Balloons!

Saturday (9/11) we braved the dark and woke up early to go see the Hot Air Balloons. This is something that we did every year when I was a kid and I wanted to take the boys at least once before we move. My dad and Amanda came with us along with our friends Lindy, Ava and Kelsea. It was so much fun! Luckily, my kids crashed at 11 and slept for 4 hours after so I was able to get a nap after waking up at 4 in the morning. However when I told this to Chris, he reminded me that he used to get up at 3 and have to work a 12 - 15 hour day. I felt a little bad that I was able to nap :)

Walking down to the park at 4:45am.
We got to watch the "Glow Show" up close an personal. I never knew there was a glow show..I only ever knew about Dawn Patrol...but we got there early enough to see this and it was breath-taking.

The crew!!!

Our friends, Lindy, Ava and Kelsea

All of us minus one

They did a tribute to 9-11 with with and then had a fly by in the "one man left behind" formation. It was powerful.

We found a sweet parking spot after the early morning show and sat on our car and watched the balloons rise into the air! The boys were mesmerized!

Grandpa Steve and Logan

Amanda and Tracen- he is a goof!

My boys just love Grandpa Steve! They will sure miss him when we move! I guess they will just have to come out and visit a lot :)

The balloons! They are spectacular!!

Here is the end of the glow show...the battle of the balloons! It was pretty cool!

I Finally Got My Camera Back!!!

So here are all the pictures...I will try and keep them in sequential order, but you never know with this program :) Here Goes nothing!

T-BALL

Tracen played T-ball through the YMCA this year. He enjoyed it a lot! Here are some pictures from the little ceremony to give out medals!

Mom and Tracen making funny faces :)

One day he may learn how to smile for the camera

Daddy and Tracen making Monster faces! (ARRRRRRR)

FIRES with KENTON

When Kent was here we had a couple of nights where we had a fire outside. Jace and Tracen having a fun time being buddies!!!

Kent and Chris doing fire dancing with sparklers!

Kent and Morgan even showed off their patriotism

Fourth of July

This was our last fourth in Reno/Sparks so we headed down to Victorian Square to watch the fireworks! Tracen hates loud noises so we brought his ear muffs and he was able to enjoy the night and watch the fireworks!

Bear Lake

I once again braved taking the boys out to Utah for about a week. We had a great time!

Here they are on the plane.. they were so good on the way there.


After the plane ride we had to drive about 2 hours up to the Lake. The boys zonked out in the car. Check out their super pillows! Curious George and Buzz Lightyear. I made them mini pillows for school (with matching blankets...not shown) and they worked out perfect for our trip!



Tracen is out!

We stopped in Logan and caught up with my friend Megan! It was tons of fun!

The boys loved playing with Grandpa Jay when we got to the cabin!

This is my favorite. Chris so reminds me of his grandpa!

Me and Logie on the boat!

Tracen loved driving the boad with Uncle Kent!

We didn't all ride the tube, but we floated. Tracen was a bit nervous!

Logie went on a tube ride with Alex and had so much fun. At one point when we told him he was done, he told me "No, I want more mama!"

The Zoo

Our last day in SLC we went to the Zoo and the little elephant was having her 1st birthday party so we got cupcakes. It was fun!