A fun day!

Well... I know it has been a while, but I have been waiting to post a blog until I got pictures back from my borther of our visit to the East coast. It is sad to get together for a funeral, but SOOOOO nice to see all of my family again! I was able to hang out with my mom, 2 brothers, 2 of my sisters, cousins, and other extended family! My Uncle Rick was able to grab a bunch of pictures from my grandpa's place and one day he had them all out for us to see! We were able to keep pictures of our families and ended up telling and hearing all kinds of stories!! It was a LOT of fun! I will post pictures from the trip as soon as I get them.

TODAY: Ken and I had a really fun day today out with the dogs. We decided to explore the open area where we live more and took a drive through the mountains and canyons in the Uintah Basin.









At one point we parked and walked through a wooded area with the dogs where we came upon a little creek. I leaned up against a tree at one point and ended up with sap on me... here I am trying to rinse it off! LOL



Ken decided to wade out in to the creek a bit and, after he did, Shylo was soon to follow (she always has to be with dad!) So, once she got to him he picked her up laughing and I found myself with a great "kandid moment!"







Ken kept calling to Rudy trying to get him to come into the water as well... he even convinced me to wade out into the creek with him hoping that Rudy would follow suit. But, he just sat on the shore staring at us like he was saying, "You can keep trying, but I am NOT getting in the water."





We followed the creek further up the mountains and found a spot shallow enough to cross in the car. Here is Kenny driving the Durango across the creek... I have to admit, it was a lot of fun!!

After crossing the creek we let the dogs out to play and ended up getting in it ourselves. It was shallow enough to run around with the dogs and keep cool. Here is Shylo and I playing in the water.

It took a lot of work... but, once we finally got Rudy to come in the water, we couldn't get him out!! He was having too much fun! It was so FUNNY!!!!

We unfortunatelly found some butterflies that had been run over, but there were a few that were still somewhat alive, but couldn't fly. We ended up being able to get one that was injured to get onto our hands! I was so cool! I have never held a butterfly before!

Then, to top the day off... we went to a lake to have lunch. I set up the beach umbrella that my mom bought for me in California and relaxed in the shade. Ken had made us a great lunch!!

After lunch, Kenny got in the water to swim and, once again, Shylo came in after him! She was just swimming around him in circles and we were all having a blast! (My hubby looks so happy!!!)

Here is a video of Kenny playing in the creek that we crossed with the dogs. The minute Kenny would call Shylo she would go running straight at him in to the deeper water... it was totally cute!