Summer Reunion

Had a great time at the Stinger Reunion. Unfortunately I don't have any of the hilarious group pictures that we took but here are some from our nature walk and one of Grandma playing her harmonica. The lodge was gorgeous and the mountains were so beautiful! We did some great hikes, enjoyed looking at the stars, fun with a pinata and lots of food, games and socializing. It turned out great and was so fun to see everyone.
Here is the awesome pinata that I made. Isn't it cute! It made it all the way through all the kids beating it HARD and some of them got to go twice. The rope broke before the pinata did.
Tanya, Tessa, Ammon, me and Alivia and Dad enjoying Twin Lakes. It was a good hike up there. Darren carried the stroller most of the way because of all the big boulders.
Ryan, Tanya and Calvin enjoying their hike.


Tessita, Ammon and mom on the nature walk. Mom had paper sacks for all the kids to pick up fun things and then they made a collage with all their findings. It was fun to learn about wild strawberries and other beautiful things in nature. Mom is so knowledgeable when it comes to flowers and plants.


Grandma playing her harmonica. It was just as beautiful as I remember!

More Pictures to prove that I do exist

I'm usually never in the pictures but I have a few with me in them and so I thought I'd better post. The above is a picture that Uncle Lance took of Alivia with his cell phone. Isn't this cute! She's just lovin' that spatula! I love that Grandma Johnson is in the background doing my dishes! Thanks so much for slaving away when you're suppose to be on vacation!
I was trying to crop out the random arm but couldn't figure out how to get the edited picture on here. I still have lots to learn about this blogging stuff. Anyway, it's a cute picture. Just ignore the arm Tanya. This is Bethy, Alivia, Boss man and I. What cute cousins they are!
Holding Ammon on the boat ride. He was holding on for dear life and I was lucky to be able to get him to hold still for a picture. He was berried in my shoulder most of the time.
Ignore the messy room but I love this picture of me with my babies. I just love them to pieces! don't know what I'd do without them!

Picture Update

I haven't posted forever. These are all random pictures. This one was of some pictures I found on the camera that were never uploaded. Alivia has grown so much since this picture! She grew out of this bassinet at 3 months.

4 generations! So cool huh! Ammon and Alivia still have 3 great grandmothers and two great grandfathers. So lucky!
Ammon's first fishing trip. He didn't like the boat ride too much and got bored really fast. Lance threw in a bobbin and Ammon got mad because he threw the 'ball' in the water. We hooked one to the fishing pole and let him throw it in and pull it out of the water. He enjoyed that until he started going crazy whip lashing the pole and I took it away.



Alivia a few months old. She loved the binkie but prefers her thumb now.


What cutie pies! This was on 4th of July weekend after church. Ammon was exhausted if you can't tell.
Don't remember when this was taken but it sure is a cute picture of kids with Grandma Johnson!


G&G Johnson came for 4th of July. Uncle Lance also came and we had a great time with them! Went to porcupine dam and threw rocks (bolders) in the lake and just hung out. Good times.
Alivia at the yard sale that I made $4.00 at in 5 hours. She's crawling all over the place and mimicking Ammon's every sound. Such a happy baby all the time!
My sweet pea sitting up so good.
Ammon's first fishing experience. He loves the outdoors. He's never happier than when he's outside by the water.

oops, wrong blog, o-well

Oops, that didn't go to the right blog, but I guess it will make for a good advertisement for my blog; eyeforwildlife.blogspot.com

Tyeanna said she'd have me post about my summer job. I'm working with the Division of Wildlife here in Cache Valley. I'll be leading and overseeing service projects (mostly from the dedicated hunter program requiring service hours). I'll also be able to work with the wildlife biologists, and completing fishing reports when I can. We are really excited to spend another summer in Logan, it is so much fun.

Wow things are going good

Time sure has flown by, today my semester ended so I'm working full time with the Division of Wildlife Resources for the summer starting tomorrow. I have done a lot these past few months, here are a few pictures.

This male sage grouse is in a group called a lek. He is showing off for the ladies. I went back to Wyoming supposedly to help my buddy net the grouse and collar them, but because of a couple problems we just counted how many grouse were in the leks.

I've been volunteering at the Bear River Bird Refuge, that's where the other two bird pictures are from. I found the fox den the last time I went down, there are actually two pups right there. What I do down there is trap coons, skunks, and cats, anything that will eat the nest eggs. The refuge was one of the biggest in the west, if not the country, but because of raccoons, skunks, and foxes there are very few successfully nests left. Most of the current birds there are migratory. Below is a coon caught in a lethal conibear trap. Trapping and relocating them is illegal in Utah because it usually ends up in a long or painful death because they probably won't be able to find food or they'll get into a fight with other coons because of overpopulation (not to mention a lot of other problems). The conibear kills them quickly.

Family Pictures

Megan Poulton from Pocatello, Idaho took our family pictures a few months ago. She did such an amazing job! The kids were both sick and cross and she did a great job getting some fun pictures. Thankyou Megan for being patient with us and making this such a great experience!


Alivia and Daddy's feet. How fun is that!


Ammon was done that this point and it was really cold outside!







Isn't she precious in her blessing dress! I love the tongue sticking out!













So, Alivia is almost crawling. She is turning in circles and is getting her feet underneath herself with bottom in the air. It's so cute! She reaches and grabs for everything and it often catches me off guard. I almost had a bowl of chili in my lap yesterday. She loves her BIG brother and laughs hysterically at him all the time. Ammon is in to everything and SO independent. We are working on some discipline methods. Splashing in the face with water seems to get his attention and time out seems to be working pretty good for the moment. He doesn't respond to spanks (he just laughs at me). He's a very fun boy though! We love him to pieces!!! He comes up with the funniest dance moves and makes us laugh every day! What can I say, my kids are the best!