White Water River Rafting

Me, Nick, and Nate (nicks brother) went down the snake river in Jackson Hole. We had a blast as you can see but we froze our butts off for a few fun minutes of whitewater. It was about 55 degrees, raining, and the wind was blowing up the canyon. We are on the left side. Nate is second back, then Nick, and then me.

Yellowstone

Tamara (nicks mom) looking over the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Nick and Jay (nick's dad)

Cael on his leash so he doesn't run into the gysers. The kids loved chasing him around

Our trip to Jackson Hole

Nick looking over Jenny Lake

Cael freezing just so we can get a shot of him in front of Hidden Falls

Caden and Sade, Cael's cousins hiking at Jenny Lake

Cael loves to be outdoors as you can see. He went 5 miles that day and did great. Riding on shoulders, running, jumping over every rock he could.

Giving Cael's little legs a break

Ouch!!!

Cael fell running in a parking lot in Jackson Hole.

There is not a day that goes by that Cael doesn't get a goose egg, bruise, and cuts. Today he chipped his tooth. Gotta love boys!!!!

Cael is 15 months now and what a great joy to have in our lives. He is very busy and sometimes very hard to deal with but at the end of the day I still love him. He is now jumping off anything. It started out jumping off the curb. Now he thinks he can jump off the coffee table if I am sitting on the floor, and when we walk down our hardwood floor stairs he wants me to hold his hand so he can jump down 3 or 4 steps at a time. He makes me crazy. But what makes it cute is I started out saying 1...2...3 and then he would jump. Well now he is counting himself, well sort of in his own little way and then he jumps. It is the funniest thing but the most annoying thing. He is crazy as ever and has more energy than both Nick and I put together. Also, Nick taught him to hit a ball with a plastic bat, well I am sure you know where this is going. He hits anything and everything in his way, including me, the cat, and sometimes the balls. He can say ball now and says it 100 times a day.

1st camping trip this summer

We went camping with some friends out to Lake Mead the weekend of Mother's Day. We had a great time and the weather was perfect.

Hangin out on the boat, it is the only time he will sit on your lap and hold still.He loves to watch everyone ski and wakeboard.
Right after Cael woke up in the morning he went straight for the water. He was still in his pj's. He started out slow and before we knew it he was in water up to his chest.

Playing with the sand toys, well if you call throwing them in the water playing. I think we lost half of them.

Cael playing on the beach, going up and down I don't know how many times.
He loves to watch everyone ski and wakeboard.

Playing with my friends

Tyler and Madison
Chelsea and Ammon
Cael getting out of the water, he loves to count 1...2...3 and then jump into the water and off anything else.
My daddy swimming with me
Madison, Ammon, Cael, and Chelsea. the kids loved playing with Chelsea. She is Ammon's nanny.