OUR EXTREMELY BUSY JULY

This month has been crazy busy! But before I get into

what we've been up to this month, I thought I'd post some pics of our house & yard. When we bought this house 3 yrs ago, we really didn't know quite what to do with the extra large, weed-infested flower beds. Knowing it would cost too much to fill with flowers & shrubs, we found a way to fill them, low cost. The front of our home, we planted pumpkins & squash. (the flowerbeds are MUCH larger than this pic shows!

We already have pumpkins growing like crazy....

This year I tried something new with the little flower bed by the driveway. I bought a box of wild flower seeds. I watered them like crazy, and for the longest time, they just looked like weeds. When they started blooming, I was over-joyed! So if anyone has a flower bed that they don't know what to do with, I highly recommend trying this wild flower mix. I think it gives a yard a nice "country cottage" look. I got them at walmart...

Brandon took 3 wks off work, starting the end of June. We went on two camping trips during that time. From june 29-July 2nd, Brandon and I took a mini vacation to Park City. It was so much fun & nice to get away without kids for a few days. Sadly, I forgot the camera :(


We had a wonderful 4th of July celebration with family. Again....I didn't take picures:(

We also went to a Bee's game. Grandpa Bailey bought Andy a Bee's hat & he got it signed by bumble.(the mascot) And, you guessed it. I yet again....forgot the camera:(

Brandon played in the Lamb Days mens softball tourny, and won the tournament!

We also went to the Ute Stampede. Brandon won these large, unattractive stuffed animals by making baskets...

We Celebrated my 24th Birthday on the 11th.

Brandon surprised me with this AWESOME gift!!!! It extends larger than the pic shows( leaf) and I have two more chairs coming.......it will be so great to have six chairs!! This table fits up to eight chairs.......I think I know what I'm going to ask for, for christmas;)

These pics are in my living room. My other table & chairs were still in my kitchen when these photos were taken.

The leaf..........

To celebrate my B-day, we went up the mountain & had bb-q turkey & dutch oven with my family.

CUTE baby Dakson..

my mom & her grand-kiddles(minus Dakson)

My dad & Dakson

Devin cookin turkey..

And there it is! JULY IN A NUT SHELL!

Camping & a cool discovery!

Brandon is on his vacation, so we decided to go camping with the kids. We went up fairview canyon.

Here are pics of us on the drive up.....

My Gorgeous little boys.............
This is my "oh crap, what have I got myself into, camping with a two & three year old" look.

Just after we arrived at our beautiful & quite secluded camping spot, Maddex & I ventured off to find wood for a fire and discovered this sweet little guy about 30 yards from our tent. Maddex screams "OOOHHHH BAAAMMMBBIIEEEE, SOOOO CUUUUTE!! The sweet little guy let us get right up to him & I let the kids pet him with sticks(if human sent is on them, mama deer will reject them) We could tell he was only hours old. Baby deer are unsented so preditors are unable to find them. Mother deer leave them in bushes and take off for six to eight hours at a time, only returning to feed them, then leave again. Mama deer moved him during the night. He was gone in the morning. It was pretty cool, and I'm glad the kids were able to see a baby deer!
Andy's catch of the day.

My lovely catch...
The albino fish I caught. They've got RED EYES. Pretty cool.

Brandons trophy fish.......haha.
We found this tree up by fairview lakes. We carved it one month after we were married, over 5 years ago....crazy!!

The boys chillin in the tent....

Note to self: Bring foam pad next time.

Softball Tourny & the Zoo

This past weekend was busy! Tosha had her company party at the zoo & got us tickets to go too! Thanks Tosh! It was way fun! Then Brandon & Kevin played with Thunder Bay on Saturday in West Jordan, so we just got a hotel room & stayed. Brandon & Kev played awesome. Grandma & Grandpa Bailey were there too, which was wonderful!(they help out so much with the kids)
Grandma & Grandpa Bailey, Maddex & Kelby. Kelby is my cousin Shandon's girlfriend Nicole's little girl. She is so dang cute. Her & Andy had fun together. My cousin Shandon & Brandon's cousin Landon both play with Thunder Bay too. Softball tournaments are almost like family reunions!

My hot hubby at the plate.

He hit it over the fence with this swing. He hit two homeruns in the first game!

Sadly, the tournament got rained out when there was only four teams left. But I think they would have gone all the way:)

Andy & Kelby...

Happy Maddex.

Brandon & Maddex on the carousel at the zoo.

My first born & I.

This is a total Brandon look. he definately looks a lot like his daddy.

The famous lion drinking fountain. If you think about it, it's pretty gross.....is the water suppose to represent the lion's saliva? Am I the only one who has thought of this...?

Andy got his face painted like a gorilla. So CUTE!!!

My cute boys...