Thursday, July 26, 2012

Armatage Family Reunion

Last WEDNESDAY we headed out to Bear Lake once again!  This time for my Mom's side of the family reunion.  
The first stop... Maddox.  I love eating there!  Not only is the food delicious, but I love the memories!  On our way to camp I realized something.  "Oh no, I forgot to bring Klennex's."  Hadley promptly solved the problem with "That's ok.  We will just have to pick our boogers and eat them."  With that problem solves, we continued on.  

Next stop... up St. Charles Canyon in Idaho!  This is the place my Mom's family has been camping since I can remember.  I feel like I am at home here.  The kids wasted no time getting on their bikes and beginning the races while we set up our new tent!!  

The best part about the reunion, is all the cousins to play with! 

Hadley all on her own said "Take a picture of me on this tree!"  I couldn't resist.   

The first day was spent setting up camp, and then eating a delicious dinner.  

Something about the Armatage family reunion is that there is always WAY to much food, and everything is always WAY yummy! 

After dinner we had our first "Grandma's Store."  Where kids and adults get to pick an item from the "store" to keep!  The kids especially love this part of the reunion! 

The night was spent hanging out, cookin' smores, and just enjoying being together with crazy cousins! 

Hadley slept better then she ever has up camping!!  Although, the THURSDAY morning she was up at 6.  We went for a walk, and came back to find some other early birds!  
Cambria and her Grandma helped entertain Hadley until the rest of the crew woke up.   

Jeremy used the morning hours to get some reading in! 

My parents took Boston for a morning walk... and Hadley joined at the end!   

After breakfast and all the preparations we headed to the lake!  Jeremy and the kiddos had a blast ridding around in our raft! 

The sand was AWESOME!  The water was super high this year, and the sand was so clean and lovely. 

Jeremy had a blast playing frisbee 

Hadley enjoying getting "Dirty Clean" 

After several hours at the lake, I was ready to head back to camp... these boys on the other hand could have stayed for hours more.  They both LOVE the water. 

That night after dinner my cousins made this amazing Wheel of Fortune game for all of us to play!   

It was super fun!!!  Once again we ended the night with Smores... my heaven. 

FRIDAY, Jeremy and a few of the others headed out golfing!  Those of us left behind went on a hike to the top of the springs!  Along the way my Mom and Hadley found this fun tree!
The group at the top of the springs!
Me and my Hadley girl!
Boston with his hiking stick, at our favorite camp spot ever!

We hung out back at camp for a little while, then hiked to the other creek!  My kids are so lucky to have such awesome cousins! 
Then the little boys did an airplane craft while the girls...

painted their nails!

and made pretty cards!

After another yummy dinner we had time to play some games!!

Oh my did we have fun, and oh my did we get dirty!!!

Saturday morning we woke up for our daily dose of Hot Chocolate, and then packed up and headed home.  
Another fabulous Armatage Reunion!  I am so grateful to everyone who makes the effort to come!  It is so fun to be so close to so many of my Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins!

Monday, July 23, 2012

1st Ever Rogers Family Reunion

Two weeks ago Jeremy's family had there 1st ever Family Reunion!!  All of Jeremy's 10 siblings and their families came, along with his parents!  It was really great to get to know all of them better!!!
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We arrived THURSDAY night at about 10:00pm!  The kids instantly bonded with their cousins through an arcade game, and a basketball shooting game!!
 
 

They also had a blast exploring the BEAUTIFUL cabin and all the fun chairs they had!!  The kids stayed up until midnight... the adults stayed up until 2!!  I guess we were all excited to see each other!  

FRIDAY- we had breakfast and waited for everyone else to arrive! 

We explored the cabin and the beautiful surroundings!



played more games 

and more games  

We went for a little walk 

Us Prego ladies with the kiddos! 
Just enjoyed relaxing and visiting!


Such a beautiful view!!!

More fun playing games with the cousisn! 
Late afternoon we decided to head to Bear Lake for a little while!  The kids had a royal blast!!
We even built a sand castle...

Eating out in the mess hall (Garage!)  Two siblings took each meal.  We ate some seriously yummy food!!! 
Here are some of the kiddos waiting for the family meeting to begin...

