So It Begins Again

Here are some pictures of our Sunday afternoon today.

Bryce's Baptism

Here are some pictures of Bryce's baptism. We are very thankful for very wonderful and supportive family and friends. We do love and appreciate you all. Thank you all for making it a special day for our family - especially Bryce.

Swimming

We went to Brian's work party the other night. It was a pool party. I got this shot when Brian was jumping off the diving board trying to catch Bryce coming down the slide.

Last Camping Trip of the Year?

We braved the cold temperatures this weekend and went camping. It was 55 degrees at 1:00 in the afternoon and got down to the 30's at night. That doesn't include the windchill. We went to Washington Lake in the Uintahs again. This time we went with our friends, Bill and Christofer. This will probably be our last camping trip of the year (unless we head South) since they closed the campgrounds for the season as we were leaving.

Here are a few pictures of our trip.

Bryce and I caught our first fish on this trip. Bryce cast and reeled it in himself. And I caught a little fish on Kendal's pink fishing pole. Her pink fishing pole still has caught the most fish.

Here is a picture of Kendal that shows how cold it got. (She also had two shirts on).

The kids built a chipmunk trap and sat back and watched it with their binoculars. No, they didn't catch the one chipmunk in the campground.

It did get warm when the wind wasn't blowing. So we went on a couple of hikes to look for some geocaches. Once again, we had a wonderful time camping. We were sad to leave - again.

First Day of School Pictures

Bryce started 3rd grade last week. The start of school does not bring me joy. I have more anxiety than my kids do. Brian keeps telling me to "cut those strings". Kendal started Pre-school this week. Of course, she loves it! Who wouldn't?

Tiger Scout

Bryce got his Tiger Scout Award last week. He is excited that he is officially a Cub Scout.

Love in a Bottle

Brian loves very spicy homemade canned salsa - the hotter the better. He has been out of salsa for a couple of months now. So I decided to show him how much I love him and make him salsa this weekend. It takes so much work to make that I decided that I would quadruple my recipe so I only had to make it once. He showed me how much he loves me by helping me chop pounds of peppers on Friday night. He stirred it all afternoon on Saturday and even helped me process it. (I even had 2 canners going). It is amazing how a Camp Chef makes canning manly. Brian was the Quality Control Manager. He stirred and tasted it all day while he watched the Olympics.

We ended up with 33 3/4 quarts of salsa. We would have had more, but SOMEONE tasted too much of it during the day.