Take a Hike...

Our fun trip to panguitch. I just didn't feel like our summer would be complete without a hike, Thanks Brinda and John for taking us on a fabulous one, it was short so the kids could all go, and there was a river so we could play in it at the end. It was just perfect. This is up by Bryce Canyon.Sean was such a good helper, he pushed Jaxson almost the whole way. Kaity is in the back, with Brinda, Sean and Jaden in the front.
A beautiful arch, I have no idea if there is a name..

Isn't he beautiful??
Having fun in the sun...
Candid moment.
Mossy Cave, you can't tell that well, but it was pretty mossy.
the waterfall that Jaxson kept trying to walk down to...ahh.

This is my favorite view of those two...SO CUTE!
Jaxson kept trying to get in more than just wading, he eventually got his clothes soaked and cried forever because it was so cold, but then he had a good time playing, trying to drink the water.
This is a cute photo i think.

Our little adventurer...

On sunday we celebrated my brother Johns birthday, 33 can you believe it?? He even made his own cake, and it was fabulous, thanks!
making a wish that he won't grow older I'm sure...hahajk.
My bro and me. what a cute smile john!
We had a lot of fun in panguitch and wish we could go more often!! We love playing games with John and Brinda, and their kids are so fun to play with Jaxson.

July 24th in Enterprise

This year we spent the 24th, pioneer day, in Enterprise. It was fun, they had a fun little parade where they threw a ton of candy out. Jaxson got the hang of going to pick the candy up. We then had a BBQ.Grandpa Jack after farming at our BBQ
Not a good picture...but hilarious. Families aren't perfect growing up, and I kinda like to show both parts of real life.
At the races...and huge snake??

The races were fun, Jaxson didn't know it was a race, he looked over at the kids by him after he started running towards me, and then just jogged for fun behind the winner. He ended up coming close 2nd, so they had one more race for them. And he did the same thing the next time. Jaxson is really fast when we are chasing him, so next year when he gets the concept of racing, he will probably win. I have a video of it that I might post later, it was cute. You can tell how competetive Nate and I are though...we wanted him to win so bad, but of course he is out there just for fun. haha.



This is Anna and Eva at the races too, the girls their age were so cute, none of them were competetive at all.
They're close now, but I think Eva (in the blue) gets a little distracted. haha.

Anna crossing the finish line
Eva getting closer...
Our other neices, Riley and Baylee getting ready to race. You can tell the different personalities, Riley is all serious and ready to compete, and Baylee is having a good time.
Turns out Riley beat everyone, and then ran again with two boys...and beat them...haha.

Juel racing

Shaylee and Kaylee racing
Nate ended up racing too. He came in 2nd and he says it's because he slipped on the start, but he was racing against high school kids who are probably way more active than him...haha.
The coolest part of this afternoon was the firetrucks sprayed kids and really ended up spraying the whole park while they try to get coins in the bottom of a homemade pool. It is hillarious to watch!! We went to the rodeo at night, and one of the bullriders ended up getting his face kicked in by a bull. His Jaw was totally dislocated. Jared said his was face was pretty messed up when he was helping. Very fun Holiday!!

My mom trying to manuever a jet ski, she did a good job for her first time! This was the beginning of our trip, Jaxson and I spent a few days here before we met up with all the Holts for the Family reunion.
Jaxson LOVED the shower even more than swimming
Jaxson swimming after the ER
Get a load of his face...
There's a video at the end of the post that explains what we were doing here, jaxson and I laughed for a good 10 minutes, he was probably high from the tylenol or something, but it was SO fun, probably top five moments of my life!
Kitsap Lake in Washington

"Get a load of my outie everybody!"
Messy face
catch me if you can! We really had a fun time at the lake and were so sad that Nate couldn't be there, we'll just have to go again next year and he can enjoy how beautiful and peaceful it is.
Nate drove up seperately with his Dad and Cory and Chanda's family. Jacquelyn and Shawn drove along with. They went through the redwood forest in California, talk about some tall trees.
The start of Nate's trip...he did a heck of a lot of driving. He was pretty sick of it. Thank goodness we were able to fly, Jaxson was so good and it was quick!
We did drive on the way back though, we stopped in Boise, then in Highland. Jaxson did well driving that long too, suprisingly.
The cambria suites in boise...it was the nicest hotel, especially after camping for three days!!

