MAMMOTH CAVES & DUCK CREEK DAYS

OK so I think I am finally caught up, I've been slacking on posting stuff. Anyways this past weekend we went to Duck Creek again to go camping. It was Duck Creek Days there, it's like a little fair. On friday we went over to the Mammoth Caves since last time we went we didn't have flashlights. The girls loved the caves, they probably would of went through them if they didn't take Tahj, he was scared because in some parts you had to crawl and he didn't like that. Anyways, we ended up going back on Saturday because my parents and Jared & Monica came up and the girls wanted to take them throught the caves. They all made it to the end of one of the caves and as you can tell it was a tight squeeze at the end. Mike almost didn't make it through!!
Got a few family shots, only missing Brooke & Jody, maybe next time. And yes there is an extra kid with us, Mykae brought her best friend Mercedes. She's already at that age when she wants friends coming with us so she doesn't have to always hang out with her family....Maliyah all mudding from crawling in the caves and Tahj always wanting to be with his dad. Total daddy's boy!!
We ended up going to Duck Creek days both days and yes Tahj had a blast on the slide, we couldn't get him off that thing. He threw the biggest fit because we had to leave. The girls enjoying some good greasy food and of course Tahj found the 4-wheelers & snowmobiles. Maliyah all wet, she went and helped with realeasing the ducks and she had to get in the creek to help. I'm sure that water was freezing, crazy kid!! Back at camp, Tahj lounging on the hammock, girls playing UNO, what they did almost the whole weekend..
On sunday we decided to go fishing, we went to Aspen Mirror Lake and everyone fished except for Preslee & I. Jared was the only one that caught a fish and Tahj was soo scared of it. As you can tell in the picture he's hiding behind Jared trying to look at the fish. They probably would of caught more but I'm sure Tahj throwing rocks in the water didn't help!! Boys will be boys...Glad they had a good time fishing, didn't think my kids would enjoy fishing especially Maliyah. She can not sit still and she gets bored very fast, but she stayed with Jared & Monica even when we left early. It was a very fun weekend, we even got in a couple of rhino rides. We are all ready to go back and have some fun and to get out of the heat...

SUU GYMNASTICS CAMP

On July 6th Mykae went to Cedar City to the SUU gymnastics camp for 4 days. Mykae and 2 other friends from her gym went. She stayed in the dorms, her and Hailee got in the same room with Gerilyn being the chaperone in their room which was a good thing. When we got to their room there were already girls in there and they were all teenagers like 15,16 year old girls. I know if Gerilyn wasn't chaperoning Mykae wouldn't have stayed. Mykae learned alot and the gym they got to workout in was such an awesome gym. It's gonna be hard to go back to their gym and workout, they just had some much more equipment. I think it was a good experience for her and now she can go back and show her coaches what she learned. Just in the 4 days she was there I could already see a big improvement!! Keep working hard like you always do..

4TH OF JULY

For the 4th of July we went to Cedar Mtn. and went camping (yes we stayed in tents again). It was nice to get out of the heat. We went to Panguitch to watch the fireworks and our kids were excited about going to Panguitch because they wanted to go to Henrie's and get a shake and to see Brianna Marshall (that's where she works and she's a friend that use to live in the valley). The kids had a fun time and loved the fireworks, except for Tahj he didn't like the noise and stayed on Mike's lap the whole time and Preslee slept through the whole thing, guess she was excited about the fireworks!! Maybe next year we can get back to our 4th of July tradition and be back in Idaho at St. Anthony sand dunes. But if not we can make going to Panguitch our new tradition since it is alot closer and cheaper!!

YOUNG MENS SCOUT CAMP

On June 24th the teachers & priest went to Fishlake for their scout camp. Mike said they had lots of fun.. Just a few pictures of the leaders and kids having some fun.. Mike said they went to some cliffs and a couple of leaders and the young men went jumping off the cliffs into some freezing water. Then they went to a nearby park played some football. Mike also said at the park there were deer grazing and there was also some crazy lookin' trees there (if your wondering why there's pictures of just trees). They also went tubing and fishing one day and even some of leaders got to go fishing without any of the young men. Looks like the leaders caught quite a bit of fish. I guess they were suppose to go on a hike but it rained the day they were suppose to go...I am thankful for Mike's calling as young mens president, the opportunity that he has to work with the young men and leaders in our ward and the bond that he has with them.

CEDAR MTN & NAVAJO LOOP TRAIL

After Mykae's gymnastics meet in Cedar we stayed at Duck Creek and then we went over to Ruby's Inn and then ended up hiking the Navajo Loop with our friends Scott & Rose Halsey. Everyone had a good time considering it was hiking which we don't do alot. But maybe we have something new we can do, okay only once in awhile!! But with beautiful scenery like that who wouldn't want to go hiking. And what wonderful pictures we got of the kids..
Just some more fun pictures of the kids. Yep they were all being bad so we sent them to jail. Looks like Tahj likes being in there, he's the only one smiling and having a good time. Let's hope that's the only time they are ever in jail.. It was a good weekend and it was just nice to get away and enjoy some nice cool weather and to just be with family & friends..

SUMMER GAMES MEET & END OF YEAR BANQUET

On June 3rd Mykae's Gymnastic Team had their end of the year banquet. This is the Flex It competitive team and coaches. These girls had a fantastic year for their first year competing...And next year they will even be better.. They all look soo cute in their pretty dresses, it was nice to see them in something different then their leotards..
On June 5th Mykae went to the Summer Games Gymnastic meet in Cedar City, UT. This was her 2nd meet of the season I thought she did very well. Hopefully next season she won't hurt herself and will be able to compete the whole season.

Mykae doing the vault.

Mykae on the beam.. Look at that handstand!!

The team at opening of the meet. There were 7 other teams that competed and if they were giving out team awards we would of took 3rd. Not bad for our first season competing. Good job flexi girls..