dogs are mammals jace.

jace: avery see that dog...i wish we had that dog.
avery: jace that's a big dog, we don't want a big dog we want a puppy.
jace: well avery, she could just lay some puppies.

a nice day for a hike....provo river falls.

today mike had a little golf tournament.  and i am not crazy enough to be stuck in my house with only chores and bored kids on a sunny saturday.  so the kids and i headed to the uintahs and the spectacular provo river falls.  it was our first time there, but definetly (sp) (i seriously cannot spell definetely...definanately....whatever at least i know it's wrong.) won't be our last.  the rocks are perfect for climbers, the water is not so swift moving that i'm worried about kids falling in, (which they did and it was freezing and they STILL didn't want to leave.)   it was heaven.  and we didn't do chores or fight or argue, and we defanitely (defanitly?)  were'nt bored.  i'm already planning summer outings in my head. 

nieghh! bors.

we have had the pleasure of leasing our field to other horse owners. it is nice to have them grazing in the field. it enhances the view. our leasers gave the kids (avery and jace) a ride the other day and they loved it! quinton and austin are city born and raised and they think horses stink.  in fact when we told them that the horses were coming to live in our field one of them (who shall remain nameless) started to get teary because he was concerned our house would stink.  it looks like we moved to the country just in time. but oh, dear jace and avery. don't get any ideas.

Jace is 5.

                         

time to start blogging again!  it's almost my most favorite time of year.  (15 hours to go) and i'm gonna start by posting jace pictures cause jace is 5.  this is old news acutally.  as jace reached the big 5 in june.  but tommorrow my last little runt is off to school.  whoa.  and even though i cannot wait to get my kids on that bus, a little part of me is so sad that they are all growing so fast.  5 years is such a long time, unless you are raising kids. so when that bus takes my last little munchkin away, i will jump for joy that i made it through another summer and then i will go snuggle under the covers and cry for the chubby faced past.

quinton

"there is nothing more terrifying than your old man telling you to get your report card and get in the car."