Sunday Afternoon at Snowbasin

First off - don't I have the cutest kids ever?? And really, I can't take credit for most of the pictures - Danica was playing with the camera for a good part of the walk and took all the close ups of the kids faces (hence hers isn't in there) and the scencery pictures. We went on a family walk to pass off a scouting requirement for Myles at Snowbasin last Sunday. It was very nice. We found a HUGE wasp nest and Myles knew what kind of wasp (paper wasp) and how they use their salivia to make the paper nest. That child amazes me. It was fun.

This weekend, I went to my mom's house Friday ate dinner and then went to Ethan's football game. They won!! YEAH!! Ethan caught a pass for a touchdown and made a tackle that knocked the guys tooth out but he was mad because he had one dropped pass. You can't be perfect all the time though right? It was fun. Then Saturday am we went picking chokecherries. My kids whined and whined even though I kept telling them the story of the little red hen - you don't pick the berries you don't get the chokecherry jelly. Luckily mom and Aunt Denise where there to help pick berries or we never would have gotten enough. I also got stung by a bee right on my lip!!! I am going to have to go to lip rehab with Larry the Cucumber!! It hurt really bad! I put a penny on and held it on for 5 minutes and it really worked - it took the pain away. However, not the swelling. I had a nice onesided fat lip this morning. One of my friends asked me at church - "did you get braces" and I said "no, I got lip implants - I'm going for the pamela anderson look". She looked at me and didn't say anything and I started to laugh adn told her I got stung by a bee and she said "I was really worried - you never know these days!" HAHAHAAAA - Anyway, after we got home from picking - we juiced ALLLLLLLLLL the berries and made one batch of chokecherry jelly. 32 cups of juice makes only 7 1/2 quarts of choke cherry jelly just in case you were wondering! Seems like a lot of work for not very much. ANyway, it is delicious!

Today, Sunday, I was going to take my kids to the Morgan park and try to scout out a place to take Barney pictures but a storm rolled in and lots of wind and rain - so instead we played Clue. A couple of weeks ago we played Life - and I am not sure which game is more painful. Life is not bad but it is SOOOOO long - and Clue - is hard with little kids and everyone sees everyones cards and they still can't figure it out!!! I don't know what we are going to do tomorrow for Labor Day- we were going to go 4 wheeling one more time but it is still suppose to be rainy and COLD!!! My tomotoes better be okay - I have only eaten ONE red one so far!!! Anyway, have a good night.

First Day of School

TOday is the first day of school! Sad times - it seems like the summer flew by and now my kids will be gone all day except lynnaea half a day for kindergarten. THey were so excited! I remember being excited for school and getting out of bed to look my book bag with everything in it for school. Now, I have kids in school!!! How does this happen?

Danica going into grade 4 this year!!
Lynnaea is starting pm kindergarten this year.
Myles looking so grown up - is going into grade 3. They are so cute!! We had FHE last night and talked about safety issues, and being respectful to teachers and other students and Jared gave all five kids a fathers blessing. He is such a good dad!!! I finally have piano lessons worked
out - YEAHH!!!!! That has been a stress for me and this lady is really expensive so I hope she is as good as everyone says. Soccer starts this week too. SO, life is about to get really really busy again. Sigh.

Lagoon

We took the kids to Lagoon yesterday. We promised them we would go once this year - and the summer has flown by and we have never made it, so yesterday was the day. It was HOT!!!!! We arrived at 12:00pm and stayed until 9:30pm and my feet were killing me. It was a good day to go though because the lines weren't that bad - I think some school districts are back in school already so that could be why - we start tomorrow. Jared, Danica, MYles and Lynnaea went together and went on all the big rides. I couldn't believe Lynnaea she went on the Rocket (the one where you go WAYYY HIGHHHH UPPPP in the air and then plummet to the ground (I went on that one too - it was scary!)), Wicked (which Danica wouldn't go on), the Spider and Colossus. She is a brave girl!! I took Kiersten and Anders and we went on every single kids ride in Kiddie Land. They were soo cute to watch!! I didn't take my camera because it is so worrisome having to leave your camera unattended to go on family rides like the Rattlesnake Rapids(one of our favorite rides as a family) where you will get wet - and I just didn't want the hassle. I gave each of the kids $5 to spend on games after warning them profusely that the games are rigged so you lose - but Myles still ended up in tears because he didn't get a big prize. Anders got the biggest prize at the pick a duck game. We went on the Ferris wheel at the very end of the night together as a family - and that was fun. Lots of cotton candy, rides, games and fun had by all. Must go see my patient now. Have a good day.

