Oh What Do You Do In The Summer Time?

Do you go on ward Camp outs?

We Do...and we take little hikes while we are there.

And pose for the camera....

Do You go to the Fair?

We do...and the kids had a blast in the Red Barn..unfortunately my camera died right after this pic so I didn't get anymore of the kids doing all the cute little activities.

Do you make sidewalk chalk art and play outside?

We do. This was very soon after we move here and it was such a fun afternoon.

See how much fun we are all having?

Do you Run Races?

We do...this is Molly's first "track meet". They put it on for the kids here and she had a blast and did so good. She did sprints and hurdles. And she was so excited because she got ribbons and her very own race shirt like Mom and Dad's.

Stretching...

waiting...

Jumping...

Do you go to Splash Parks?

We do...my mom and sister and her kids came to visit soon after we got settled in. It was so good for me to have them here. We decided to take advantage of what Vernal has to offer and that is a fun little splash park. All the kids had a good time.

Do you go a little crazy sometimes?

We do...

Do you go to parades?

We do...while my mom and sister were here we all went to the parade on the 24th of July...I love parades.

Do you get to see sweet little faces that make you smile?

We do...isn't she adorable.

And this little girl too...see she makes me smile.

This got put in the wrong place, but this was at the splash park and I think the kids loved laying out on these chairs almost as much as they loved playing in the water.

Do you go and see new places?

We do...we visited Fantasy Canyon and loved it... it's a little deceiving at first, but really is cool once you get in there.

Do you play at parks with people you love?

We do...this was an awesome park that we went to with my sister Holly while Jake was working in SLC.

(Oh and yes more running)

My sis-in-law was such a trooper and ran this 5 mile race with me even though she wasn't signed up and if she was she could have won the whole thing. Instead she slowed her pace down a whole lot and stayed way in the back with me the whole time...thanks Mindy.

Do you get a little messy sometimes?

We do...but its worth it.

Do you do amazing Things?
Annie Does. She learned to use the Potty 2 months before she turned 2. We would like to think it's because we are amazing parents, but she just decided she wanted to do it, and then did it.

We had such a fun summer and have been having an awesome Autumn too...(more pics to come soon).

Don't forget to look below at another new post.

Jake the Runner and The Fair

So the big day that Jake had been preparing months for finally came and went. Jake decided to train and run the Top of Utah Half Marathon with our brother-in-law Nathan. I was so proud of him. We all went to cheer them on and it was a lot of fun. He did so good. His goal was under 2 hours and he was really nervous about it, since he'd been really busy working the weeks before the race and still needed to cut some minutes off of his miles...but I guess he didn't need to be so worried because he definitely made it in under two hours. He did so awesome! I have been so impressed with his dedication to running. He has been so busy at work these last couple of months he hasn't been able to very much and he actually misses it. Hopefully he can get back to it soon, seems how he is planning on running in a big race next summer.

Here is Jake coming into the finish line. (He's the one on the right:) )

"What are you looking at?" Haha...I don't think he even realized it was us right there at the time.

Two little girls very proud of their Daddy.

Showing off the winning number...well winning in our minds anyways.

Like I said our brother-in-law also ran as well as his sis-in-law...got that?

Marci, Nathan and Jake

Right after the race and a shower Jake took off to go golfing with his friends, I know crazy huh, I think I would have probably laid down and died instead...but just in case that wasn't enough we also it up the Fair in Tremonton that night with the family. I think a good time was had by all. Molly is quite the daring little girl and begged to go on the roller coaster with her cousin Libbie, and she loved it. You can't actually see Molly, but she her head is poking up in the seat with Libbie in the yellow shirt.

Annie opted to ride the carousal with Mallory and Mia instead...boy she loves those things.

Molly also went on these cars with Libbie, Mallory and Mia. We love living closer to family and being able to go and do things like this with them again.

We had so much fun...I think Jake was exhausted after running his race, golfing and the Fair, but he was a really good sport and even went on a ride with me. Jake I am so proud of you and I can't wait to cheer you on at whatever you decide to do next.

Oyler Birthday Extravaganza!!!

So this year as always started out with Molly Moo's birthday. It was the big 4. It happened to be on the same day as Libby's baptism, so we were able to go and spend the first part of the day with the Oyler side of the family. It was so much fun. Molly decided this year she wanted to have a cowgirl birthday. So we decided that after the baptism we would drive up to Idaho and go to the Famous Preston Night Rodeo. I think she had a fun birthday and she was really cute all day, in fact for two days we celebrated and she was really sweet the whole time. She just keeps growing and getting smarter everyday. She is such a good big sister and such a big helper.  We love you Molly.

Here Mols is eating under the trampoline with her cousins at Libby's lunch.

Here she is with her cupcakes!

Look at those cheeks...

Mals and Mols enjoying the birthday cupcakes.

