Camping, Parades, & Fishing = Summer

This summer has been so much fun. We have been able to do a lot of camping, fishing, 4-wheeling, and all the summer festivities. It is has been so fun to live so close to the mountains that we love.


This was us waiting for the fireworks. Tyce did not love the fireworks. Everytime the loud boom would go off he would ask if they were shooting rock-chucks (which Rustin has shot a lot of so he is pretty sure that is what guns are for). He would cover his eyes with his blanket for awhile and then watch the fireworks for awhile, then cover his eyes, etc. It was so funny.


He has just started really like riding the horses. He loves to ride bareback. Me and my sisters go up to my parents house sometimes once a week to take our kids riding which has been really fun.



We went to Grandma Walker's for Lamb Days and had donuts while waiting for the parade.



He loves the parades. At first he didn't care a lick for the candy, he was so fascinated by the tractors, firetrucks, "cool dude cars", and trailers, and everything else with a motor, we could not get him to pick up the candy.



But he caught on after awhile.


He loves to fish with his Dad.



He was so excited about the fish - he wouldn't leave them alone.


These boys love their "Grampy".


We went to Rustin's family reunion known as Mickel Camp and their big tradition is to bring up a mutton and cut it up right there and cook. Kind of a fun tradition if you like mutton. The smell is a little more then I can handle but they love it.



Tyce went frog hunting with his cousins.


They caught a salamander and Tyce kept calling it an alligator.


This is his construction site. He asked me for some grapes but didn't eat them - he had a better use for them. Whatever entertains them, right?

Fishing in the Boat

We went fishing at Hunington the other evening with "Grampy". It was so fun. Tyce loved it!


It was his first time in the boat. I thought he would get pretty restless in such a tight space but he did really well. He was pretty entertained by watching the water but wasn't content with the pace of trolling. He kept begging Grampy to go faster. He figures anything with a motor should go fast fast.




It was a little tricky to keep him from jumping in but I considered it successful since he was only wet to his elbows. I didn't want to actually need the over-sized life jacket he was wearing. It was so beautiful and a lot of fun. It's so fun to watch him do things for the first time. Everything is such a thrill.

Summer happenings

Summer has been busy as always and so much fun. Rustin and I took a beautiful 4-wheeler ride on Memorial Day. It was so fun to just ride and ride without having to worry about Tyce. Some of Rustin's friends hike up Horseshoe Mountain with their snowboards and snowboard off the Shoe, so we went up and watched.



Tyce working out with Dad.


Camping with cousin Jayden. They are so cute together. They get so excited to see each other.



Eating roasted marshmallows.



4-wheeler ride with the cousins.


We got him some golf clubs the other day and I was trying to get him in the tub but he kept running away to play "golf ball".



Fishing with Dad.


We took Tyce to 7 Peaks. It was so fun. He absolutely loved it. He ran from pool to pool and from slide to slide for over 5 hours straight. We were bribing him with everything we could think of to try to get him to leave but he wouldn't have it.




Finally we talked him into some chocolate if we could leave the park and it was a little melty.


This was two seconds after he ate his chocolate. All the slides and the water wore him right out.

I thought this picture was funny - we're awesome parents!