Babies!!!

Okay, so I am feeling left out that my sisters are getting to post cute pictures of their new babies so here are pictures of OUR new babies!! This is Casper - check out that dish!


Here is another shot of Casper the day he was born - cute ears!!!
Here he is a couple of days ago -getting mauled by the kids.
Here are our baby meat chickens - they are only a couple of weeks old but they are already very big!!

More of the meat chickens and to the far right is a blue silkie - she has feathered feet and she will have a top hat. Cool, eh?
Here are the newest batch of baby cats. They are very cute - just opened their eyes.

Here is Kiersten chasing a goat.

Babies are sooo cute!!

Bear Lake Camping with the Bertagnole's August 11-13th

These are pictures from our trip to Bear Lake this week. THis is Lynnaea - beautiful as always.
Kiersten and ANders in front of the sand castle Bryan built.
Myles playing in the lake with a killer whale.

Lynnaea digging down to China.
Danica and Myles.
Bryan and all the kids working on the great sandcastle.
Bryan, Amber, Caden and off to the side is Carson - and the great sand castle Bryan built.

Anders and Izac rowing away.

Jared and Danica on the waverunner.
Playing in the sand - Kiersten, Izac and Caden.
Danica in the sand.
Myles again.


We went to Bear Lake this MOnday and stayed until Thursday. We played hard - we rented a waverunner one day and our friends had a boat so I got up waterskiing for the first time in about 15years and we went tubing and we played in the sand and just had a really good time! Except that I got strep throat and it was really quite painful and hopefully the kids don't get it right before school starts. Sigh - what a sad thought - school starting!!!

Jack Rasmussen Gathering July 28th

This is in my backyard. All the family (plus Christina and her kids) - we even had the great honor of having Ethan join us!! Here are all the cousins!!! Crazy - not even all of them - just the important ones who come to visit their Aunt Megan like they should!!!
This is swimming at Hyrum Dam. Lindsay Ann is in the chair with sleeping Cassidy, I am sitting holding Anders with Kiersten sitting by me then Hailey sitting in the water and Brynne and Chad in the boat and Amy standing by it.

More swimming at Hyrum Dam- Wyatt and Myles are standing outside the boat - and Brynne and Chad are in the boat. Danica and Olivia having a good time!
Amy and Brynne and Chad.
Lindsay Ann, Wyatt, Amy, me and Lynnaea.

After the Lloyd Rasmussen Reunion the Jack Rasmussen family that was around spent one day swimming at Hyrum Dam and then had a family BBQ at my house. Great time was had by all except those who chose not to come!!! HAHAA!!!

Lloyd Rasmussen Reunion July 24 - 26th

The sewing and visiting corner! Aunt Darlene and AUnt Judy taught Lynnaea how to embroider. She loved it!!

Cooking dinner - from l-r - Tarren, Jack, Ed, and Montey. We had some yummy food!
Of course, I have to post a picture of Anders - he is so adorable - even when he steals the cookies and has a very dirty face! Eating dinner - Jack, Ed, Larry, Darlene, Montey and Melodie.
Chad and Hailey asleep in Grandpas truck after a long day of swimming in porcupine dam.
The sewing corner and visiting corner!!!!

MOre of the sewing and visiting corner. These are pictures from the Lloyd Rasmussen reunion at Cinnamon Creek. IT was fun. I always enjoying visiting with all my aunts and uncles and cousins. My kids of course had a blast camping and swimming at Porcupine Dam. Fun times.