Cabin Fever!

Now I know why people get cabin fever...! We went up with the Crosbys to their cabin and we had the best time. Their cabin is up by Smith and Moorehouse and it was so beautiful up there. All of the kids had so much fun...there were just so many things to do. We arrived later on Friday, cooked some pizzas and then just visited and played games. Saturday was the perfect day...we all slept in, had a great breakfast and then packed up to go to the lake. At the lake, we fished, canoed, played in the water, fished some more, canoed some more and played, played, played. Brinley, Sam, and Adam did not stop all day long! We had so much fun, we laughed all weekend long...I just love the Crosbys!

At the lake...as soon as we got there, these three went into action. They were the first one's to quickly grab the raft and get down to business...

Sam was like an expert at skipping rocks and every time he would cast out his fishing pole, he would call himself a professional, except he couldn't say the word.


Wayne and Steve pretty much spent a lot of their time fixing fishing poles that had gotten tangled. Janine and I thought that it was so funny that they were fixing them at the same time over and over again! What good dads!

We saw deer, a moose and more deer. Later that evening, we were all going on a walk and Brinley was riding Sam's bike and a deer jumped out about a foot in front of her and leaped across the road. It was quite amazing and a little scary...she was almost ran over! Later on our walk, we saw a beautiful moose just standing in some trees only about 30 yards away.

Cowabunga Bay

We had planned to go to Cowabunga Bay with Stephanie and her family but it didn't work out because of our crazy schedules. But she had promised her kids and I had promised my kids, so we had to go on different days :( We still had fun though and the water park was especially fun for Sam and Brinley and even Sydnie and McKenna. Lyndsie and her friends thought it was a bit boring and they lost interest fast. It was a great day with everyone though and the water park was great!

LaRoca Cup U12 Premier Champions!!!

I am so proud of Brin's new team. They are great! Great girls, great families, great coach and great players. The best of everything in the soccer world. They did so good in the LaRoca Cup...taking 1st place in the Premier U12 division. They played some great teams and they did so good. Way to go! Way to play hard!The last game came down to the two LaRoca teams...Brinley's old team and her new team. And to tell the truth, I was so happy that they won the old team! Yippy! 1 to 0.

Soccer, Friends, and Fireworks!

Wow, we had a fun 24th of July. We started out our day with an intense game of soccer. Brinley's new team was playing her old team and it was a close game. I wanted Brin's team to win so bad, but we lost 1 to 0. Brinley played so good, her whole team played amazing. Even though they lost, they probably dominated the field most of the game. This team has only been together for 1 and half months and they are going to be incredible! After the first soccer game, we had another one and then we had just enough time to was Brin's uniform and then head down to the REAL game. We went down with Stephanie Sill and her two girls and we had so much fun. It was a great night and the second half of the game was so exciting and then the fireworks were awesome too!

Here are some activities before the game:

All of the LaRoca soccer players were able to be in the "Parade of Kings" before the game started and go out onto the field. Here are some pictures of Brinley with her new team waiting to go out there.

After the game was over...REAL won...we were able to go out onto the soccer field to watch the fireworks. Brinley and McKenna thought that it was so cool to be out on the actual field again, that they thought they would "Kiss" the ground that they played on. We had such a fun night...it was a great 24th of July! Yea!

Boating!!

Boating can be a lot of fun...if nothing breaks down on the boat! And today, everything went great! Sydnie was able to bring Sara and McKenna, while Lyndsie had to stay back because the Clearfield Cheerleaders were having a car wash fundraiser. The sun was hot and the water was well...we went to Willard Bay and ran over a dead fish, but other than that...refreshing. Our new tube was a hit and everyone loved going on it. Sydnie was the only one that would wake board and she did awesome...she just about jumped the wake!

Football

Someone is so excited for football! We signed Sam up this week and on Thursday, we went to the city offices to get his football gear. When we came home, he immediately started to put everything on to get ready to show Steve when he got home. While he was waiting, he would put everything on and then take it off and line it up in front of him and then put it on again. You could just tell by watching him that he can't hardly wait to put it on for real!