Deacon is 5!!!!!!!!!!

We celebrated Deacon's 5th birthday on the 12th.
He had a good day hanging out at home playing with his presents. He has really grown up this last year. He loves to ask questions about everything. For every one you answer, he asks two more. He loves his older brother and will defend him no matter what. He is also the best playmate for his younger brother who I think looks up to him like he does to Liston. He currently loves to play Lord of the Rings video game with Liston. When they are not playing the game they are pretending to be orks around the house fighting.
He always keeps us entertained and we love him.
Happy Birthday Deacon.

Fishin' and Frogs

Yeah, so I'm finally getting around to posting again! The boys finished up with swimming lessons last Friday. Todd came with us and told Deacon that we'd try to go catch a catfish afterwards. Well, Todd heard that Mud Lake was supposed to have catfish so we headed there--Todd thought he knew about where it was :) Well, when we saw a sign for it we decided it was a little too far to go at 6 in the evening. But we didn't want to abandon our fishing plans all together so we stopped at a pullout at Henry's Fork.
The fishing---yeah, it stunk! No catfish or any fish for that matter. But there were some awesome frogs that kept us hopping!

Here's Deacon with a frog he caught. Everyone had to take a turn with it. And of course Coleman had to kiss it--he kisses everything!



Love this last pic of my little fisherman

ps Deaq's bday pics coming soon!

Todd finally returns to Lake Powell

Last week we took a trip down to Lake Powell. We haven't been down there since I was pregnant with Deacon. I think Todd has definitely been having some serious withdrawls! So after a LONG day of driving we arrived at Halls. Todd's Dad and Peg were there to greet us. And everything was already set up at camp which was an added bonus! We really had a fun time even though our time was short! We boated, chased lizards, swam, spied striper boils, built sandcastles, collected sea shells, etc. . . The only thing on our list we didn't do was find some crawdads. Maybe next time :) Thanks Dad and Peg for the great time!

Fun in the car!


Deacon wore his ninja turtle goggles so long they fogged up!



We got to ride the ferry over from Bullfrog


Liston with a big striper


Todd climbing up the big wall



Aaawwwwww :)

Catching lizards




We left Powell on Friday afternoon and drove to Scofield Reservoir to catch the tail end of the Skinner Reunion. It was great to see everyone and catch up a little. And thank you Brian for giving up your room--I think that was the comfiest bed I've ever slept in :)

Coleman loved riding on the 4-wheeler. He didn't want me to stop!

Demo Day

Before we left for the day the boys were playing underwear superheroes. Mare said they do this quite often but that the socks on their hands was new.




We went to Slide Lake down the Gros Vente on Saturday to a check out a free demo day for some kayaks. It was fun for me and the boys. They liked taking out different kayaks and trying them out. Liston was even big enough to reach the pedals on one of the sit on top tandem kayaks so he could help move us along. Camera ran out of batteries or we would have got some cute pics of Coleman in the Kayak. Coleman of course didn't want to get out after he got his turn kept pointing anywhere except the boat dock.




Waiting his turn throwing rocks.

Good looking Guy.

I even tried out a paddleboard but not for long since I didn't want to fall in in front of everyone.

Fishin'

Saturday was free fishing day in Idaho. I didn't hold out much hope for fishing cause it was supposed to rain. Well, the day turned out gorgeous. Todd wanted to go to Ririe Reservoir so we headed over. The sky was overcast but warm and NO WIND! It was perfect. The boys had fun casting out and I was impressed and a little imtimidated by their fishing skills :) We lost a few lures and caught no fish (probably because of all the rocks being thrown into the lake) but still had a fun time!