homemade ice cream

For our wedding, almost 11 years ago, we received an ice cream maker as a gift.  We thought it was a really cool gift.  The funny thing is that we used if for the first time today!  Many years ago we thought about using it.  I can’t remember if I bought all the ingredients but I know for sure I bought rock salt.  We then moved our bag of unopened salt to Texas, Georgia, back to Arizona, Germany and here to Nevada.  We opened that well travelled bag of salt today.  We made mint chocolate chip ice cream, it was delicious.  We will have to use it again before another decade passes us by.

the fort

Max needed to visit a historical site to pass off a Cub Scout achievement. So we headed to the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort today. When we showed up, there was a civil war history group there. They were letting everyone dress up in civil war attire and take pictures. Our house must be pretty interesting since Trevor and I are officers on opposite sides of the war.  Sam wouldn’t put an outfit on. But they taught her how to make a belt out of yarn. She thought it was so cool. She wouldn’t even take it off that night for her bath!

The fort was small but the kids had fun running around. Of course their favorite part was playing in the water.

family pictures

We had a friend take our family picture today. I never know how the kids are going to act so I tried to warn her in advance. She did a great job! Thanks Heather!

This picture made me laugh out loud when I saw it. The kids are doing everything I told them not to do. I told them to smile, Sam is talking. I told them not to grab the chain and keep their hands by their sides, Kye didn't hear me I guess. I told them not to put their hands up in their sweaters, Max missed that memo. Oh well, this is our family and I love them!

I love this one of us!

My Kiddos!

family

We had a fun time with you guys in Cali.  Thanks for the party and sorry about getting you all sick.

legos

Today the boys decided to get the Lego Police Station out and  build it.  It's about 400 lego pieces.  It seemed every few minutes they were calling for me or Trevor to come and "help" them find a piece.  It eventually became a family affair.  We had a good time working together.  Sam just wanted to play with it, even though I kept telling her the building was under construction.

he's back

Trevor got home late last night! YEAH!!! He was gone for 5 weeks of training in Alabama. I needed to run some errands so we made it a family affair. I'm sure that isn't exactly what Trevor wanted to do on his first day back, but he is a good sport.

Alabama

We drove to Alabama today to see my grandparents. A trip that should have taken 4 hours took us almost 6. Sam had to stop a million times to use the bathroom, it was crazy.

Cathedral Rock

Today we went hiking on Mount Charleston. We hiked to the top of Cathedral Rock (about 1.2 miles each way). While we were eating our snacks at the top about ten chipmunks showed up begging for food. Max kept yelling every time he saw one, while Kye and Sam were trying to get them to eat out of their hands. Hunter was able to touch one brave chipmunk and we scared him away before Hunter could grab him.

family picture

It has been a while since we have all been together, so we had to get a family picture. I don't think we got one picture where everyone was happy and smiling.

lip sync

I asked everyone to prepare a lip sync for our family reunion... and they did! It was hilarious. We had a great time laughing and entertaining each other.

party day

Today was a crazy day. We had two soccer games to go to and three parties. It was fun, but we were all worn out by the end of the day.

5K fun run

We participated in a Memorial Day Fun Run today.  Max, Kye and Sam rode their bikes.  Trevor pushed Hunter in the stroller and I ran.