Piano Guys

We, Eli, myself, Jim Bollinger, and A. attended the Piano Guys concert last night. Wow, it was awesome. Check them out on u-tube. So I left with a. to go to soccer, then stopped to check on my sister who was watching C. He was in the closet asleep, crying fit. Anyway then I left to get Eli and Jim and then we stopped to get A. Then we headed home to change and get C. Then up to Ashton to help load hay. We were the retriever it was broke down. then to unload in the barn we finished up around 10pm. Then back to our place.

Bear World May 2012

So in May they offer Bear World at a reduced price, so we decided to go. We have lived her for over two years and had never been. I would tell the kids when we would drive by. However, I wanted to see the baby cubs and they had been advertising them so we went. It was awesome. We drove through and the boys loved it. We saw deer, elk, mountain goats, buffalo, antelope. Then we entered the bear area. We saw 3 grizzles, and many brown bears that come right next to you. Then we saw a silver wolf and a moose. Then we stopped so we could go to where they keep the cubs, so cute and we got to pet them. Then we read the signs, went to the petting zoo. Finally once they got the rides going the boys did that and had a blast. So while doing this we heard that you can pay more and go on the large truck and feed the animals so we knew when we would go back through the animal and bear park. We got in  second car from the truck. So in the bears they were close and standing up. They have a guy in there called the bear ranger to scare and get the bears off cars and keep people moving. We had bears try to climb on the hood and then one wiped a booger on the side of the window the boys were screaming with excitement and nervousness. We bought some fudge and it was good, lunch for us. It was a cold day so we headed home.  Many photos below.

 A. Petting the baby cub.

 C. going in, a little unsure. The cub was nuzzling and really noisy. P

 Peek a boo!

 Now you see us.

 Even though they are bears they still wrestle. We all loved watching them play.

 Petting zoo, A. loved touching everything.

 C. loved this pot bellied pig.  Typical attire, boots on wrong feet and cowboy hat pulled down to ears smashing them.

 The moose.

 C. was obsessed with the deer.

 Here is the baby the boys liked to pet. It looks sick with loosing hair and so skinny. Yes, we made sure everyone washed there hands after leaving the petting zoo.

 Riding the rides. This is the first time they have done anything like this. They were excited.

 Roller Coaster.

 All smiles at the end.

 4-wheeler ride.

 They were so excited to ride the engine and blow the horn.

 All aboard the dinosaur train, they were both hollering this.

 We all enjoyed watching the bears sit on their bums and beg for food. Some were so fat they looked liked it was a struggle to balance.

Bear Lake 4th of July 2012

The weekend after the Fourth of July for 2012 we went to Bear Lake, Idaho with our friends the Allison's and Bollinger's and their families. We camped on the East Beach at the Idaho State Park. We played volleyball in the water, went boating, knee boarding, wake boarding, and ate. A. and C. both knee boarded. The water was warm and very shallow. They loved playing on the sandy beach. We arrived Saturday after 2pm. We had to change our fuel filter in Montipilar, Id. So we were slowed down. We stopped to gas up the boat we pulled up and the boys collided into each other and A. got a split lip and C. got a sore head. We ate sandwiches for lunch and Tacos in a Bag for dinner. Sunday we  at French Toast from french bread, eggs, bacon, sausage, juice etc. Lunch was sandwiches and Dinner was dutch over chicken, fruit and anything. Then Monday we had mountain man's breakfast which is eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage, peppers, tomato, onions all in one. We also had pancakes, bacon, sausage, hash browns, and oj. So we left Monday so Eli could attend class. I was not feeling so hot, cramping and my stomach hurt and more than ok many trips to the outhouse before we left. I thought I would make it back but outside of montipilar and soda springs we had to stop so I could puke along the road. I realized I do not chew my food very well. So anyway that continued for a few days. Good Diet.

Here are the pictures of our fun.

 Riding the waves.

 A. was not the happiest.

 Eli and A. getting ready to go.

 Getting ready for the ride. Eli would steady him.

 C.

C.

 C.

 C.

 Watching C. he kept going and going.

 C. on the kneeboard.

 Jim Bollinger.

 Brad Allison.

 A. trying to get the ball to serve. He just needed a little more wingspan.

 C. loving the water and sandy beach.

 Playing water volleyball. A. is in the blue lifejacket.

 It was hot so we were by a canopy and we told C. to get out of the sun for a minute, he decided he like playing under the table with a four wheeler. Also the dogs were around us.

 Allyn Allison

Side profile of Eli's sand creation. He would get handfuls of wet sand and then let it slide between his hand to his creation. If the water ratio to sand was not right it would not stick.

 Eli's sand creation.

A. loved playing with all the water toys.