Fun Times in California

We drove down to California last summer when Chris was gone at a paintball tournament. I love this rest stop in the middle of the California desert. It has fun huge rocks to climb, lots of room to run around and great picnic...

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Swimming Lessons

Elora and Oliver took swimming lessons last summer with their favorite teachers. They always love their lessons, and it is fun to take them to the pool every day for a couple weeks since they are little fish. Elora is...

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What We Do – June

I have not blogged in awhile, so here we are back in summertime! Last June I took the kids to the Alton Picnic, a big picnic held in the town up the road. There is a cute little train ride for kids that we all LOVE. James...

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Long Valley Farmer’s Market

This summer I have started selling bread and pastries at the Long Valley Farmers Market. I wake up super early on Saturdays to bake everything fresh. We end up with the leftovers at our house and it sure is tasty!!! Cream...

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Dinosaur Festival in St. George

Earlier this year we took the kids to a Dinosaur Spectacular festival in St. George. We were excited to see the life-like models of dinosaurs. James was pretty interested in the whole thing. I wasn’t sure if he would get...

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Herding Kids and Kittens

Our cat Scamper had kittens, which we didn’t know about until Oliver discovered them in our garage! Luckily they were pretty young, so they became very friendly little cats. We made the kids give away their sweet kitty...

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Town Clean-up Day

I took the kids with me to help at the town clean-up day. Oliver doesn’t like to weed AT ALL, but I convinced him that it was important to help. He also liked using the weeding tool. He was SO proud of himself after...

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What We Do May Edition

Elora had her dance recital last month. She was super excited about it – Oliver gave her a little bundle of flowers afterwards and told her she did a good job. He sure loves his big sister. It was fun to watch her dance and...

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