture! Niko thought it was funny and kept shocking himself, Samantha wasn’t so amused.. imagine that! ;)

The Tulip Festival - Thanksgiving Point

So I decided that fresh air and beautiful flowers were in order before the upcoming four, five.. six?! Days of rain.. The kids liked being outside, rolling down the hills and smelling the flowers. It was cute to see them playing together, being kind to one another...they even exchanged a few hugs and kisses!!

Good thing I got pictures so I can remind them later on that they really do love each other!! :)

O-U-C-H!!!

So as it is in sports... accidents happen... This time it happened on Niko's face! He had just run down the field and scored yet another goal (one of many) and he was in the center to let the other team kick off. The other team kicked the ball at full force.... right into Niko's nose. The timing of this picture is amazing, too bad we were too busy tending to him so we didn't get any of the blood pouring from his nose. :) Ahhh... It's all for the love of the game.. Right? hehe

Once we stopped the blood he went back in full force. I was so proud of our tough little wee-man. :)

Happy Easter

Easter Egg Hunt (It was a COLD morning!)

Decorating Eggs

Easter Basket Loot!!

Soccer Time is Here Again!

Niko's Team - The Green Robots

This was after his 4th goal of the game! :)

Samantha's Team - The White Diamonds