David's Birthday Celebration

We didn't get to celebrate David's 12th birthday until the 18th of July. Mike had to work on his birthday so we didn't celebrate until now.  We had Mike's sister and her family come over and celebrate with us. We didn't do anything big. We had cake and ice cream. I didn't do much decorating on his cake. Having a July birthday makes it hard for me to do a fancy decorating job with it being so hot. The icing melts faster than I can work with.

Homemade Chex Mix

Gathering the items for the chex mix

Mixing it all together.

Spreading it onto cookie sheets to bake for an hour.

This was made before we went on vacation. We snacked on this while driving.

Here is the basic recipe. I also double or triple this. I think I got this off a box of chex cereal years ago. You can change this up to suit your likes.

1/2 cup butter

4 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 cup salted mix nuts

1 1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt

2 2/3 cups chex cereal

2 2/3 cups corn chex cereal

2 2/3 cups wheat chex cereal

1 cup Pretzels

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Melt butter in 15x10x2-inch shallow roasting pan in oven. Remove. Stir in seasoned salt and Worcestershire sauce. Gradually add cereal and nuts, mixing until all pieces are well coated. Bake 1 hour. Stir every 15 minutes. Spread on absorbent paper to cool. Store in airtight container. I always add more pretzels and nuts. If you get these items on sale it makes for a fairly cheap snack and so much better.

June18th-June24th Last days of vacation

Ground squirrel under the fire pit at stagecoach state park in Colorado

Morning visitor at stagecoach. He was on this rock in our campgrounds every morning.

I loved seeing this old snow plow in Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Fish Hatchery in Vernal, Utah

Fish Hatchery in Vernal. We were teasing Mike about maybe he could catch a fish now.

Not allowed to fish at the hatchery.

We finally came home on the 24th. I am so glad to be able to sleep in my own bed.

David's Birthday

Today David turns twelve. I don't have any pictures yet. We aren't celebrating until Monday when Mike is off work. Then we will have Mike's sister and her family come over for cake and ice cream. he will be in Young Men's now with his Aryan. He is excited because he can now seat in the front seat of my van. The boys have grown so much and no longer enjoy mom hugging them or giving them a quick kiss on the cheek. They actually wipe it off.

June 17th -June18th Vernal, Utah

Vernal, Utah is known for their Dinosaurs. We arrived on the 17th and just relaxed. The boys went swimming. The 18th we went to the Dinosaur National Monument and then to the Museum. Again we took a lot of pictures but I just posted a few. The boys went swimming again when we got back to the camp grounds. this was the first campground that had a pool and they enjoyed it.

June 10th-June16th

Bekah with Sadie. We visited them on the 16th of June.

Took this picture on our last day at Bryce Canyon. Mike thought it was neat to have a sign with all seven's.

This is how Zeus went bike riding with us. We took our own bikes.

Aryan, David, and Caleb playing basketball. They played while we visited inside.

Bekah, Sadie, and Ashley. Sorry bad picture

We went to see Mike's sister, his mom and his sister family on our visit. His nephew Jack plays baseball and we were able to see a game. He is here at bat. The other team walked him. he stole all the other bases to give his team a run.

Jack is the catcher for his team.

We just enjoyed ourselves with family on these days. I didn't get any pictures of my parents.

June 9th- day7 driving throughEscalante National Monument

On this day ;day 7 we took most of the day and just drove the Escalante Monument. We stopped along the way and took pictures. David didn't take any pictures so you are stuck with mine. Again I took a lot of photos and it is always hard to decide on the one I want to post.  We had a great time. Tried walking up the chimney rock trail. I just couldn't do it. The trail is five mile longs and straight up. This body was screaming after two miles. I am so out of shape and again it was a little warm. Aryan could literally run the trail. I actually called him back. It is so beautiful there. This is a good place to visit even if you can't do the trails. The formations of the land make it worth the drive.