Raspberry Day 2010

One of my all time favorite and one of the whole families all time favorite traditions is heading to Bear Lake and spending time there, Raspberry Days always turns out to be the best time ever.

To start the week off my sister Kim, I and our Children headed up to my parents ranch to spend a day and a 1/2 there. Little A was in heaven. 4-wheelers, horses, fishing, and room to run. Miss M even got in on some of the actions. She took a ride in the Rhino and got to walk around and look at things. Above is Little A helping Grandpa heard some cattle. He was a true cowboy with his boots and all.
Little A took every advantage he could to get a ride on a 4-wheeler, as you can see grandma even got into the action. I use to love riding horses and spent many years in horse 4-H. Many memories can back to me as I helped my dad saddle to horses for the grandchildren to ride. Little A was not to sure about the horses but at least this time he got on one. That night we decided to roast hot dogs and have smores for dinner. We had lots of fun until the weather ended it all by bring us a rain/hail storm.

After the having a great time at the ranch we packed up and headed to Laketown and Bear Lake. Thursday was all about the parade. The kids love this and get so excited to throw candy and get to be the stars of the show. Miss M got to ride up front with uncle lance while I rode with Little A on the back. He had a blast throwing candy and waving to the people when we would drive by them. About half way through he wanted to be done because he saw a big slide and wanted to go on it instead. On Friday night in the rain the family headed to to rodeo in Laketown I waited for a while, for the rain to stop and then headed up with Miss M to watch. Samantha was going to be riding a sheep in the rodeo and Andrew was so excited to see this because he already talks about getting to do it when he is older. Look a little A face and it describes how much he love watching all the animals and cowboys. The one of Sam is after her ride, she did great coming in 3rd place.

After the rodeo we headed back to the Laketown house to celebrate my amazing father's birthday. I have a great dad and I love him and the wonderful example he is to me and my family. Little A love him so much and loves his tractor, tow trucks and all the stuff. My parents are going on a cruse at the first of Sept. so we gave him things that he would need on it. The next morning many people went to took part in the 5K. Big-T (as we call our mom out of love) took second place in her age division. I love the picture of the runners walking back from the race.

Saturday was spent at the beach enjoying the sun, building sand castles, great food, and lots of laughs. Our family is a bit crazy at time but this weekend the most crazy card has to be given to Jeff. As pictured above he is wearing an old fashion swim suit that he found in his basement. Let's just say everyone got a great chuckle out of it.