The Cabin

We went to the cabin the weekend of the July 4th and it was so much fun!  It's such a great place to be.  The kids had a ball and it's great to get away without having to go too far.  I took my big camera and it was so fun to take pictures with it.  It's been a while since I've done that and I loved it! 

"Connor, open your eyes when I take your picture".  Got it :)

I do love my camera...

Hiking to the fort behind the cabin

My goal is to someday have our house full of pictures I've taken.  My Gma and Gpa Wisan had a wall full of pictures he'd taken and I thought that was so cool.

The kids insisted on sleeping in the tent each night.  Jared tried to talk them out of it, it didn't work.

Connor loves Zack so much.  He would wake Zack up first thing in the morning when he came in the cabin.

First experience shooting guns

If you need a good shot, call Jared

The four-wheelers.  You can see the excitement in Connor's eyes.

 

You can always count on Sierra to fall asleep at the end of her ride

There's lots of time for things like this. 

Then there's this kid.  He is has been our neediest baby, and definitely the worst sleeper, but gosh he's cute.

Of course the fireplace was the coolest thing in the room

See what I mean, such a cutie

Fathers day pictures

These are some pretty lucky kids to have such a great dad!

Kid Portraits

I try to get the kids portraits every time a birthday rolls around.  I love these!  Ethan was my uncooperative one, but look at his chubby cheeks!  And of course they wouldn't all sit together at the same time.

Connor's 6th birthday Party

Ahoy Matey!!! Connor wanted a pirate them for his birthday party, so pirates we be. 

Our pirate friends knew just where to come

The cupcakes were delicious

All of our little pirates

Searching for buried treasure

We also did a scavenger hunt, pin the patch on the pirate and musical islands.  I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted.  Having ten kids over and running a party kept me pretty busy.  Connor had a great time!

Connor's birthday celebrations

Connor had quite the birthday week, and it's not over yet!  Celebrations started on Sunday with cousins.  Anything with cousins is fun. 

Birthday morning we had a pretty excited kid.  I can't say he got the typical gifts but he got typical Connor gifts.  He got a razor scooter, interactive encyclopedias, books,a piggy bank and a football.  For lunch we went to Shivers with my parents and the kids loved eating in the train.  Connor requested tacos for dinner and we had cupcakes and ice cream for dessert.

Connor continues to amaze us.  His mind is brilliant.  A teacher at school asked him the other day what states took Utah.  It took a minute for him to answer but he got them all and she was amazed.  He is soooo into puzzles right now.  He loves going to school (although he's quite slow to get ready in the morning), he loves hot turkey sandwiches, he loves playing with Sierra in the backyard and continues to be silly. 

Easter

We spent Easter weekend in Park City.  I'm pretty sure it was our last time up there before the condo gets sold so we tried to make the most of it.  We dyed our eggs there, went on an epic fail egg hunt at the park, fed the ducks, went to the museum and library, and did lots of puzzles.  We had a great trip!