Family Reunion in Heber

Over Memorial Weekend my family went to Heber and stayed in a really neat cabin. It was fun to have all of us together. My sister and brother who live in Utah were there too. All the cousins had such a great time and there were relatively few squabbles. We all had food assignments, and activity assignments. The kids loved my brother Shane's geo caching adventure and it was really fun to see them search and find the cache and then pick out a treasure. Rachel planned a fun scavenger hunt with a treasure bag at the end. Of course it would not be a real reunion without the VanCott tournaments. The cabin had an air hockey table, pool table and ping pong table. It was fun to see the competiveness come out and boy do we have a lot of it! The best part for me was the late night game nights with laughing to tears. Good times!Me, Sammi, my Mom and Sisters!
Shane explaining the art of geo caching to his neices and nephews

Treasure bags!

The whole gang!

Chicken Fun!

My kids love our chickens! It is so funny to watch them pick them up, carry them around, slide them down the slide and jump with them on the trampoline. I know it may sound on the side of abusive but they really are good with them. We have six that are full grown hens that just starting laying and eight chicks that we just got a few weeks ago. Our goat is so funny with them and the chickens will hop on the goats back and eat the bugs off! It has been good for our kids to have animals and to take care of them and collect the eggs.

Karoke Indians

Kimball went on a hike to the San Tan Mountains for boy scouts the other day. He loves scouts and just got his bobcat at the last pack meeting. He came home from the hike and he was telling us all about it. He says "We learned about the Karoke Indians." Who? Huh? Oh, the Cherokee Indians! We all got a good laugh. He is a funny kid and can quote Shaggy from Scooby Doo really funny too!

To go or not to go

My 20 year high school invitation came the other day. Yikes! How time flies by. I am debating back and forth on whether or not to go. I was able to go to the picnic during the day for my 10 year and was glad I did that. My brother got married that weekend and his reception fell on the night part so we did'nt go to that. I have a few friends that I would love to see but they live out of state and I am not sure if they will go or not. Anyway, I am trying to decide if I should go or not and right now I am leaning toward going. Any advice?

Panic Attack!

Yesterday I was running my errands since Jake was working from home. I was in Costco and looking at the salmon. I turned around to put it into my cart and my cart was gone! I started second guessing myself, did I leave it somewhere? I look all around and don't see it. So, I start walking and I see this lady with my cart. I approach her and say "you have my cart" and she looks down and notices that it is not her cart and appoligizes and says "Wouldnt that have been funny if I had gotten to the check out and then noticed. I am thinking No way, I am so glad that I got my cart back with my purse in it! She had taken my cart instead of hers and walked off. I have never had that happen before. Scary!

Birthdays Birthdays Birthdays!

February and March are the busiest for our family and birthdays. We celebrated Tanners, mine, Sammi's and Tessas. So this post is a recap of their birthdays. Tanner wanted to go camping and fishing for his birthday so that is what we did. We went to Roosevelt Lake and a couple other families from our ward came too. My camera's battery died after one picture so I got one of the big fish Trevor caught. Tanner didnt catch anything but he loved being in all the action and using his new fishing pole. It is kind of a joke that Jake loves to fish but isnt very successful. So, sorry Tanner you get all the experience and more experience! We went on a hike to the indian ruins and it was such a nice day. The kids did so good and even Tessa hiked most of the way. I had Makenna in the front carrier but Jake ended up carrying her a lot of the way up. It was enough of a struggle to get myself there! It was such a fun weekend, we want to go again soon. Thanks for the adventure Tanner and Happy Birthday Big Boy! We love you! Great big Carp!

Tessa just turned 2! She is such a sweet and fun little thing! We had family over and she was so excited for her birthday and loved to hear us sing to her throughout the day. She loves princess stuff and to dress up. Happy Birthday Tessa! We love you!

Sammi had a birthday party with all her friends. She planned it all herself and did a great job with all the games. She wanted Hawaiian haystacks for dinner and apple pie and ice cream. She is officially a teenager now and is loving the role, I am still getting used to the idea. She is such a good helper and we love to hear her laughing. She keeps us all on our toes. Love you Sammi!

Ragnar Relay Race

Jake participated in the Ragnar Relay Race last month with eleven other runners. There were some that he knew well and others that he didnt. There were the Sherwoods and the Smiths from our ward and our sister in law Julie and the others were friends of the Smiths. This was his first time and everyone else's too. They ran three legs each and alternated through the race. They had a couple of hotel rooms to crash in and take a shower when they were not running. He enjoyed it and will probably do it again next year. There were over 150 teams of twelve so it was a busy race. We went to the finish line at the end and Jake and his team ran in together. Go Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins. That was there team name!