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Train Trek

Five years old is the magic age to get to go on the train to Salt Lake with my mom. She brought treats and a new toy for the journey, but they were hardly noticed because of the excitement of the train itself. Getting to walk from car-to-car to go to the bathroom was such an added bonus.
Once at the Gateway, they went to the Kid's Museum and Caleb enjoyed all the stations, especially helping Annie at the "grocery store." He played in the fountain, without getting wet, received a Star Wars sticker book for the ride home, and got to eat at McDonalds. Jaken is counting down the days!

Outstanding in Their Field

The boys enjoyed "building a scarecrow" with Annie and then placing it in the garden to stand guard from the WILD THINGS that roam at night. Good thing they are card carrying NRA members.

NRA Trainees

The boys have been busy training for the upcoming hunting season when they can go up to Monte Cristo with Cody to hunt deer.

Family Photo Time

My mom and sister, Lindsey, took family photos of us during the summer. The boys tired easily, especially Jaken but there were some keepers, nevertheless.

Wasatch Back Relay

Our first legs that were up in the Valley, by my parents house.

Cody and I got talked into doing a relay called the Wasatch Back that starts in Logan, and ends up in Park City. It is 180 miles total, and 12 people to a team. Each person has to run 3 legs that range anywhere from 3.5 -7 miles, and rated either EASY, MODERATE, HARD, OR VERY HARD. We were both very nervous for it, as it grew closer and closer to the day. My legs were...3.5 miles EASY, 6.2 MODERATE, and 3.5 VERY HARD. You have about 6-8 hrs inbetween each leg. It was surprisingly a lot of fun, and we both did a lot better than we thought! We both ran in the middle of the night, and that was our favorite part! It was so peaceful, and there was a great crisp chill to the air. To finish off our last legs, I started first in Midway, and ran up the backside of the mountain to Deer Valley Resort. It was 80° out, and I climbed 1600 ft in 3.5 miles. I had to walk/run, but was still very pleased, because I passed 8 people (6 were men) and only got passesd by 2 people! I was so hot, and had only slept 1 hour in the past 30 hrs, but was able to finish strong w/ the help of my team! Cody took the last 4 miles up to the top, and didn't stop to walk at all!! Keep in mind, he is NOT a runner, and has only run outside (for fun) 5 times in his whole life!! Our team finished in 25 hrs 37 min and placed 71st out of 577 teams! We can't wait for next year!!

More Cake

For Jaken's 2nd birthday, we celebrated in Liberty with the parentals and the Bundys. Jaken enjoyed the bunnies, Sugar & Spice, and riding the 4-wheelers to the river. Dad made 3 little wooden boats and after placing Hostess Cupcakes and candles on them, the kids floated them down the river. We also had a little party with the Petersens up in Logan at Willow Park. The kids loved playing with all their cousins, and going to the little zoo they have there. We LOVE Jaken so much, and cannot imagine not having him in our family! He is a major daddy's boy!! He also LOVES his big brother, and copies everything he does ( sometimes a bad thing!) The funniest/sickest thing is that he has a blanket that gets carried everywhere he goes. He calls it BEETN', and he has actually slowly been eating it over the past month! When we were in Mexico 2 months ago, Jamie fixed it up for him, with fresh stuffing and new ties. Well, he chewed all those off within a week. Beetn' is pretty much disinegrating before our eyes! The crazy thing is the kid does not eat hardly any food, but yet he will eat a blanket....go figure!!

JAKEN'S FAVORITE THINGS:

1. boxing w/ Caleb
2. pretend hunting
3. the swimming pool
4. the park
5. Monster House (the movie)
6. popcicles
7. all animals

tHe BuNny wHo bLeATs

Of the two lambs that went to Annie's house, only one made it. Caleb named them Logan and Hinkley, but when we realized they were girls, the names were changed to Kate and Ashley.


Cody has been docking lambs every spring with his best friend Nick, since they were both in high school. Nick's dad owns 10,000 sheep. Docking means cutting off the tails of any sheep with black on it, branding them, giving shots and castrating the males. Rubber bands are placed on the tails of the more desirable lambs....the ones who are all white.




My mom has been taking a few of the bummer lambs home for three years now and the grandkids help her bottle feed them until they are pasture ready. She also has bunnies and for some odd reason, Jaken can't separate the sheep from the bunnies. He always says, "i feEd BOtTle tO ThE bUNniE."
I think I could be a ranch wife...NOT!

Caleb's Birthday and Graduation

Caleb went to Wee Wonders pre-school for 2 years. He had a great teacher named Miss Lori, and also got to go there with one of his best friends Annastin Jensen. He was a Valadictorian, because he had learned to read, and got one of his favorite toys, a Transformer, from Miss Lori. I can't believe I will have a kindergartner in just a couple months!!!

We celebrated Caleb's 5th birthday when the Lakes were here for the marathon. I brought a pinata that Cody hung from a tree at the Brigham City park where we met. The kids really enjoyed taking a whack. Caleb was thrilled with his new bike. He has SO outgrown his first one that came with training wheels.

Ogden Marathon

This past Saturday was the Ogden Marathon. Cody and I ran it in a relay team with 2 of my other friends and one other husband. It was the first time either Cody or I had ran in it, and it was so much fun! I ran the first leg so I got to start up at the top with my sister Stacey who came down from Portland to run the whole marathon. Cody drove us up to the top at about 6:30am. It was pretty chilly, but we found a nice warm fire to hang out by until the start. We ran together for about the first 1/4 mile, and then she was off!! My leg was 7 miles, and Cody's was 5 miles. He is fast and only got passed by one person!! We took the bus to the finish and were able to see Stace finish! Lots of people looked like they were going to die, but she was hardly sweating!! Our team's overall time was 3:39. It's the 2nd fastest time a Gold's Gym team has ever done, so that made us happy! I was also so proud of my dad, and my brother-in-law Todd who both did awesome in the half-marathon!! We can't wait until next year!!