June 2017

JUNE 2017

BYER's 60th Anniversary

 Grandma and Grandpa celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at Bryce and Dani's house. We will always have a soft spot in our hearts for Dani. She watched Reece for 2 years while Mom finished her bachelors degree.  She would watch him 2 times a week so Mom could go to her classes.  Reece adored her and they were best buddies.  She taught him to love books and puzzles which he was incredibly advanced at for his age. We also love Grandma and Grandpa Byers.  IF you ask the kids where their favorite vacation spot is, they will all say the Byer's cabin.  It's a family tradition to spend the 1st week of August at the cabin and we all love it there.

FAMILY HIKE

 We LOVE to hike as a family.  Living so close to the mountains and beautiful canyons makes it easy to go on family hikes.  We all enjoy the fresh air, rocks to climb, and getting our energy out while exploring and having freedom to run and climb as we please.

FARM COUNTRY

We had some time off and went to Thanksgiving point to see what the Farm Country was all about. We have a Thanksgiving point pass and LOVE it, but mostly use it for the Museum of Curiosity. The kids rode donkeys, looked a other animals, and that was pretty much it. It was a pretty warm day and so we were happy to get in the car and get some air conditioning.  Reece and Tanner's skin gets super itchy when they start sweating in the sun-- because of this, winter is their favorite season and they mostly spend the summer hiking in the canyons and swimming.

HELENA, MT

Spencer hiking during a break while working in Helena at the VA. 

Dad works in Helena, Montana about 10 weekends a year to earn some extra money. He "moonlights" for the VA and its made all the difference with our finances during fellowship. Its a pretty great gig for Spencer too.  Most weekends he spends watching Football, March madness, reads a book, studies, or prepares for whatever is coming up next.  He leaves Friday night and works until Monday morning. They give him a 2 hour break on Saturday and Sunday.  On Saturdays he goes for a run, and Sundays he attends Sacrament meeting at the nearest church building. We are super grateful for this experience and the flexibility it's given us these past 3 years.

11 yr old SCOUT TRIP

Spencer went with the 11 yr old scouts to hike the Timpanogus caves. This is the "heart" of the cave-- they thought it was pretty cool and took a picture.

PARK CITY DAYTRIP

We took a family day trip to Park City to get some fresh air and new scenery.  We visited the Olympic Park and museum. Mom loves the Olympic spirit and so she was enthralled with it all.  The boys all were fascinated with the skiing stuff since it's become a new favorite hobby for the family.

After watching the skiers fly down the tracks and do crazy awesome tricks in the air before landing in a pool of water, we went over to the Park City Resort and went down the Alpine slides.  They were fast and fun-- but kind of spendy.

SUNDAY PICS

Mom loves getting her Sunday pictures! We were taking pics outside and a super nice man pulled over and took a picture of our whole family. It made me whole day.  Spencer bought me this dress and one other one right before I was set apart as the Young Woman's President.  I really wanted to look cute because I was pretty nervous.  Kind of a pathetic girl thing, but it did give me extra confidence and I really appreciate Spencer helping me find the dresses. He's better at finding cute clothes that fit me well, then I am.

LAGOON

We go to Lagoon once each summer, and it's always a blast.  Tanner got to come this year and he was so excited.  He was fearless and went on every ride he could.  He even stood extra tall so he could make it onto "Colossus".  It ended up being his favorite ride until the 3rd time he got in line the workers rechecked his height and wouldn't let him go. He was super disappointed. Being here with my kids brings back some seriously fun childhood memories.  We use to make the trip to Utah each summer so we could go to Lagoon for the day. I remember loving all the fast rides and then playing for hours at the water park.  I'm grateful I get to relive these memories with my kids. 

BENSON'S End of Season BASEBALL PARTY

Grateful to have a coach that built character, confidence, and helped these kids have fun this season. Mom and the kids enjoyed having Tucker on the team because that meant we got to chat with Becky and Lily each game! We also had Josh Young which meant mom got to chat with Jen too!

Kate being adorable and loving mom's flowers.

COUNTRY DONUT RUN with Grandma & Grandpa Lloyd

Grandma and I love sneaking out in the morning for a donut run.  I was going crazy with all the people in my Mom's house (we were there visiting for a week), so I texted my Grandma and she walked out of Costco and quickly met me for some donuts to keep me sane! Grandma thinks it's hilarious that I order the mega chocolate donut with chocolate chips in it. It's loaded!

FUN at Grandma and Grandpa Dunkley's house

The kids LOVE spending time during the summer at Grandma and Grandpa Dunkley's house. They take swimming lessons, have Bon Fires and roast s'mores, ride the 4-wheeler to Maverick for some slurpees, and then make Grandma's dream come true by showing up to church and sitting on the same pew for Sacrament meeting.  Another favorite is catching bunnies and selling the snack shack during swimming lessons.  It's always a party at her house and we feel like we never need to leave to find entertainment. We got plenty here in her back yard.