Summer Fun

Yesterday, all the Granquist cousins came up and brought their Mom's for lunch and some summer fun. Liz, Anna and Mikie are over from Eagle, CO and they had not seen our new house yet, so I told everyone to come up and we would grill some hamburgers and get out the slippy slide for some fun.

So they got up here around 12:30 pm after getting a little lost (thanks to Grandpa ;)) and took Liz for a tour of the house. Erin had been here before so she showed Anna all the important parts of our house, like the play room and Holly's "Hello Kitty" room.

We got lunch on and of course half way through cooking the "Kabby Patty's" as Ethan likes to call them, we ran out of propane! Lucky the hot dogs were all cooked, so we could at least feed the kids. They were really ready for the water.

Well I am very happy that I had gotten a indoor electric grill at the end of last summer, so we were able to cook the burgers. Yeah!! Liz and Katie brought up some chips & dip, grapes and cookies to go with the burgers, hot dogs and a pasta salad I had made, so we had a really good lunch.

The moment that lunch was declared over the kids were all in their swim suits ready to go. So I had Ethan go out and fill up the pool and pull out the slippy slide. Well they had a blast!! All of them piled into the pool to cool off while I hooked up the slide. Katie took lots of pictures so all the pictures here are thanks to her. THANKS KATE!!

Ryan came home for a bit to say Hi and of course Ethan had to hit his Dad with a water gun. The race was on. They love to tease each other to no end. I guess it is that way with fathers and sons, always some kind of competition.

Well everyone stayed until just before 4 pm. Boy time flies while your having fun. Thanks to everyone for coming up for some summer fun. It was a blast!!

Catch Up

Okay here is my list of little post catching up on all that has happened in the past week of so. It goes in backwards order, why because I couldn't get them to go any other way, so read all the way through. Enjoy!!

Swimming, ect.

Last year when my Mom and brother came down we all went swimming at the North Ogden Pool. Well they loved the pool enough that they wanted to go again, even though we moved from North Ogden.
All of us but Ray (Jeff) and his family went as they had left early that morning. We had a blast!! Scot loves to swim with his niece and nephews and they with him. Mason hated that the water felt so cold but once he got used to it he LOVED the water. Here is a video of him is a little floater thing.



We played and swam for about three hours and then it was time to go home and get ready to go to dinner. We all go out to dinner just before it is time for my Mom to go home. This year we went to McGrath's Fish house. Love those cream cheese and crab won-tons.
We loved having my Mom stay with us and will miss her next year as she is planning to take a trip to Scotland. But she has tried to fix not being able to see the kids for such a long time by giving us a web cam. Not something Ryan really wants but I guess he will learn to love it if it will keep our phone bill down. Right?

Swing Set

Every year when my Mom comes down she takes the kids to Toys R' Us and gives them $50 each to spend. This covers Birthdays and Christmas presents for the year. The kids loves it and it saves my Mom the postage.

Well this year Holly and Ethan decided to pool their and Masons money together and get a swing set for our new back yard. I figured if we looked for a good deal they would still have enough money left over to each get a small toy at the toy store as well.

We found a swing set and Grandma Bo (my Mom) and Uncle Ray (Jeff) even put it together for them. Well it was the biggest hit!! They play on it every day and Mason even got a swing for him and LOVES to swing with his big brother and sister.

Scottish Festival

My Mom and family arrived on Friday the 13th. My Mom plans her yearly trip to Utah around the Utah Scottish Festival, which was at Thanksgiving Point this year. You see my Mom is the Branch President for Clan Cameron in Edmonton and goes to Scottish Festivals all over Western Canada. She takes her Scottish heritage very seriously and loves the "pipes".

This year she was going to have all of her grandchildren in the same place and wanted to show them off. She made each of them bright yellow t-shirts with the Cameron crest on the back and "I'm a Cameron Kid" on the front. She made me promise to take the kids down to the festival so that they could at least walk in the Clan parade, which I did. Ryan is not one for such activities so I took my three kids down so that all 7 of my Mom's grand kids could march with their grandma. The picture is of my brother Scot (yes that is the way he spells it) and my nephew O'wyn (again spelling).
I am not really into the Scottish heritage thing as much as my Mom but I will admit that when all those pipes were playing as we walked around the fair grounds I did get a bit choked up. I guess my Mom did make me proud to be descended from the Scot's.

Anyway there was a LOT of comments from people in the crowd of how cute all the little kids in the yellow t-shirts looked. You could just see the pride in my Mom's eyes. So for that at least the trip down was worth it.

Maverick

On Thursday the 12th, Ethan had been in and out playing with Kevin, a friend of his, throughout the day. I was busy trying to get ready for my family to come so I would check on the kids about every half hour. Well Ethan and Kevin decided to go to Maverick and get a treat. So just after I checked on them they go and get some money out of Kevin's pigging bank and get on their bikes and head for the Maverick. Now the Maverick is about 10 blocks away from our house on the corner of 1000 W and 1800 N. They had to navigate a round-about and cross 1800 N which is a pretty busy street.

Well by the time I went to check on them again they were coming up the drive way so I had no idea that they had gone all that way until Ethan told me latter that afternoon. I freaked!! Ethan got into trouble but not as much as he would have if he knew better. We really have not had the talk about going very far without Mom or Dad. So Ethan had taken his new found freedom to the extreme.

We have now set some boundaries and talked to him about the dangers of taking off without Mom or Dad. He now understands and has been a good kid about not going to far from home. We just need to brake him of the bad habit of taking off and not telling us were he is going. Oh the joys of parenthood!

12th Anniversery

Twelve years ago today I married the most wonderful man. He is the greatest father to my children, provides a wonderful and full life for all of us, he makes me laugh, and loves me for who I am.

I made the best decision of my life when I married him and can't see where or what I would be with out him.

Happy Anniversary to the love of my life. I love for eternity!!

Stay Tuned!

Sorry I haven't post for such a long time. My family (Mom, 2 Bro, 1 sister-in-law, and two nieces) have been here from Canada all this past week. All of which except one brother have been staying with me. Jeff (Ray) and his family left yesterday morning and my Mom and Scot will be here until tomorrow morning.
I have a lot to post so be prepared to see a bunch of little posts all on the same day. Like Ethan's little trip to the Maverick, the Scottish Fest, Swimming, and the Swing Set. I have pictures for each that are great! So STAY TUNED!