Gage's Art

Doesn't it make you happy when your kids can play by themselves and be quiet? Well you know it is too good to be true. Gage was glueing shapes and letters on his wall. Isn't it beautiful Mom?

California

Here are some pictures of our first day in CA.

Santa Monica Pier
Venice Beach

Gage helped the pilot land the plane

Griffith Park Observatory - cool.

Mozart

Ava's Ray Charles impression

Looking for the Snowman song (their favorite)

Too cute not to share. Lance snapped these of Ava today. Gage and Ava fight over who gets to play the piano, hopefully that enthusiam will still be there when they are taking

lessons. They also like to help me play while I am practicing. Such great helpers.

WALLEYE?

Well, I have been day-dreaming about a river trip or mountain biking in the Uintahs since I turned in my entry for the See & Do contest. Then the results came.....

Congratulations you have won 5th place and an entry in the Walleye Classic!

What!?!? What is a walleye anyway? I guess I need to Google that.

Here is an insert from the paper.......
Those rounding out the top 10 in the first See & Do Contest were: Kendra Embleton and family of Roosevelt with a score of 69; the Trent Birchell family of Myton with a score of 48; the Lance and Desiree Lambert family of Roosevelt with a score of 44; Danielle Aycock and family of Roosevelt with a score of 41; the Keith and Pamela Despain family of Vernal with a score of 37; the Jill Chatwin family of Myton with a score of 30; the Travas and Ruth Young family of Vernal with a score of 25; and the Bob and Leslie Larsen family of Neola with a score of 23.

The Lambert family rounded out the top five, and will receive free entry for two into the 2009 Walleye Classic at Starvation State Park. The entry fee for Utah’s longest running fishing tournament is $250.
............ Full Story

I guess we can take a ski run if we get tired of fishing. YeeHa

What Do We Do?

Here are some photos of what we have been doing the past couple weeks. This is for the "101 Ways to See & Do the Uintah Basin" contest we are entering. There sure are alot of things to do out here. It has keep us busy.

Swim'n -N- Sun

We drove across the state to see Grandma/pa and cousins in St. George over Labor Day Weekend. It is a 7 hr drive from Roosevelt. Good thing Gage and Ava and great travelers.

Gage got a motercycle ride..... Hey Dude
Gage loved jumping from the rocks into the pool. This kid has no fear.
Gage & Kira

Peas & Carrots
Lance enjoying the rain. He also golfed and watched Utah win Michigan in football.
Ava enjoying Grandma's yummy pasta

Food & Diapers GO Hand-In-Hand

Here we are making cookies. This was the first time Ava was standing on a stool to help out - or grab a handful of cookie dough. Gage is always pulling a silly face.
I finally dug up some carrots from or little garden. I wasn't sure when to harvest them, so I think I let them get too big. But they tasted delicous. Aren't they funny looking. The one on the left has 3 legs and the other two were twisted together.
I decided to try cloth diapers in addition to regular diapers (the poop catchers). Aren't they so cute! Ava likes them. We will see how excited I am after awhile. http://monkeybunsdiapers.com/com/

TV Time

Gage: Mom can I watch a movie?
Des: No sweetie
Gage: Why?
Des: I don't want you sitting in front of the TV
Gage: I will sit behind the TV, please mom......