Mitch Calls Me "ACE"

One of the awesomest moments of my summer was this shot. I don't go shooting and I'm not into guns, but  this shot made me grin from ear to ear and my heart was just pumping with adrenaline. I was smiling and overly giddy the rest of the night. I hadn't done something this exhilarating for a long time, in one shot I hit an exploding target and Mitch called me ACE!




Addie & The Final Countdown

On our way up to Idaho we stopped by the Oliver house in Kaysville to visit with Marc and Molly and the cousins of course. Addie, Tyler and Jared all busted some moves for us as entertainment after dinner. It's the final countdown... now push play!



Thanksgiving Point

On our many travels this summer we got to do some pretty fun things. After staying two weeks in central Utah the kids and I made our way north toward Idaho and we bid farewell to Mitch as he drove first to Colorado Springs, then on to San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston.We made a few stops along the way to Caldwell and Thanksgiving Point was our first. The greatest part is we got in for FREE, yes that's right, all of you Milwaukeeans, your Discovery World pass will get you into the Dinosaur exhibit!! Ok, so the kids had a blast and it broke up the drive a little bit. They have all sorts of interactive things for the kiddos to do including, a small cave to climb into, dinosaurs to play with, wings to unfold and flap about like a giant insect, a water table where you can bury your dinosaurs, flood them out of existence or just get messy,they also have a dino dig where the kids dug up prehistoric bones. Addie and Wesley are starting to be really good friends and they played really well together as we walked through the museum, well they ran around like wild children, but they were having fun, and they didn't steal any bones from the dinosaurs, so it was totally ok with me.

"I'm Bored" Fixes 1. Have a pajama day, make breakfast, watch cartoons etc. 2. Have a treasure hunt "x" marks the spot 3. Grow a garden 4. Hold a family reading competition for the summer or for a week or two, have a prize if goals are accomplished 5. Make a summer to do list and hang where everyone can see it 6. Learn a new skill 7. Create crafts crafts.kaboose.com 8. Sly a kite 9. Knit bandages for leprosy victims leprosybandages.blogspot.com 10. Go to the library 11. Make some frozen treats 12. Grow a sunflower 13. Start a journal 14. Be chef for a day 15. Host an olympics 16. Grow butterflies insectlore.com 17. Make an anything goes lunch 18. Play with bubbles 19. Hold a no electricity day 20. Enjoy fresh fruit 21. Use work books 22. Attend a concert in the park 23. Go fishing 24. Live outside for a day 25. Hold a family science fair 26. Go ice skating 27. Have a cupcake day 28. Start a collection 29. Organize a block party 30. Service 31. Have a garage sale 32. Stargaze 33. Have a photography contest 34. Go on a scavenger hunt 35. Participate in a race 36. Make pinatas 37. River wade 38. Paint 39. Read aloud 40. Attend a festival 41. Have a talent show 42. Make razzle dazzle shirts 43. Go to the zoo 44. Host a game show 45. Go horseback riding 46. Go indoor camping 47. Go to a farmers market 48. Make seashell critters 49. Take a day trip 50. Tell some tales 51. Make salsa 52. Make homemade lemonade 53. Have an archeology dig 54. Volunteer at an animal shelter 55. Attend the county fair 56. Have a theme picnic 57. Play uno 58. Scrapbook 59. Play night games 60. Make a fort 61. Show and tell 62. Create a homemade waterpark