Jaxson and Jaylee had such a great time together this trip, they're great friends!!
Our horse trail ride, pretty boring, but beautiful.
I got the stubborn horse at the end of the pack, so I cheated a little and stayed at the back and trotted several times for fun. haha.
Nate looks good doesn't he?
This was by far our favorite part of the trip. They had this slip and slide that we're pretty sure they just sewed high quality tarp together and used PVC pipe for the watering source through their lake. It was sweet and someday I'm going to make one just like it. The big guys popped several tubes because they weren't the best of quality and they were doing crazy tricks on it. I love this picture.

Jaxson had so much fun, he didn't want to stop even though it was right during his nap time. He got really good at saying "ready, set, GO" and pointing his finger, just like dad is doing in this pic.
We also got to canoe on their lake, it's not a huge lake, but it was fun still.
Camping outdoors took a toll on Jaxson, thank goodness for our little DVD player and Spongebob, Jaxson is not used to all these people around, he was a little stinker most of the time.
This was the best picture of us we got, believe it or not. We all got reunion T-shirts, cute huh??
Jenny was the big planner for this whole trip, she seriously blew us all out of the water...I can't believe how organized everything was. THANKS JENNY! she's even 71/2 months pregnant in this pic!!
I love this picture, everyone looks so tired. haha
Our first night camping. We ended up playing games with some of Nate's nephews and neices who aren't much younger than him. Some nights we were up til 3 playing. That was the most memorable part of the trip, we love games....So if anyone wants to come play with us, Nate and I are up for it anytime!!
These three grew up together, TJ, Nate, and Matt. They have fun together.
Pikes place market where they throw the fish
the Hurley's on top of the space needle
Gorgeous views from the top of the space needle
Jaxson had so much fun with the little quacker from the duck tour
This is actually the house where they filmed the movie "Sleepless in Seattle". love that movie
Everyone on the duck tour

Nate's a "Quack"




Shawn and Jacquelyn...what a cute picture, and great couple!
Nate's favorite picture of Jaxson in Seattle, him looking at the wonderful view
We're a little cheesy...
Our cute nieces...Abbey, Kaylee, Halle, Baylee, Jamie, Mckayla
Love this pic, Nate got so mad at me at first because i took it with his phone, can you imagine if I dropped it. Christopher, Nate, Megan, Matt, TJ.
Windy eh?
Hurleys
Grandpa with Jaxson and Jaylee. They LOVE grandpa holt
TJ Delainey me and Matt
Chris and me. Let me tell you something about Christopher, he is brilliant at music, piano and guitar. He made up several songs this trip that cracked me up, and one for the Holt family that was amazing. I love that we have a Holt family song now. He is one of my favorites...
Beautiful sunset in Port Angeles, WA
Beautiful Victoria Canada
Jaxson on the Ferry
Parliment Bldg in Victoria


Nate thought it was so funny to take this picture, do we look like frustrated tourists or what??
Forgot the name of this Castle, but it was pretty and BIG

The empress hotel
Our sea lion friend we saw. One blue eye, one brown.
How would you like to live here? I guess it goes for about $500,000
Troy, Delainey, TJ, Hillary, Me, Sherrie, Megan Holt
On the Ferry to Victoria Canada. We actually saw quite a bit of Killer Whales, but we couldn't get any good pictures.
Troy, TJ, Nate
Delainey, Hillary, Sherrie, Megan, me
On the drive to Forks and the rainforest
This is the only picture we got in Forks, We thought it was lame seeing how none of the movie was filmed there and the tour they took us on was bologna, they just had people in the community volunteer their houses to be the different character's houses. I guess if we just took it for what it was in the book, then it would have been a good experience. Now we can say we've been there. You can see Bella in the truck if you look close.
Nate was so good with Jaxson this trip, thanks DAD
an old tree...haha
Whitney and Andrew in the rainforest
Jaxson treated Grandma Holt like mommy, he was pretty attached.
I had to post these for Nate's sake, he loved them. He loves hanging out with his nephews probably more than hanging out with me! haha.

Our little family
Group hug
Rainforest in WA, and below are videos of us at Kitsap Lake laughing. My mom didn't take very long videos which I'm sad about because this was SO fun for us, like I said, top 5 experiences of my life....



Overall, the trip to Washington was a BLAST. I was sad to go home and go back to school. Nate always gets depressed a little when he leaves his family and games. So the few days after were interesting... but he got over it quick when we planned other things to do the rest of the summer, like go to San Diego with friends, and hang out with family that couldn't come to the reunion and spend the 24th with them, and a baptism for our neice, and going hiking in Panguitch. This summer has been stressful with school, but SO fun with family and friends. We are enjoying our new life in Cedar, and are glad Nate isn't selling Alarms this summer so we can play with Family.