SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION

Summer is now in full swing, we celebrated the longest day of the year swimming, barbecuing and canoeing!!!
Ponds and places like this are few and far between here in Utah.
Don't we look cute!!!
The paddle boat king!!!!
Aubrey missed out on the pond due to work, but she made it for air guitar in the barn afterwards.

We had an amazingly relaxing fun time. We are looking forward to many more like it this summer

SUMMER IN FULL SWING (VIDEO)

MAKING THE MOST OUT OF THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR!!!! CLICK ABOVE FOR SLIDE SHOW

CRAWDAD HUNTIN'

While we were at the park Mckray spotted a crawdad hiding in this tube. So the kids decided they wanted to catch it.......so the hunt began.

Juju trying to coax it out with a healthy snack.Bridger trying to wait patiently until he came out.Aubrey trying to get a better view.Here he comes get ready.......We caught the little sneaky bugger... finally!!
He's so cute I could just kiss him.
Make peace with it not war.
Juju as happy as a clam...I mean crawdad.
He never took his eyes off those pincher's. We fed it good and showed it a good time.
A few of the kids wanted to take it home and keep it as a pet, the other's wanted to let it go..so we let it go. I don't think crawdad's make good pets.

It was a very successful afternoon of crawdad huntin'.

SLIP SLIDING AWAY

We broke out the slip n slide and all the kids came running. Look who was first in line to go, the biggest kid of them all!!!



Check out the video below to see more of the wet n wild fun.

SLIP N SLIDE

Slip N Slide Fun!!!!

THE GREATEST DAD IN THE WORLD

Reason why you are the GREATEST DAD!!!!!!

Juju thinks your the GREATEST because:

You take me on horse rides alot.

I like you because you are so funny.

You have a really cool job.

Mckray thinks you the GREATEST because:

You are very helpful.

You are nice to me.

You like to play golf

Bridger thinks your the GREATEST because:

You put forth a lot of effort

You do fun activities with us.

You sacrifice your time for us.

Aubrey thinks your the GREATEST because:

You watch sports with me.

You are great on the BBQ.

You are a really hard worker.

I think you are the GREATEST because:

You give me and the kids an enormous amount of love everyday.

You call from work everyday just to check on your family.

You have given our kids what I didn't have and we are all so lucky to have you in our life. We all love you and wish you a Happy Father's Day!!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Just wanted to say Happy Father's Day to all my dad's out there.This is my dad that lives in Virginia. I haven't had alot of contact with him in my life. I reuninted with him two years ago and it was one of the highlights of my life. I love you Dad and I am so happy that you are in my life. I miss you more than ever.
This is my FAB. father-in -law. He is such a funny guy and he always has a really dry joke to tell or he is singing some crazy song to you. I love you tons Clark. Thanks for teaching your son how to be an amazing husband and father.
This is the dad that took me in when I was 17. Without this dad I have no clue where I would be today. He showed me unconditional love and respect and he showed me what a father is supposed to be. He protected me and took care of me and I will always love him for that. Thank you for taking me in and loving me like I was your own. I Love You!!!!

I am so blessed to have so many great men in my life.They each have helped me so much in my life and I am so grateful for each of you . Happy Father's Day to you all!!!

LEMONADE STAND AND A NEW BIKE

Juju decided that she wanted to do a lemonade stand so she raided the pantry and set up shop on the front yard. It was so cute because there wasn't a soul in sight and she is chanting to the top of her lungs "drinks 25 cents, cookies 2 quarters" she is singing this over and over again.
I guess the singing worked because not too long after we had kids showing up with their two quarters ready to purchase whatever she was selling.
Juju brought in a very impressive $3.50. Not bad for about 15 mins. on the clock.
This is the NEW bike that Juju and her dad went and picked out today. She has not gotten off of the thing all day. Pretty snazzy hot pink, don't you think!!!! I remember my first big girl bike, it was a yellow banana seat bike. Those were some good times. I hope that Juju will have as much fun as I did on mine.

THESE ARE THE DAYS TO REMEMBER

Here is a video of some family fun.

PALFREYMAN GET TOGETHER AT TRESTLEWOOD

We had a little get together with the Palfreyman side of the family up at Trestelwood. It was a really good time. We stayed busy 4 wheeling, riding horses, bowling, going to the park, Cascade springs, eating tons of good food, playing speed scrabble(emiliee kicked our butts),having a talent show (who knew we had that much talent in one family), making pet rocks, enjoying just being together. A special thanks goes out to Chalan for putting this all together. We can't wait to see what Caleb and Emilee come up with next year.

We decided that everyone would make a family shirt before we came up. We thought since Regan's family loves the movie The Man From Snowy River then that would be our shirt "theme". The picture on the shirt is Spur (one my favorite characters) saying "One of life's injustices: you never get to choose your own relatives"......we really don't feel that way....maybe we do sometimes ha ha!!!

I love this picture of father and son.



We live in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Here are a few pictures of some great views.

I MISS YOU

My best friend Vickie died four years ago of cancer. It feels like forever to me and I think of her all the time. We talked on the phone everyday for 8 years and when she died I didn't know how to cope and I still find myself thinking "I need to call Vickie and tell her"...........but then I realize that she isn't here. It has been super hard for me to loose such an amazing and close friend. I will never forget the week before she passed away I went to tell her a final goodbye and she was really weak and tired and she had bought me something for Christmas so she asked her husband to go down in her storage room to get it but he couldn't find it and we tryed to tell her that we could get it later but she wouldn't calm down and kept asking him to get it and in true Vickie fashion she wasn't taking no for an answer so she got out the bed (that she hadn't been out of in weeks ) she was so weak and feable and made the treck down two flights of stairs just to get me this present. She is dying and she is still thinking of me!!!! and I can't tell you how that made me feel. That is just the kind of friend that she was and I will miss her more than I could ever say. It will always be the best Christmas gift that I have ever gotten. She gave it to me in June and at Christmas time I got it out and I felt like she was here with me and it made the holidays a little more special for me. I think that she planned it that way all along. I hope that I will be blessed to someday find a friend like that again. I will cross my fingers and hope. I love you Vickie and can't wait to see you again. I send you all of my love and I am watching over your daughter like you asked me to do. She is as beautiful as you are and she looks like you more and more each day and when I look at her I see you and that always makes me smile. You would be proud of the woman that she is becoming. You have a space in my heart forever and remember....

"S.H.M.I.L.Y"

(see how much I love you)

(this is how she would sign all her cards to me and her family)

This is Kirstynn her daughter. I love this girl like she was my own and am blessed to have her in my life. She went with us to our family reunion and made these matching rocks, she gave one to me and the other one to put on her mom's grave. She is a sweetheart. It makes me feel close to her mom when she is around. I know Vickie is looking down on her and smiling.

HAVING FUN AT THE PARK

HAVING LOTS AND LOTS OF FUN AT THE PARK!!!