Sunday

Today we had the task of getting Brady's stitches out. Holy cow!!! Why are my kids are more afraid that its going to hurt than it actually hurting? I was about ready to knock him out so we could skip all the crying and yelling and drama! Drive me crazy! Anyway after about an hour of working on it we finally got them all out, and it looks great. There is a fire about 30 km's SW of town so the sky is full of smoke. We came out of church with ash on our cars and an eerie red sun. Looks like it is raining now so that is a blessing. It's always so nice to go to church here and see everyone, sacrament was very loud, I forget how quiet ours usually is. After church we had a family dinner at Aunt Maureen's house, it is so beautiful up there. Most of the family came which was nice, a lot of people there thats for sure.
Not sure what the plan for the day is, I put the kids to bed early last night (9:00) and they all threw a huge fit, but they are still sleeping and its almost 8, they were sooo tired! Anyway thats it for now!

Day 2,3,4

Thursday was another beautiful day. We went down to Riverside Park and had a picnic and let the kids play at the park for awhile, Beckett loved all the sand and they had fun playing on the swings and stuff. That afternoon we mowed the lawn some, (it takes a LONG time like 5 hours long time) so we didn't get it all done. We had another softball game that night which was fun. I do miss playing softball!
Yesterday was a GREAT day. Dad and Ammon had the day off so we went off to our favorite fishing lake, Rum Cache and had a ton of fun fishing. We got to drive over Kenny Dam, which was sooo cool to the kids and also got to see Cheslatta Falls on the way back home. The kids hooked tons of fish, but we got only one into the boat. I had a real big one and as I was reeling it in, 3 major things happened. Beckett tried to jump out of the boat so I grabbed him between my knees, I kept reeling in the big sucker, my pole was bent almost in half, then the reel broke off the pole, so here I am Beckett stuck between my knees, reel off the pole and I am still trying to bring it in. I got it all the way to the boat and was about to lift it in, when he decided he had teased me long enough, jerked hard and swam away!! AAARRRGGGHHH! We got to see a cow moose and her calf walking up the bank from getting a drink, that was cool, havven't seen one of those for awhile, and of course wild animals are always great for the kids. The boat motor decided it had had enough for one day, so we spent the remainder of the day casting from the shore, and we actually caught quite a few that way. The kids loved casting all day long and we could hardly get them away from it. What a fun day!! On the way home we drove past the first block I ever logged, crazy that was like 12 years ago, the new trees are already so tall, 146 on the Holy Cross road. Those are the days when I was a working woman. I am grateful Dad let me work with him so I could pay for school, crazy as it was! We were so tired although the kids always say, "but mom the sun is still up, why do we have to go to bed?" Daylight is really throwing us off. Last night we went to bed at 10:30, 10:50 I could still read my watch in bed. I woke up and 3:30 and it was already starting to get light, CRAZY! I really miss these days!!

Today we went 4 wheeling up to Homestead Lake, Janae and Brooklyn got swamped, with water up to their seat, so funny! I do not miss all the BUGS though! The kids think they have died and gone to heaven with all the fun stuff to do up here, Brady loves going everywhere with Grandpa and got to drive the tractor home (about 10 miles) the other day. WE got the slip and slide out and they had fun playing in the water, and we all got a little too much sun, good thing Mom has some aloe vera lotion. We got a babysitter for the kids and went out for Chinese food at 9:00, who goes out for dinner at 9? Hey the suns is still shining why not? Another good day.
(ps. I can't get pictures to upload from here, so I will have to post them when I get home. Shucks!)

Day 1

Well all of these posts will probably be short, cause I don't have a lot of time on the computer, but I thought i would write a little everyday so I can remember what we did. Yesterday we went to Tyanna's for breakfast, then went and looked at all the cows on the dairy, went to the milking barn and saw all that cool stuff, if you think your couple of animals smell, that ain't nothing!!! The kids were plugging their noses and complaining of the smell. Then we hiked down to the river and let the kids play in it for a bit, Beckett about got himself drowned, the kid has no fear and the one second I was helping Emree decided to take a walk out in the river, good thing he's short so he didn't get far, but still was face down, enough to give me a scare anyway and to soak himself. We came back to Mom's and put Beckett to sleep for his nap. Brooklyn went with Grandpa to Prince George and Brady, Emree and I went to visit Kaelen (my cousin) and Rochelle. The kids had fun playing in the backyard and especially love that we can ride the 4 wheeler everywhere. We came back and got everyone else and went to Aunt Eileen's to play on the playground, came back again and then rode our bikes the couple miles to Aunt Renetta's to say hi. Came home, made dinner and then went to play softball for Gulbransons team. Was a fun day, we were so tired and fell asleep fast. At 10 pm the sun hadn't even set yet, just getting dusk. It is really throwing Beckett off, then it starts to get light at about 4, CRAZY!! But there is nothing like summer up here!! So beautiful!!! Monday is the longest day of the year, I told the kids we will try and stay up until it gets dark, not sure if I want to pull an all nighter though!!! Anyway thats our day. On the schedule for today: visit Aunt Maureen, Ruby, another softball game and maybe put the pool and slip and slide up. I am feeling bad for all those back at home, Chas said that he had to start a fire last night after working outside all evening, it is soooo nice here!!! Lovin' the summer weather!