Mesa Falls

Yesterday we took a trip up to Mesa Falls by Ashton. It is always such a beautiful place to go. It's so pretty up around there. (I'm jealous Morgan!) We took Nathan & Alisa along with us, I hope they don't get sick of our adventures. And trust me they are adventures with two little girls! We got there and it started pouring rain. So we waited a few minutes until it was only sprinkling, then we walked down to the falls. Just after we took a few quick pictures by the falls it started pouring again. So we all huddled under a tree and Nathan entertained us with a couple of stoneflies. Thank you Mr. Shannon. We made it out and found a nice firepit to roast some hot dogs. It turned out to be nice and we all had fun!Lucy has broken her glasses AGAIN! You'd think they could make those things a little more sturdy for kids!

SPLASH PARK!

Yesterday the girls and I went to Rexburg to the Splash Park! It was so fun. Nathan & Alisa came with us, too. We have never been and the girls enjoyed it. Kate probably more so that Lucy, surprisingly. It took Lucy a while to warm up to the idea of running through the fountains and going down the slides. They also have opened up the old carousel, so Lucy of course loved that! Had we know it would be her favorite thing at Disneyland, we would have just drove to Rexburg! Just kidding, Disneyland was a blast! Anyway, it was a beautiful day. Seems like it turned from winter to summer in a day! It's super hot today and I love it!

Awesome- Watch This!

This is an arrangement by my favorite, Jon Schmidt, combining Taylor Swift & Coldplay songs. So amazing! I could listen to it over and over all day. He is extremely talented and so awesome!

A Rough Week And . . . A Lovely Weekend!

Yes. Lucy started throwing up on my birthday and did so for about 5 days. No fun. The poor girl had some nasty flu bug or something. None of the rest of us got it thank goodness. It was all we could do to get her to come outside with us one day and play bocce.

Lucy was doing better so we went to Utah with a team of horses for a horse pull on the 16th. Lauren, my old roommate, and Skyler and their little girl Cali, met us there. It had been a long time since we had seen them and so it was way fun to catch up! Becky and Brad also came! Lauren & Becky & I had a great time reminiscing about the good ole days and had lots of good laughs. The girls loved the parade before the pull and got lots of candy. Nick did great in the pull and we all had a fun time. He even got the "Horsemanship Award"! Go Nick. He has big plans for several more horse pulls this summer. Hmmmm. We'll see. I didn't get any great ones of the horse pull. Sorry Nick. I was busily trying to manage two crazy girls. But here's Jet & Andy.

The girls when they finally 'crashed' at the very end of the horse pull, of course. Needless to say, I didn't catch a whole lot of it.

Just when we thought Lucy was getting better, she started throwing up again. So sad, she was so completely worn out and weak that she just layed on the couch all day for a few days and slept. She definitely wasn't her usual self. I think I got to hold her last week more than I got to hold her since she was a newborn! She's definitely not a cuddler. So that part was kind of nice for a change. She finally started feeling better the middle of last week, gratefully, because we had a trip to Yellowstone planned with Becky & Brad! It was such a blast! And Nick had never been there, so that was exciting! Can you believe that? I sure can't. Crazy. To live less than 2 hours from something so amazing and never go!? We camped and spent two nights and saw a lot of the cool sites. Nathan and Alisa came up on Saturday and it was fun to have them there. We saw "Old Faithful" of course, and several other geysers, waterfalls, and hot pots. We also saw Yellowstone Lake, which was still quite frozen and "The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone". So amazing. It was probably my favorite part. I thought it was better than the Grand Canyon. Not as deep, but the sides were straight down and beautiful. Wow. Okay this is getting really long. But we had tons of fun! Thanks for coming with us Harrison's! You guys are great. Now we're looking for where to go on our next camping adventure. Any ideas?

Here's Nathan & Alisa with Lucy while we were waiting for Old Faithful to spout. Thanks for being such great entertainers for the girls all the time!

Lucy roasting some marshmallows at the campfire!

Becky & I

Lucy & Nick at Tower Falls

That there is a black bear.

Lucy loved camping and was so sad to leave!

Happy Mother's Day Kim!!!

Just wanted to say Happy Mother's Day, from Nick, Lucy, and Kate. We all love you so much and appreciate everything that you do for us. You are such a good example to me and the girls and I love you so much for the great mother and wife that you are. Thanks for everything.
Now we have to get ready for Kim's big birthday on Thursday. She is going to be the big 25!! Man that is old!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Nick turned the big 28 today! We had a fun little family birthday party. Tomorrow night we'll have a party with all Nick's family at Brock & Abbie's house. Abbie is Nick's twin sister. The girls loved helping with the cake and presents. We had a late party because Nick was out I.V.ing one of the new colts til late. We've had 4 new colts in the last couple weeks! I need to post pics of them. They're so cute. Anyway one of the colts has been real dehydrated so Nick has been taking good care of it giving it lots of fluid through I.V. Just takes lots of time. Anyway, Happy Birthday Baby! We love you!

Sorry for the very blurry picture!
Kate thoroughly enjoyed this . . .
And so did I because it kept her busy for 30 seconds!

CANADA!!

We are in Canada. And it is lovely. We are up for some horse business. Haha. I'm always up for a trip to Barnwell! I'm sure the rest of the fam is very jealous. The only thing that could make it better was if Grandma were here. Hope she gets home soon. We came up to Edmonton today after the horse sale. We even made it to the West Edmonton Mall-- the LARGEST MALL IN NORTH AMERICA! Yeah, anyone jealous? They have every store you could ever imagine. And an indoor amusement park, ice rink, waterpark . . . it is enormous. This was actually my second time at the mall, crazy . . . the last time was probably about 15 years ago. And wouldn't ya know we had to leave Idaho to get some nice weather . . . in CANADA! Seriously. It's been beautiful.

Washington Trip

Last week we were in Washington . . . where Nick did some horse business. (If you can believe that). Haha. Nick worked hard, while the girls and I played and enjoyed the sites of Northwest WA. Nick shod lots of horses (for those of you who don't know what this means, I wouldn't of, he put shoes on them). It was a fun trip to get away! On the way home we even got to stay at the Osborne Resort in Moses Lake . . . it was FABULOUS!

These turkeys were hilarious! This was at Hovander Park.

A huge, neat barn at the park.

Checking out the ocean
Birch Bay . . . Kate loved the rocky beach. She stuck everything in her mouth.

Yep . . . that's a chicken walking on the beach! Funny. Lucy was as confused as the rest of us!

Lucy did a lot of this.

And she loved watching these little guys . . . they were pretty funny. We were supposed to come home with an empty trailer . . . but no. That would be too easy. Instead we brought home two more horses, a pig, and a goat. Yes, crazy I know.

My Old Dress

On Sunday Lucy wore one of my dresses that I wore as a little girl. My Mom saved it in the attic all those years! Lucy has about outgrown it but she always gets lots of comments on it when she wears it to church. As you can tell, she didn't want to cooperate too well . . .

Happy Easter!

I got fabric a couple of months ago to make Easter dresses for the girls and finally got up the courage to start them on Friday. Crazy I know. So here they are, after a couple really late nights. I had to call my Mom several times for directions over the phone. Thanks Mom! Anyway, I think I better go get started on next years . . . Hope everyone had a great Easter! [This last pic is of Lucy with her new puppy, Sadie. They are such cute buddies.]