We Heart America!

It was 4th of July weekend and I did not get one picture of a firework, my Dad's humongous triple water slide, my kids cute outfits, or even the American flag for Pete's sake.  I think it was because we were too busy playing!  We haven't seen everyone for a while so we tried to get in anything and everything.  We got to PG at 7 on Friday night and Colt went to go hang with his football buddies and it ended in an all night trip to Wyoming.  Colt and Bryan came home with every firework ever made.  They bought rockets for the opening of their show, but what they forgot to inform us was that one of the rocket's wings came off so they hot-glued it.  Let's just say we didn't need the Stadium of Fire because we had our own little flyover that landed right in the woodpile in the backyard.  I will never miss a 4th at the Sampsons, it is way too entertaining.  I don't think anything will beat last year though when Westin put a bucket over his head and everyone got a free shot at him with a bottle rocket.  Anyway....we had a blast watching fireworks, floating down the irrigation ditch, celebrating Mini's birthday, clogging the slide at the PG pool, and playing on the giant water slide that not any normal man would have in his backyard.  We are still trying to recover.  Enjoy the random pics from the weekend.  There are some good ones!

Yes, that is Bryan and yes that is a metal detector.  There were about 10 divots in the backyard because Colt, Nate and Bryan tried to find hidden treasures back there.  Sorry for posting this Cindy! HA!  She begged me not to.

Lauren and Skye on the cruiser scooter.  Beautiful form Lauren.

Grandpa Smith and Colter

BFFs!

Don't know what that text was, but it was obviously upsetting.

32! What next!

I always find one of these on my camera when I leave it sitting around....

and one of these....

and one of these.

FYI...CJ loves food now!  He grabbed the cup from me because I wasn't feeding him fast enough.

Cedar City where it's mighty pretty!

Our homemade fire pit

The two lovebirds!

My cute hubby who is now the YM President!  Good luck with that!

Our summer girl!

The keeper of the garden

This post is a little late, but we have been stinking busy!  Our garden is growing like a weed! Ha!  We have already enjoyed radishes which we ate 2 of (Colt got a little plant happy), peas, and a couple cherry tomatoes.  Our squash, cucumbers and pumpkins are taking off, and the tomatoes are looking great!  I know that you are thrilled to hear about the garden!  We also enjoyed our yard so much with the roses and iris and peonies.  I never thought I would enjoy a yard as much as I have.  It's pretty fun.  Colt has worked really hard to keep it looking nice.   

The sunsets are awesome here

We have enjoyed living in Cedar so much.  It is definitely a lot different than Salt Lake.  It takes 5 minutes tops to get anywhere you want to go.  We miss Salt Lake sometimes, but it has been so nice to slow things down a bit.  They have something going on every single weekend here.  We went to the Summer Games opening ceremonies and Skye loved it!  We let her run wild and she danced her little heart out.  Colt and I also played basketball in the Games, but I sprained my ankle the first game and Colt single-handily lost the game to get into the playoffs, once in regulation and once in overtime.  Let's just say he muffed a dunk and missed the game winning 3.  The glory days are over.....I just don't have the heart to tell Colt.

Crazy Kids!

Skye fell asleep like this, very graceful!He hates rice cerealMy cute kiddies!Skye came around the corner and said "look mama!"  I was a little creeped out!

HEAD!  It's like a melon on a toothpick! It is tough work to hold that head up!  The love of my life

Planting Time!

So...now that football is over, Colt feels like he has to fill the void with something else. Let's just say if he is not at work, or school, he is in the garden. Our backyard has a huge garden that was calling his name! Dale and Cindy have always had an awesome garden, and Colt thought that it would be a good idea to have one of our own. We have been to the IFA store at least five times, used up all of Dale's cell phone minutes, and still don't know what we are doing. Dale said, "It's all about the adventure!" So we have never looked back. Colt has worked so hard to get everything ready and our yard looks great! We planted potatoes, peas, corn, radishes, and beets. We are waiting to plant tomatoes, cantelope, squash, zucchini, and cucumbers. Last but not least, if you know any Sampson boy they have to have something manly in anything they do, so Colt bought the seed packet for a 100 pound pumpkin. I am not going to lie, I am curious to see if it works....any of it. I will keep you posted on how it goes. Wish us luck!

Fatty McButter Pants

BEFORE

AFTER


CJ is 4 months now and he is a tank! He weighed 16 lbs. 4 ozs. and his length was 26 inches. He is getting so fun to play with. I'm so happy he laughs because Skye was a tough crowd when she was a baby. I was starting to think I wasn't very funny! He still can't roll over, he just suffocates himself in the ground, so we have some work to do there. His hair grows an inch a day I swear. Tone gave him his first hair cut a week ago, and it has already grown out. I am going to have to start trimming his hair like I trim the lawn! He is starting rice cereal, which I thought he would love, but doesn't want anything to do with it. I give him a couple weeks though. We love our little CJ. He is such a sweet, happy baby and we are blessed to have him!

Weekend with the Weddles

We got to go to Chanel's moms house in New Harmony and it was awesome! Skye finally got to put her red cowgirl boots to work! She got to ride horses and 4 wheelers, roast marshmallows, and play with Brooklyn. She had so much fun that when I went upstairs to get her she yelled "not go home!" before I could even open the door. Chanel's mom Sonya played with the kids so that we could catch up a little. Colt was in heaven because he got to sit and watch the Laker's game with Eric. We don't have TV so he was loving the big screen. It was fun to see our long lost pals that we used to go on crazy adventures with. Life has definitely changed since we both had 2 kids thrown into the mix. Hopefully next time we meet up it will be in sunny San Diego, I'm sick of the dang snow!

Westin's Wedding and Easter

My husband must have felt the love in the air because he came home with flowers for no reason at all. I think because his brother was getting married all the memories starting flowing back of the wonderful, blessed day he married me! HA! Really though he is just thoughtful.



Westin and Jessica had the best wedding! They had a photo booth for their wedding book, an ice cream machine, IBC root beer, cobbler, and candy to take home with you. Yes, I would put the food first, but the most important part was the wedding. Jessica looked beautiful, and Wes didn't look too bad himself. We are so glad they finally got hitched and Jess will be a part of the Sampson clan.







Last but certainly not least we had a great Easter weekend playing workup in the backyard, Easter egg hunts, wonderful food, and conference! It was a fun, eventful weekend that was topped off with great words from general authorities. I'm ready to
take a nap now!