Today is Bridger's Birthday!

Happy happy birthday, Bridger!  We love you so much--you make me laugh everyday--let's face it, you make a lot of people laugh...everyday.  As much as I wish that I could just freeze you and kiss your cheeks forever, I am so glad that you'll let me kiss you "even when your a teenager".  I just hope I can treasure every moment with you while you're still so little and kissable!  And I love how,  now that you're 4, you flex your muscles all the time.....
We had such a great Memorial Day weekend--we had planned to go camping with our friends, but due to rain, we decided to do a couple of daytrips instead.  We each took a day, and we had a blast.  I just love being up in the mountains!
On Saturday, we went up the canyon and found a great picnic spot, it looked like rain, but luckily for us, it held off just long enough.  I took a ton of pictures, and have posted a ton too.  Hopefully it's not too boring, but it's my blog and I can do what I want :)
Our picnic spot was right next to the river--and so gorgeous!  It's nice that our kids are just old enough to understand and be afraid fo the water--cause it was moving quick!  After lunch, we did a hike up to a waterfall.  I couldn't believe how much snow there was still on the ground!  If anyone misses the winter--there's still plenty of sledding up here....anyone??? I didn't think so.
The boys were so cute walking through the mud puddles and snow--they would hike their pants up like little pioneer women--and even walk on their tip toes.  You just have to laugh :)



Me and Naoma--she is such a great friend!  So glad they invited us this weekend.



Is it bad to eat 4 smores?  I mean, really, it's only half a chocolate bar--4 marshmallows and 4 graham crackers.  Is it really that bad?  Okay, is it bad to do it 2 days in a row?  I didn't think so either.

Kenney just ate her smores in stages:  first the chocolate, then the chocolate and finally the chocolate.  Don't let the graham cracker fool you--she just carried it around for show.
Faith sat at the table for a long time...She just helped herself--it was so cute.
seriously, why do my kids have to make faces in every single picture!  They don't mean to--Kennedy is trying to smile--Bridger just needs to "act like a human boy!"

On Sunday, we drove up with Jeremy's parents to visit his grandparents gravesites.  His paternal grandparents are buried a couple hours north of here--in the most beautiful canyon.  This picture doesn't do it justice, but it is right on the hillside.  It was pouring rain at the time, which made it even prettier.  I never got to meet Jer's grandfather, Clint, but I did get to know Thelma (his grandmother) enought to love her.  It was a great trip.  And if you ask,  Bridger will tell you all about his "great great great great great great great great" grandparents (it goes on forever, there is really only one "great"--he just gets on a roll and goes with it, I guess.)



And here we are at Jer's maternal grandmother's site (Rhea)--I never met her either, but I hear she was amazing :)
Now onto Monday, Bridger's birthday.  Who doesn't love to start out the day with donuts??  It was a little tricky today, because we had already given Bridger his birthday present.  He kept asking how many presents would be waiting for him in the morning, I kept telling him none, he kept crying.  He was getting the whole Santa/birthday thing mixed up.  Finally, I explained to him that birthdays weren't about presents (Grinch, anyone???) they were about having fun...and eating lots and lots of treats.  Well, that put a smile on his face.  He was finally able to fall asleep :)
This time we went up a different canyon--the weather was perfect!  Bridger and Tommy entertained themselves with a rope--great fun.  
There were also little caterpillars everywhere!  They freaked Kennedy out, but Bridger and Tommy loved them!  They named them, loved them and talked to them like I talk to little babies...it was pretty funny.  Isn't this the cutest picture ever? 

Here is Bridger blowing out the candles with the "pretend" flames.  It was a little too windy.  Bridger just goes with it when I make up weird stuff like that (he's used to me, I guess) but Tommy must think I am out of my mind!
Another hike--this is a must see for everyone!  A 360 degree view of the entire valley.  Gorgeous!!!!




Smelling, I mean inhaling the flowers....

What a fabulous weekend!  What a beautiful place we live in and what great friends we have!

Our Stay-cation and Marathon!

Last weekend, I ran the Ogden marathon....relay that is. Okay, there is just no way my body can go 26 miles, but 6 I can do. I was invited to run with my friends Kara, Tara, Jessica and Michelle. It was a blast! Got really sweaty and really sore, but I'd still call it a good time. I even got a medal--not just anyone got one--you had to finish to get one :) it's really shiny.

And can I just say how thrilling it was for me to watch everybody--especially those full-marathoners--cross the finish line? It was down right emotional! I loved it when, at the end of the race, the runner's family would jump in there with them and they would cross the finish line together--how sweet!

I so looked forward to seeing Jer, Bridg and Kennedy when I finished my portion. Bridger gave me a great big hug--he didn't care that I was all sweaty (and boy was I...), but he did tell me that I smelled like leaves (could be worse).....
We had two teams running the relay and lucky for me, I was able to run with a fun girl, Sherrie, I guess we pushed each other to run faster, cause I don't think I've ever run so fast--and neither had she! Funny how that works.

Here I am at my finish line giving my time chip to Kara. It was such a beautiful race--all down the canyon. In between breaths, I would look up and enjoy the snow covered mountains, the green pastures, the horses and the beautiful lake. It was gorgeous! The weather was perfect, and I would love to do this again next year.

Kennedy and Bridger loved my medal

almost as much as I did :)

We stayed for a few nights up in the canyon--we entertained ourselves with the cooler. First, I gave Bridger and Kennedy a ride, then they gave me one......not really....

We brought our bikes with us and even though I was dead tired, exhausted and otherwise almost unable to walk, we went for a ride :)

No, really, it was fun. We found this cute old building--a fun backdrop for pictures. Bridger took this one of me and Jer--and I think he did a great job! I was really impressed considering he never even looked at the screen--lucky shot.

Here is the dam. Jeremy just desperately wanted me to "swear" in a blog post. Happy now???

And on our way home, we stopped for a good ole mountain hike--our first one of the year (yippee!). I am so excited it is hiking season again

However, much to my suprise, Bridger's imagination has grown--in fact, exponentially since last summer. While hiking, he wondered if Heavenly Father created trees, who created spooky trees?? And then, all of a sudden "what's that?" Ummm...tree roots? I guess they did kinda look like creatures emerging from the earth.... Then, Bridger informed us that he prefers to only hike in the sunlight--no in the shadows. The shadows are spooky. Okay, so we will stick to the desert? Has this kid been reading twilight???

We'll just have to ease him into it, I guess. Crazy kid. Kennedy's a breeze. She just needs something to snack on. She's like a little monkey on your back--a little happy monkey.