Wes's mom made these beanies for the kids and they love them. Here is a picture of the boys posing with them. Thanks Grammy Tammy

The Cabin

For the 24th of July every year we go to The Cabin in Lakeside. This is my favorite time of year. We get to perform with our violins as a family in Snowflake and we get out of the heat and it rains each afternoon. It is just beautiful at the cabin. Wes is mowing the lawn with Mayley. It doesn't seem like a chores when there is a riding lawn mower. Then I took some funny pictures of Briley with Kade and Carson. It is sad that these are the only pictures that I took out of the whole weekend.

Utah Trip

We had a blast in Utah. We went up on Friday and did a Triathalon on Saturday. That is a picture of all the Miner Boys in their wet suits. Lets just say we finished with room to improve next year. Yes, we want to do it again next year. I actually did the duathon with Erin. We did the 15 Mile Bike and 5K run. I was surprised that I wasn't muscle sore the next day. I was sore from sitting on that bike seat though. Ouch!

On one of the days we went on a hike with all of Wes's family up Payson Canyon. It was a beautiful hike and it ended at a waterfall. The kids had fun playing in the freezing water.

We also went and saw Travis and Allison Bright, A long time family friend, and it was fun to see them again. Travis plays for the BYU Football team and he took us on a tour of where all the football players workout and meet for meeting and we even went into the locker room. I was surprised that it wasn't stinky in there. That was really fun to do.

It was a really fun trip and it is sad to be home and back to the real world of cleaning and laundry. Thanks to all of you who let us spend the night and day at your house. It was so much fun visiting you.

Rock Slides

Here are pictures of the kids sliding down the slides. They had so much fun. The water was freezing since it is melted snow from the top of the mountain.

Family Outing

Last Saturday we took a trip to Frye Mesa. The weather was perfect but the water was still really cold. It should be because the water is the run off of the melted snow on Mt Graham. It is beautiful up there and it is only about a half hour from our home. We will be taking alot more trips up there this summer. Maybe even camping.

A Big Helper

Colton was such a big helper a couple Saturdays ago. It seemed like it was raining every couple of days so we decided to move some rocks down our driveway. Colton wants to do everything his Daddy does.

This last weekend Wes's parents came up to our house to help with our yard. On Sunday we decided to have a picnic at the same spot that we went to last weekend. The kids wanted to show Dad where we went. So we packed a lunch and all went to the mountains and listened to the Sunday afternoon session of conference at our picnic spot.
It was pretty chilly up there, especially when we would sit in the shade. We had to wrap up in blankets.
Me and Colton relaxing in the sun. I sure am getting big. I'm not too uncomfortable yet. 8 more weeks left. Yeaaa!!!
Wes was helping Colton across the creek and he almost fell in. It was pretty funny to try and catch his balance and not get Colton wet at the same time. They made it across safely.

Landscaping Our Yard

We rented a tractor to landscape out yard on Friday. Dayton got up at 6 in the morning to go with Dad to pick up the tractor. Briley wanted to ride on the tractor before she went to school so Wes decided to take her to school with the tractor. She was sooo excited to ride to school on the tractor and show all her friends.
This is Colton riding on the tractor with Dad. He loved to sit up there and work with his Daddy. I liked it to because then I didn't have to worry about him getting in Wes's way.

Rainbow Day at Preschool

This day was rainbow day at Dayton's Preschool. His teacher requested that they wear the color of the day. With much bribery we finally got him to wear this polo shirt and Wes said that he would wear his matching one to work also. I also had to take him to the candy store after school and he got to pick out his own candy. After I took him to the candy store we went to Wes's work and showed everyone there that they were twins that day.