Donkey Lake

We went to Donkey Lake the week before the 4th of July.

Matt's family has been going there for decades. I think the first evidence of them being up there is in the 1940s'. Matt's grandpa Burnell and his friends carved their names in a grove of aspens. It's tradition to do in when they go camping up there. Matt's first time was in 1984 when he was about 6 years old.

We had a lot of fun up there. They men and boys went crazy with the fishing. That is all my boys wanted to do.

Good thing Bennett and Jacks have Grandpa and Dad to take them fishing.

Mya and Bennett has such a great time together. They loved playing in the little stream that went through camp.

Random Pictures

Jacks: "We're Superheros, Mom! Don't cha know?"

T-ball

We signed 2 up for t-ball this year...only 1 lasted.

After Jacks stole the ball during practise,then quietly tip-toed off the field, trying to hid it from the coach; I decided we would give him another year before we actually put him in the game.

Bennett has been enjoying it, however.

He's pretty good at it also. He must take after his dad who was on the little league all-star team back in his day.

Breakable

Jemma broke her arm this weekend, poor girl.

She fell down the stairs at Grandma Julie's house.

My nephew, Ben, appropriately asked, "Why are your kids so breakable?"

Good question! As you may remember, Bennett has broken his arm 3 times.

So what do you get for breakable children?
A trampoline!

Brilliant on Matt's and my part.

They sure do love it!

I won't jinx it by saying thus far we are major injury free. (From the trampoline, of course)

Grizzly Bears, Oh My!

I was so disappointed we hadn't yet made it to Yellowstone this spring to see the bears out and about. I really wanted to.

However, little did I know all we had to do was drive over Togwotee Pass on our way to Idaho to see a mama grizzly with her cub.


It almost made the 4 hour car ride with screaming kids worth it...almost.

Happiness

Matt bought a canoe.

Needless to say there couldn't be 3 happier boys in the world tonight.

Plastic Cups!

The best & cheapest toy!

Bennett and Jacks spent hours and hours stacking & knocking them down.

Plastic Cups! Who Knew!?

Easter 2011

Oddities

Jacks new favorite food is Red Raspberry Preserves. That's it. No toast to go with it. Just give him a knife and a jar and he's content. (I promise I didn't give him a knife to eat off, he did that on his own)

Jemma loves the hats. She thinks she's a fashion diva. I'll have to give her the 411 on matching her accessories to her outfits.

Wrestling Tournament

Bennett participated in pee-wee wrestling again this year. I guess it's quite the thing to do around here. He went to 2 tournaments. His first one in Lander was his learning curve. But he did really well at the Riverton tournament. He placed 4th in his weight class, and was pretty proud of the medal he recieved.

Just before one of his matches, I told Bennett to make his angry face. Unfortunetly he was in the process of eating some licorice and this picture didn't turn out as intimidating as I'd hoped.
Jacks can't wait for his turn. We bought Bennett's wrestling gear, and could not get Jacks out them.