After rules were refreshed the announcement of Jenn's pregnancy was announced!!  Jenn was crying, Megan was crying, and everyone was super happy and excited for Jenn and Josh!!
The kids played a little Disney Sing It!  

Sing it girls!  
SATURDAY was supposed to be spent boating... but the weather didn't want that to happen.  So most the boys went mountain biking, and the rest of us headed down to Garden City to browse the shops!

We also stopped to get ourselves some Ice Cream and Fries!! 
After the crazy rainstorm Hadley and Annabelle had a blast splashing in the puddles!!  (Hadley later snuck out in her P.J.'s to do some additional splashing...)  

On Sunday morning we took some family pictures!!  Here is the best preview I have!!  I can't wait to see how they turned out!
After pictures some of us went to church, cleaned up, packed up, and said our goodbyes.  
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We all had a really great time!!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

All Things Must Come to an End...

Last night was Boston's last T-ball game.  He was so sad.  He said "That was to short of a season."

Here he is ready on 1st 

Ready to field the ball... along side his buddy Porter 

Throwing the ball to 1st!  Love the face! 

They each received medals!  Here Boston and Porter show them off for us! 

Congratulations Boston on an awesome T-ball season!! 

Teammates: Kyler, Tanner, Porter, Ty, Boston, Donavin, Ty, Kaleb

Here are some videos for those Grandma's, Grandpa's and Aunts and Uncles who wanted to, but couldn't make it to any of his games.
Fielding the Ball and throwing it to 1st!

Getting an out on 1st!
Batter Up!

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Take Me Out to the Ball Game


Last night we headed to the ballpark to watch the Owlz play!
There just isn't a more beautiful sight then a baseball field surrounded by mountains on a summer night!  


It was a fun family night.  I  think the kids liked singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" the very most! Hopefully we will get to do it again before the season is over! 

Monday, July 9, 2012

Hadley's Night Terror

Hadley has struggled with Night Terror's, but usually its just a screaming fit with no explanation.  Today, she woke up screaming... I went in her room and she said "The big guy is trying to throw me in Jail."  Later she explained that it was a pirate.  It sounds a lot like what she was playing with Boston yesterday... maybe we better start playing happier things around here!!

L and M Day!

Last Friday we got the chance to have a Logan and Mason day!  My Mom, Logan, and Mason drove out to our land for a day of Bowling, McDonalds, and playing at our house!  It was soooooo fun!!
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Independence Day!

We had such a fun 4th of July!  My parents woke up super early to meet us down in Provo to watch the balloons take flight!  So much fun!  

Then we enjoyed the pancake breakfast! 

Yum Yum! 

Then we headed over to the parade... and we got to see an awesome fly over!  Here are my parents enjoying the parade!!  Aren't my parents the cutest? 

I really love seeing my kids with their hands on their hearts.  We sure do love living in America. 

We made a quick stop at Hobby Lobby after the parade and Hadley posed for a split second... I just love the skirt my Mom and I sewed!   
Then my parents and us went out to JCW's for some grub, and then went to see The Pirates!  We all enjoyed it!  We came back and relaxed at our house for a little while, then my parents had to head home.  Jeremy, Hadley, and I then took a good 2 hour nap!  

We woke up and went with our friends the Longs to watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks!   

The fireworks were awesome and the seeing another flyover was totally fabulous!  Both of my kids were nervous about the fireworks, but ended up loving them... although they had ear plugs in and were wearing sunglasses.  Silly kiddos.

What a wonderful 4th of July!

Hadley Randoms

Hadley girl likes to sleep with her blinds open, and most nights refuses to sleep until they are opened.

Hadley girls likes to have her window rolled down in the car.  She says she needs "Fresh Air!"  

Hadley girl flips her toes back and forth when she is upset.  We call this her twinkle toes.     


Hadley girl has a real need for speed.  She likes to sing her favorite songs as fast as she can.  She doesn't like slow songs on the radio only "Rock and Roll" and she is always telling us to drive faster!  

Alpine Fire


This was our view of the recent Alpine Fire.  I have never seen so many fires in all of my life.  So sad and so scary.