Sun Valley- Where's Ashton?

It was our annual trip to Sun Valley, Idaho.

Here are a few of the fun things we did.
We like to swim.


We learned that pedalling the paddle boats for a half of an hour is a lot harder than you would ever imagine.

We always ride the tram to the top of the mountain.

We like to take pictures of ourselves while Jason is in his meetings.

Hunter likes to pose on top of the mountain.

Jason volunteered to be drag Hunter around the ice skating rink.

By the end of the skating session Hunter was dragging Jason around the rink.

A family photo on top of the mountain. It's not going to be in our Christmas card this year!

Riding the Rhino!

We went up A.F. canyon a few weeks ago to ride the Rhino. We love it! It is one of the funnest thing to do with your family.
Hunter wanted to take a picture of us, scarey!

Grandma Nan love it too. She likes to go fast!

My baby can ride a bike!

Halle wanted to learn to ride her bike. We dusted off Hunter's old pink bike and put her helmet on. She took off down the street and hasn't looked back.
Every morning when she wakes up she likes to go for a little ride. She always asked how many miles she road. She hears me and Jason talk about running so, I think that is why she is worried about getting her miles in.

Halle has totally gotten her miles in this week.

We love the great outdoors!

We went up A.F. Canyon last week with my mom, and brother Lanny and his kids Fisher and Lance. We road the rhino and the 4 wheelers up to Silver Lake. The kids fished while my mom and I ate snacks in the rhino.

I saw my friend the other day and I asked her why my friends are all so cute on their blogs. She said no one puts ugly pictures of themselves on their blogs. Oh Really! Some of us have to take what we can get.
Hunter was the only one to catch a fish.

Jason and Lanny wouldn't give up.


Halle and Lance joined us in the rhino.

Then Halle then joined Fisher on the 4wheelers. Halle kept Fisher busy.
We enjoy the outdoors so much, especially when we can go home and shower.

4th of July Fun!

The day started out at the parade in Provo. Shirlene went down and saved us a place a day early. There were so many people. It was so nice having some clouds and setting under a tree.
After the parade we came home and our neighbor Tammy brought over some horses and took the girls on rides. Hunter loved it and wants to start horse back riding lessons again and Halle reminded me that she gets to start taking riding lessons when she is in 1st grade. (Does anyone have a side job that I could earn some extra $)

Hunter picked out her outfit! Enough said-

I picked out this outfit, their 3rd of the day. They love posing for pictures.

After a BBQ and an adult volleyball game we let off some fireworks.

Since we are no longer going to the pool, (due to poop problems) Halle thought we should use our pool toys for something. We now use our floaties as lawn chairs.

Hike to Timp Cave

Halle taking a break in the shade.

This is Jason trying to show Hunter the view of Highland. She was a little scared to look over the edge. I don't know where she gets that from.

I know that Jason's head was chopped off but, I had to prove that I was there. I am always the one taking the pictures so I have to take what I can get.

This picture is inside the cave.

It was a fun hike but a little harder than I was expecting. Jason had to carry Halle on his shoulders for about 1/4 of the time. It was also pretty hot too. If you are going to hike to Timp Cave go early and bring water. The tour in the cave took us about 1 hour. It was a 3 hour activity. Now we can cross it off our "TO DO" list.

Halle's Birthday Extravaganza!

Halle woke up early to "get the party started".

Halle and her friends Paisley and Micaela (Bryty was sick) were invited to the party.

The girls ate lunch at Arctic Circle and then played on the playground.

We then went to Build A Bear workshop where the girls made cute bears and koalas.

After Build a Bear we went swimming at the A.F. pool. If you have a weak stomache skip this paragraph. There were so many people when we first walked in I thought they must be handing out free food or something. There were so many people I just about got sick. Then they closed down the big pool because of .... POOP! So, all the teenagers came into the lazy river. Where we had taken cover. While I was getting smacked around by annoying teenagers a mom was holding her child. The child did not have on a plastic swim diaper cover-up. How did I know that, because I saw POOP, spilling over the top of the diaper and coming out both legs. Not pebbles, I mean runny POOP! It was spilling over the edge and dropping into the pool, that I was swimming in. So, the last place we could go for cover was the Kiddy Pool. Where there were over 200 toddlers in diapers. Do you think that there was any poop in there? After I told the kids to swim with their mouths closed I couldn't take it any more, we left. As we were walking out of the pool area we stopped by the office and asked for a rain check (like I'm ever going back) a mom was holding her toddler and he threw up about an inch away from our feet. Seriously! We went straight home and into the shower. I can't even think about it without wanting to scream and take another shower.

Then....

We went to dinner and had pizza.
I know that sounds sick after the pool experience, but we love food!

Halle has decided she doesn't like cake so she wanted to have donuts for her birthday. Who doesn't like a huge donut.

We had a great day filled with surprises! Thanks for the gifts and all the phone calls.