Preschool!!

Degan ready for his first day of preschool

Headed out the door!

Walking to Miss Kim's

Degan was super excited to go to preschool!! He doesn't go until 12:30 so he was asking me ALL morning if it was time for him to go, I think he was afraid it would start without him!!  When it was finally time to go he happily headed out the door and made the long trek to the Bunker's house across the street!! How lucky are we to have preschool across the street!!

The Batcave!!

Gotham City and the Batcave

Batman to the rescue!!

Degan has been obsessed with Batman lately! He wants a Batman birthday party and wants to dress like him for halloween, so we decided to turn the cubby under our stairs into a batcave! Darin painted the city, we found the big batman sticker on amazon and got some stone looking tissue paper and wallpapered the back to look like a cave. The boys love it and are having lots of fun playing down there!!

A Hunting we will Go

Darin's very first Antelope

Notice the nice bullet hole

It took Darin 7 years to get his Antelope tag, so there was no talking him out of going on this hunt (believe me I tried) Him and Jeremy left early Thursday morning and drove to Ely, picked up another guy and than cruised over to his area to hunt. They soon discovered that all the antelope were on the farmers land grazing so they knocked on a few doors and asked if they could hunt on their property the first two said no, but third times the charm and this old guy named Todd took a liking to Darin and let him hunt on his property! Darin & Todd hopped in his truck and he takes him to where he saw some earlier, Darin takes a few shots and missed, so he drops Darin off by a water pump that's loud and hidden and tells him to hide there, he's gonna go back up and chase them down his way and to stick his barrel up one of the antelopes ass and shoot!! It went just as planned, they ran right past Darin and stopped about 75 yards away,  The antelope started to move on him again so Darin knew this would be his last chance. He took a shot and  ended up hitting the antelope in the head and it dropped instantly to the ground!! Todd told them after they gutted it to bring it up to the barn. They get it to the barn and Todd has a nice set up and helps Darin skin it and cut up the meat. They of course BS the whole time and Todd says he's not sure why he let Darin hunt on his property, he never lets anyone hunt on his property!! I'm glad he did cause the hunt was so fast they headed home that evening, the funny thing is he spent all day Wednesday packing up getting things ready and they didn't need any of it!! Oh well all that matters is he got something right?

Back 2 School

First day of second grade!

Mrs. Shumway's class!

I swear I blinked and summer was over, where does the time go? I know Dillon was secretly excited to start the 2nd grade even if he kept saying NO everytime we asked him!! He was a little nervous that morning and he made me stay and walk him to his classroom, but that's OK with me I like that in someways I'm still needed. I've heard good things about Mrs. Shumway and think it's going to be a fun year!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Let's Bowl!!

Go Daddy It's your Birthday!!

-Go Degan-

STRIKE!!

Darin turned "33" this year on the 28th of Aug. The first thing he said was "I think it's a good year for a mid life crisis I'm gonna buy me a motorcycle or a sports car!!" and than "I'm getting so old" The boys decided they wanted to take him out for lunch and bowling, so we headed into vegas and ate at the Cheese Cake Factory and than met the Overson's at the Santa Fe for some bowling, It was like our double dates in high school but we've added 7 little cuties and we're just a little older and wiser!!  Happy Birthday Honey/Daddy-We LOVE You!!

Locked & Loaded

Dad giving Dillon some pointers!

Dillon shooting his cricket by himself

Degan's Turn

Don't forget about Dusty Boy!

Darin got an antelope tag this year so he needed to go sight in his gun, so one evening we headed out to the shooting range in the wash and let the boys shoot a few bullets, even though none of them hit the targets they still had fun!! and I'm looking forward to all the father son hunting trips in the future!!

What the Hail??

Pretty Rainbow right before it hailed!

Boys Will be Boys!!

Cute little Piggies Wallowing in the Mud!

 Caught with their pants down!!!

Is it possible for it to hail in the middle of August in one of the hottest cities around?? you wouldn't think so and if I didn't witness it myself I would've said Hail No!! It was the craziest thing It got super windy for like 5 minutes than pea size hail started smacking against the windows and enough rain feel to fill up the courtyard and make a small river run down the road!! 10 minutes later it was as still as can be and the boys were out splishing and splashing around!! 

No More Diapers!!

Dusty on his way to the bathroom

Peeing on the big potty

After we got back from our last summer vacation I decided to potty train Dustin! He had been ready for awhile, but I held him off so we wouldn't have to deal with it while on the road. It only took him one day to get the peeing part down and only four days and one good spanking to get the pooping down!! Now the only problem is when he needs to go pee he pulls down his pants where ever he's at and walks to the bathroom with his shorts around his ankles!! (Silly kid he could get there a lot faster if he kept them pulled up) Once again I hit a milestone that makes me both happy & sad. No More Diapers!!! YAY! Sniff Sniff!!

On The Road Again!!

