Family Photo Shoot

We got our family pictures done finally. This is Parkers first professional shoot since he was born and he is 16 months already! oh well he is the second child. i can not image what will happen with the third! well we had a great time taking these photos. Thanks to my SIL, Gwen, for getting us into Val Vista Lakes to get them done. Also thanks to Janae for taking our pictures, we love them. You can check out Janaes stuff by searching Janae Ranes Photography on facebook!!

Roys camping trip

waterfall down the mountain

squirrel in the trees


cooking hot dogs on a stick!
roasting his dinner
half way thru there hike

Awhile ago while i ventured to Vegas with my mom and sister, my husband had the great experience of hiking into fossil springs and camping there! He had a great time and cant wait to do it again!

Las Vegas (beware picture overload)

so as you all may now, my sister Cassi moved to Las Vegas about a month ago. My other sister tracy and her 2 girls along with me and my 2 boys and my mom took a ROAD TRIP to see her. Can you imagine- 4 kids under the age of 4 and 2 sisters and there mom all in 1 car for about 6 hours!!! That was a call for DISASTER!! well guess what, it was not actually that bad. no i am not just saying that because my mom and sister are going to read this, it really was not that bad. We made it 3 hours before we even stopped for our first potty break! then we made it the next 2.5 hours with no potty breaks. yeah for diapers and no drinks!! we had a great time hanging with my sister and her kids and hubby! we did not do to much exploring around vegas. lets face it, it looks just like AZ except for all the lights and people and thats only if you go to the strip. which who really wants to drag 6 kids to the strip?! well we did! we just saw the Bellagio water show and left. it was a little disappointing though. all that works getting the kids out of the carseats, putting them in strollers and potty breaks was not worth the 20 minutes of watching water shoot into the air. my kids and i enjoyed it, but there were some others worried there brother was going to fall in the water( Madi) and ones who did not care about the water at all ( jersie). anyways we had a great time give that we had 6 kids locked into house for 4 days! we did venture and go to the splash pad and the kids had a blast there. Also the best part is that i got to FLY home. I stayed a couple extra days and got to fly home!!! no road trip home for me! well i just want to say THANK YOU to my wonderful sister and her husband for opening up there house and letting all of us stay there. I think the next time we go we might all get our own HOTEL rooms. Even if we dont make that decision i think cassi and her hubby will ask us too!!!!!

fun at the cabin

the crawdad ryland and roy caught
ryland actually held the crawdads until one pinched him!
parker loved to get on the quads and go for a ride
parker just chillin. while roy parked the other quad parker thru a fit because i took him off, so he had to sit on this one until roy came to put it away
ryland and mom going for a ride
ryland did not like mom driving, so roy took him for a fast ride!
ryland having fun
parker and daddy going for a ride
ryland walking around looking for sticks and stuff!


this past weekend we spent some time up at our friends cabin in payson. we had a great time just relaxing and hanging out!