Camping with the Vidoni's

A few weekends ago we had the annual Vidoni camp out and it was so much fun! Over all the weather was great but a few nights it was really cold. We arrived Thursday afternoon and spent most of the day setting up camping and exploring our camp ground. Friday we had a b-day party for Race, went hiking and roasted marshmallows.

Grandma Vidoni was making lunch for everyone on Friday and she had 3 little helpers.

Lucy, Jocie & Ethan

Happy Birthday Race!

Mmmm cupcakes!

Here are a few pictures of us hiking but the trail was closed so our hike was really short. Ethan got to ride in this awesome backpack. He thought it was great!

All the kidos hiking

We also went to the Ice Cave where pioneers stored their ice. It was pretty cold in there. You can see that everyone is standing on a pile of snow inside cave.

Later that night the boys were breaking up some branches to add to the fire and Ethan wanted to do it too. Jared's holding the branch so that Ethan can step on it and break it. He's so funny! He wanted to do everything the older kids were doing.

Jared's mom had a fun story for the kids about how she had found some magic beans and she wanted the kids to plant them and see what happens.

Here's Ethan planting his bean.

and here's what it grew

Saturday was the 4th of July and We started the day out with a nice flag ceremony conducted by Jared's dad. He taught us about flag etiquette and then the kids each got their own little flag to take care of.

Then I did a fun craft with the kids making sock puppets. They seemed to really enjoy making them and it provided hours of entertainment. These kids have such a good imagination!

After lunch we headed over to the lake for a little fishing. Here's me helping Ethan cast his line and reel it in. He thought this was so much fun.

I think that each of the kids were able to catch a fish and Jared caught a ton of fish...I think like 12 or more.

After fishing and dinner we had family pictures taken by Ray's awesome girlfriend Amy!

Then it was a trip to Cedar City for fireworks to end our wonderful 4th of July and Vidoni camping trip. I'm so glad we do this every year and I hope it's something we can keep doing.

Stupid bugs!

Remember this picture from a few years ago?

Well now our backyard tree blew over and we found out this this little bug was living inside of it. I'm afraid that both of our trees are full of bugs and quickly dying. That means we have no shade and now we have to buy new trees. What a bummer!

Potty

So Ethan has a new favorite thing to do...sit on the potty. This has just developed over that past week. Some times he'll sit on it with his clothes on, other times he wants is diaper off and a few times he wants all of his clothes off. He doesn't do much when he's sitting on there but he sure loves to flush the toilet and wash his hands when he's done.

Father's Day

This year we were in sunny St. George for Father's Day. Ethan gave his Grandpas a tie with his hand print on it and he gave Jared an apron with his hand print. He thought it was great fun to paint his hand and put it on the ties and apron. And I think his dad and Grandpas enjoyed the presents too. I had to give my dad his present early and totally forgot to get a picture of Ethan with Grandpa Withers. But here are a few with Grandpa Vidoni and Jared.

Vidoni girl time!

This past weekend we had a fun Vidoni girls weekend. It stared off with a night out to the Tuacahn musical theatre to watch Footloose! One of my favorite movies brought to life. If you ever have a chance to see a show at the Tuacahn I highly recommend it. We even talked about going back this Oct. to see Thriller!

The next day we had breakfast at IHOP, then pedicures and then headed to Las Vegas to enjoy some delicious food, Freemont Street and some sun. By recommendation from my wonderful friend Brittney we ate at The Cheesecake Facotry. She told me to try the fried macaroni and my goodness it was sooo good!

On our way to dinner we were able to stop and watch the water show in front of the Bellagio. This is always one of my favorites things to see in Vegas.

Here we are waiting for table at the Cheesecake Factory.

Rachael and Tennille looking at the menu

Enjoying the night life of Freemont Street

And here we are by the pool showing off our beautiful pedicures. It was a fun weekend with lots of fun memories!

Our Garden

Well I thought I'd post how our garden is doing. It took a little while but it's in full bloom now. Everything is growing and some things are growing better then others but we are hoping to have lost of yummy things to eat this fall. Our carrots are up, we have lots of tomatoes and a squash! We would have had some strawberries too but every time we'd get a nice ripe one some animal would eat it! Then the animal started eating all of the strawberries even if they weren't ripe. Oh well I guess.

And here's a cute picture of Ethan enjoying the nice weather outside. He LOVES to be outside and loves to swing in his swing.

New pics of Ethan

Last week Ethan and I had a wonderful lunch with my friend Brittney who so kindly took some pictures of Ethan for me. They turned out sooo cute! Here are a few of my favorites.

Ethan LOVES this dog. It goes everywhere with him. When he's tired he likes to play with the dogs tail and stick it in his ear. I guess it helps him fall asleep.

Isn't he so handsome and big! I can't believe that at the end of this month he'll be 20 months! Wow! Were did the time go?