HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

My Daddy and his brother Parley!

Today is my Daddy's 78th birthday! I am so sad he has to be in the hospital on his birthday! I love you!

1st DAY OF SCHOOL!

Brooklyn is a Senior at Maple Mountain High School and Caitlyn is a Freshman at Mapleton Jr. High.

PICTURES!

Sunday we decided to go for a ride up Hobble Creek Canyon and we took the camera. We enjoyed taking some snapshots!

HIKING TO THE Y!

Chaz hiking to the Y! He has to stop on the way to find 2 geo caches!

He made it to the top! Wow, what a view!

The map up the mountain to the Y!

SHOOTING GUNS!

Chaz shooting the big gun!

Chaz watching Catie shoot the big gun!

Mike took them shooting so he could sight in

his guns for hunting!

Cabela's!

We went to the Cabela's store to see all the animals and to play in the shooting range!

Chaz and Catie shooting!

Kennecott Copper Mine!

This is the information about the huge tires on the trucks!

This is the size of the tires on the big dump trucks!

Catie, Mike, Brooke, Chaz

This is the dump trucks driving around!

This is the mine! We watched the video and it is amazing what goes on here! It was a fun trip!

BRIDAL VEIL FALLS & BYU!

Chaz, Catie, Brooke

Sunday after church we went to Bridal Veil Falls! The water was freezing cold. 

 Then we drove to the BYU football stadium. 

This is the BYU Cougar!

4-WHEELING AT FAIRVIEW CANYON!

Caitlyn & Chaz ready to go!

Eating lunch after playing in the mud!

Chaz, Caitlyn, Jared, and Brooke! It was pouring rain and freezing - yes in July!

We were way high up in the mountains with the snow!

Brooke & Jared mud bogging!

Caitlyn & Chaz trying to get stuck!

MISSISSIPPI!

The highlight of our vacation was Mike catching this bass out of my Dad's pond. Now, does he like fishing?

Caitlyn caught this brim!

Brooke and Caitlyn loved catching butterflies! This is their equipment they used to catch them!

The domino Tournament went on for days! Who is the winner really?

 Brooke and Catie had to swim in the cow trough at least one time with all the bugs!

This is Sophie. We took care of Lee & Lori's dog while they went to Florida! Catie was a good babysitter!

Riding in the back of Grandpa's truck!

 Watching the loggers cut and load the trees on Grandpa's land!

 This little bird layed eggs in Grandma's wreath right by the front door of the house! It was fun to watch her everyday!

We went swimming at Stephanie's beautiful pool! It was so nice to "cool" off! We had so much fun!!

4-WHEELING!

We went 4-wheeling on Monday, July5th up Spanish Fork Canyon and had the time of our life! It was so dusty but nice and cool! We drove 40 miles to see where Brooke and Catie walked on their pioneer trek!
Catie & Kendyl Madsen started out in the Yamaha Rhino!

 Our first stop was to play in the water!

I should have not worn a black shirt, it was brown from the dust!

We drove to this beautiful lake and ate lunch!

Our next stop was so Mike could wash his face in the water!
Catie, Mike, Kendyl

Catie had to demonstrate how she washed her hair here when she was hiking with the pioneers!

Our last stop was so I could play in the water! What a fun day!

STADIUM OF FIRE!

We all dressed in Red & White and then 

went to dinner at Costa Vida!

After dinner we went to the LaVelle Edwards Stadium at BYU! Carrie Underwood's concert was AMAZING! She was so entertaining and we loved every minute of it!

 Then the fireworks started! They were the best they have ever been! It was so loud and colorful!

Our favorite part of the night was the fighter jets that flew over the stadium! They were right above us!

JULY 3RD!

Mike and I decided to Hike to the "Y" to watch the hot air balloons. We got a very early start and it was so nice and cool! The balloons never made it up because of the wind! Oh well, we got a good workout!

MOM'S SCARED!

Brooke's best friend Jared got this bullet bike! Yes, Mom is scared!

EXTREME ROOM MAKEOVER!

Mike and I decided to do an "Extreme Room Makeover" for Brooke and Catie while they were gone for 4 days. We turned their pink sewing/craft room into a "Girls Lounge!" We had so much fun painting, decorating, shopping, sewing etc. to surprise them. It turned out so cute and girly!