our own amusement park!!!

As Nick was tilling the garden area...the kids thought it would be fun to ride in the bucket..(yes dangerous...so don't try this at home).

Nick decided to make an amusement ride out of it.....lol!!!!

going up!!!!!

going down!!!

The kids love it!!! Nick is always thinking of ways to entertain the kiddos....we even have a clothes line that goes round and round....Nick will push them till their flying vertical on it...but they love it!!! i guess till someone gets hurt. right???

Trying to catch up a piece at a time!!!!

Bringing an old family tradition alive.....as a kid we always stopped at Hills Air Force Base coming home from Utah....Its a museum of all kinds of planes...Big and small, old and new. there is also an area inside with a lot of neat history on planes and such.....So here we are on our way home from Lagoon and Hogle zoo and decided to stop and let the kids see all the planes.....I was actually very surprised at how much they enjoyed stopping here that we might have to do it more often.....
another thing about this place is it makes me think of my little brother Clint who is in Afghanistan right now serving in the Air force.....proud of you little bro...!!!!

Hogle Zoo trip!!!
I love the Hogle zoo...not to long and not to short!!!! The only bummer about the zoo was it rained off and on, but for the most part we enjoyed it...except for Ellyn, she was being a stinker and wouldn't get in any pictures....that's Ellyn for ya!!!

I love this picture....i'm so mean...Grant wanted away as fast as he could and was freaking out from all the sounds and movements coming from this dinosaur.... so what do i do, i make Nick stay there so i could take a picture....bwwaaahahaha!!!

Wes was in heaven with the wolves!!! he is so obsessed with wolves. We could hardly pull him away from this exhibit!!!

Dance season 2011 has come to an end....Nat really enjoyed it this year...and can't wait till next year!!! We were able to go to quite a few competitions this year and was able to end with a big shebang at the Lagoon competition with all 1st place....!!!
Nat and her cousin Preslee....inseparable!!!!