Sydney turnes 11

Sydney's big day has finally come.  

Sydney

She loves to read

Loves Legos

Enjoys proving people wrong

Is a great student

Very reliable

Loves Fishing and the outdoors

and is extremely organized.

We are very lucky to have her in our family and can't wait to see what all she accomplishes in life. 

Back to School

School has started again.  Sydney has begun the big adventure called Middle School and Kaden has started 2nd.  They both had first day jitters but we know that they will do just fine.

Kaden's Birthday

This week Kaden turned 7, as usual we started counting down about a month before.  

A Little about Kaden:

He Loves Legos

Loves riding his bike and dirt bike

He has tons of energy

Going into 2nd Grade

Loves to keep his room clean

He also enjoys anything outdoors (Camping, Riding 4 wheelers, and fishing)

Our lives would be very boring without him!!!

Grandma Camp

Grandma Camp was a huge success.  They all slept outside in tents, they were also divided into groups so that they could help with meals and clean up.  Of course some groups helped a little more than others.

 After the kids were all situated, we started out with a service project at the Happy Factory oiling cars for kids.  We also were able to see how all the cars are made.

 Thursday we went to the swimming pool.

 Everyone was able to get in some good marshmallow roasting time.

 We ended with a hike down from the "C" that everyone thought would only be about a mile and it ended up being 4.37 miles.   They were all troopers and enjoyed the adventure.

Upper Silas

We spend a day fishing upper Silas Lake in the Wind Rivers.  We started out riding the four wheelers to the Wilderness boundary and then hiked the rest of the way.  Kiley fished, Sydney and Kaden enjoyed playing on the big boulder, they also got in a little fishing.  

Mt. Rushmore

Kaden's only request this summer was to visit Mt. Rushmore.  So on Tuesday morning we started the 6 hour drive.  After being there about 30 minutes we had a hail storm come through and everyone had to find shelter. Sydney was convinced we were going to have a tornado along with the hail... She has always been our worrier... Thankfully she was wrong. It was a great and trip!

24 Cords and Counting

We started cutting logs 6 years ago when Kaden was only 1, and since then we have cut four cords of wood each summer since.  

Sydney working hard.

Kaden playing in the dirt,  he did haul a few logs.

This year

2008