Molly got to open her presents from her grandparents and cousins while at the Cardon's.

Here is Annie helping out.

Molly with her Grandma Great Oyler and her garden gloves.

Jake and I got to open our gifts from there too...here is Jake so interested in what he got.

Later that day we drove up to Idaho and had a pizza party with a ton of my family. Here Mols is opening more presents with her cousins.

And here is the beloved Jessie doll.

Here we are at the Rodeo with the birthday girl.

Cute Payton and Annie.

Molly with the Rodeo behind her.

Molly really wanted to go on some rides so we took a small break from the Rodeo to hit up a few. Here are Josie and Molly.

The carousal.

Annie...doesn't she look so excited?

Riding on the Roller Coaster.

Continuing the celebration the next day.

One of her cousins blew out her candles before she had a chance...I guess it was her party so she can cry if she wants to.

Getting another chance at the candles.

Opening more fun presents.

Riding Bullseye. A perfect way to end a perfect birthday! Thanks everyone for making it so special for Molly and letting us share it with all of you.

Next up was Jakers. He turned 27...I know he is so old! We took him out to lunch since he had to be at work all day...here he is with the girls.

After he finally got home we ate dinner and let him open his presents. Doesn't he look so excited?

Showing off an awesome shirt:)!

Look, I think he might like it!

Posing with his new toy and his cute girls.

Cheesecake time!

Jake spoiled me this year as always. Here the girls are helping me open my presents.

More help, more presents.

Here we are partying it up with Mindy and her kids!

Here we are another year older and maybe a little wiser? Thanks to everyone for all the gifts and cards and phone calls. We all had great birthdays.

More Catching Up: the 4th & moving

Continuing our Summer Journey, next came the 4th of July. My mom's side of the family has an annual camping reunion that we were able to attend for the first time in years. This year it was at a campground over by Idaho Falls. We weren't able to stay the whole time, but the time we were there was a lot of fun. They loved camping with Grandma. And it was a lot of fun to see family we haven't seen in years. We didn't take many pictures, but here are a few.

This big pink ball was a great source of entertainment including an intense "how many times can you bounce the ball on your head," competition.

Annie and I love tenting it up.

Here is our tent mate, Nathan. He is displaying his affinity for purple clothes.

There is no reason for this picture, and I'll probably get in trouble for putting it up, but I think it's a funny picture. Maybe you should try to enter a caption for what Nathan might have said to offend Hannah.

Molly spent most of her time catching ants. She even carried a pet ant around in a cup for about a day.

If you give your camera to your cousins while they go on a nature hike, they return with some beauties like this. To see the rest of their collection, click here

We then left and spent the actual 4th of July with Stacy (my sister) and her girls. We watched the Thanksgiving point fireworks from a church lawn. It was a lot of fun despite the sprinklers that turned on at 9:00.

The next day Hannah and I left our kids with Stacy (thank you again) and headed for Texas to move our things back to Vernal. Here is the large statue of Sam Houston...Goodbye Sam!

And here we are with our large truck. No, we don't own that much stuff. We ordered a much smaller truck, and they thought they were doing us a favor by giving us this huge truck. Anyway, we enjoyed being truckers for a few days.

Well, more updates to come.

A trip to Escalate

You say Escalantee, I say Escalatay, others say Escalant...regardless, we were headed there for a little Oyler family getaway. We rented a cabin for a few days in order to have some fun, eat some good food and take in the sites. The cabin was beautiful and big enough that the kids could do their thing, and the parents could do theirs. I loved being able to get away for a couple of days with my family after living away from them for a couple of years. Below are some pictures of what we saw.

We first stopped to see some old ruins. We paid our $10 to get inside and this picture pretty much shows you what we found inside...Not much! It was pretty funny. The kids had fun though.

This is Courtney yelling at me for taking her picture. I took it anyway. She is so cute... right?

We heard all about these caves called the narrows. We didn't got to them, but we did find this one that was about 100 yards long and it was perfect for us with all of the kids.

Here is Molly hanging out in her own little cave.

We found this little river that was only about 4 inches deep. The kids loved chasing the little fish and it was the perfect refreshment on a hot day.

One of my favorite places was the devil's rock garden. It really looked like someone played with playdough on the ground. It was easy to climb all over them. The only bad part was it took a really long time to get there on a really rough road. I think my family thought I was taking them to the end of the earth.

Here I am putting out the vibe...

The next day we went to Bryce Canyon which has to be one of my favorite places on earth. Here I am with the fam.

I have a new hobby. Photography. Here is my first subject....Nathan. This is his Senior Portrait. There is more where this came from.

Here is Hannah and my Sister Stacy at Bryce. Cute....

Thanks family for coming on our little getaway. I hope it wasn't to painful. I really loved it out there and I hope we do something like this again really soon.