Monday, September 21, 2009

Goodbye Summer! Hello Fall!

What a Summer!
This summer has been such a whirlwind. From broken arms to baseball and all of the hunting to go with. This has been one of the best summers with our family. We have made such great memories that will last us a lifetime. Here is a quick update.
Dylan and three of his teammates won an acurracy competition in California. It was pretty neat to see this little team from Vernal Utah go and win this competition against all of the amazing teams from California. This was a pretty cool moment for Dylan and David this summer.
The picture above is the kids at the beach in California. The kids and I had never seen the ocean so we took a day after the baseball tournament to go to the ocean. We went to Pismo Beach which was a nice beach.

Carston loved basking in the sun. Halle buried him from the waist down and he absolutely loved it. I couldn't resist taking this picture.

Halle loved the beach also. She loved digging holes and looking for seashells. She thought it was fun to write things in the sand. She liked the beach a whole lot more than she liked the water. Braden and Dylan could not get enough of the ocean. They loved every minute they spent at the ocean. Even the jelly fish stings on the belly. The beach was pretty cool. You could actually walk out quite far before it started getting deep at all. We actually saw dolphins out jumping in the ocean.
Halle also had her Very special birthday this year. She turned 8 on the 8th of August. Not only that but she gets to be baptized. She is getting baptized on the 10th of October. We are excited for her. She has such a sweet spirit.


The kids were excited for their 1st day of school. Especially Carston. He drove me crazy waiting for his first day. He had to wait a week before kindergarten started and it about drove him nuts. The kids are having a good year so far.
To top of the summer. Braden drew out for the youth elk hunt this year. He went hunting with his Unlce Greg and Uncle Eric the first day and saw a few elk but they were to far away. The next couple of days he went with Shawn O'bagey and they found this elk. Braden was pretty stoked to actually kill a 6 point elk on his first ever elk hunt. He has had fun rubbing it in to his dad since David has only dreamed about getting one this big. It has been a fun and memorable summer. One we will never forget!!!