Became the theme song for our very last summer vacation!! We were gone for a week and spent almost everyday in the car to get to our many destinations!! It's a good thing our kids travel well!
 July 26th: Left early in the morning and drove to Utah, Played at a really cool park, Darin, Jordan, & Tristan took the boys to the nickle arcades and just hung out with the Spoerri's
 July 27th: Drove to Idaho, got pulled over for our tint being to dark,(and than the rest of the trip every time we saw a police car Darin would roll his window down at 80 MPH it gets a little windy) Got to the Doty's in the early afternoon and than we all headed to Jackson Hole Wyoming to do some camping and site seeing and than quickly decided that to fully enjoy Jackson hole you have to have lots of money to spend to do the cool stuff!!
July 28th: Drove to Afton to see my Dad's grave and ate lunch at the "Red Baron" (Darin thought it was over priced but my Dad would take me there when I was little for milkshakes and hush puppies, so it was fun for me!) Than we drove back to Idaho which by the way was beautiful, I enjoyed looking out my window for that 2 hour drive! and the kids kept spotting these HUGE bird nests on top of the power poles.  Dillon finally was brave enough to do a front flip on the tramp and the kids played in the rain.
July 29th: The kids played outside all morning and smothered poor Rusty (Doty's new dog) Than headed to Leo's Place for lunch! The kids had fun playing all the arcade games, winning tickets and getting prizes!! We than hopped in the car again and headed back to SLC. We found us a Hotel close to downtown  and let the boys go swimming. Darin taught Dillon to do back flips into the water! That night we went and walked the temple grounds and through the Joseph Smith Building.
July 30th: Austin & Kristie's Wedding Day! Darin took the boys swimming again that morning so Dillon could perfect his back flip! Took the boys to see a movie "Despicable Me" and went to get the oil changed where Degan decided that talking and bugging strangers would be a fun thing! He had a fake spider and kept putting it on his shoulder good thing the guys was nice and played along with Degan! (I guess he needs to watch the stranger danger video again) We than headed over to the Spoerri's for a family BBQ in honor of the happy couple! & some cake for Josh's 8th B-day! than the boys swam in the hot tub.
July 31st: Dillon & Josh got up way to early and got kicked off YouTube 6:30 that morning! Than everyone spent the morning setting up for the outdoor reception! In the afternoon a storm started rolling in and by the time the reception started it was sprinkling. Bon & Vern knew the neighbor lady so Degan asked her if him & his friends could go over and play in her yard! We than invaded a Mexican restaurant for some dinner! Went and said our good byes and made the trip back Home! we got home at two the next morning! I was a fun vacation but it's always nice to get home and sleep in your own bed!!

Happy Birthday to Me!!

For my Birthday Darin surprised me with a over night trip to the Golden Nugget in Vegas!! We first went and got pedicures (yes I made Darin get one too!) Went down to the pool (which was really cool) and had to get out after only 20 minutes cause they were closeing!! Than headed down to Fremont Street to watch the show and all the crazy people!! Thank You Honey for making #32 Fun!!

Duck Creek Days!!

What do you do in the summer time when it is way to hot to go outside?? You head for the hills to do some 4-wheeling!!
3 little monkeys!!

Cruisin with Aunt Carla & yes it rained on us AGAIN this year! The boys didn't mind they LOVED every minute!

I'm not sure how, but Dusty managed to fall asleep!

We spotted a buck, The kids were excited cause they had been looking all day for one!

Degan going fast with Daddy!

All nice & dirty from being rained on and than the dirt sticking to our faces! Fun Times

We enjoyed a nice cool weekend up at cedar mountain last weekend, It was Duck Creek Days so I talked Carla into pulling the 4-wheelers up! We spent the night at Casey & Katie's new apartment in Cedar Friday night and than headed up the mountain in the morning. We all had a good time cruising around, looking for reindeer (Degan kept calling them Santa's reindeer) and eating over priced food!!

God Bless America!

The boys patiently waiting for the candy run!!

Dusty telling Daddy a secret!!

Dillon doing a relay!

Degan on the slip-n-slide!

This was where the boys spent most of the day, In the dirt!! Creating cool things and having fun!!

Cutest boys ever!!

Fireworks at home

Watching Dad light off the bigger ones!

Katie, Degan, & Dillon playing with sparklers!

This year for the 4th we stayed home and took advantage of all the local festivities!! I can't imagine a better way to celebrate than by chasing after candy, playing in water, enjoying good food and lighting things on fire!! A perfect day for a bunch of Boys!!

Dusty's New Ride!

While on vacation at the KOA we spotted a kid with a bike that didn't have any peddles, We were very impressed with the bike and thought it was a good idea to teach kids how to get their balance first and skip the whole training wheel part! Darin started hunting around and found the "Strider" for Dustin! He absolutely LOVES his new ride and can keep up with his brothers when they go on bike rides now!!