A-Z Scavenger Hunt

Today we had the kids do a scavenger hunt where they had to find an object from A-Z. They had a great time. We split them into 2 teams (boys verses girls, of coarse. That is how they wanted it.) I thought their ideas were pretty creative. I thought that I would post them. Remember they had to actually find the object and put it in their bag. They struggled with X but with a lot of thought they figured it out. It was a lot of fun. The girls finished first so they won for time and the boys won on creativity.

Girl Team (Acaylia, Madison, Ruby, Micah- not a girl, but at times acts girly)
A: Animal
B: Block
C: Candy
D: Doll
E: Earring
F: Fox (stuffed animal)
G: Glasses
H: Hat
I: Ice
J: Jam
K: Kirkland ham
L: Lindsey (picture of friend)
M: Mail
N: Necklace
O: Orange card
P: Pencil
Q: Q-tips
R: Ring
S: Scissors
T: Telephone
U: Umbrella
V: Vaseline
W: Wings (dress up)
X: Xavier (signature on Cabbage Patch Kids bottom)
Y: Yellow butter
Z: Zebra (stuffed animal)

Boys Team (Braydin, Matthew, Maxx, Sam)
A: Art (picture colored)
B: Branch (from a tree)
C: Can
D: Dog
E: Egg
F: Flower
G: Goggles
H: Hat
I: Ice pack
J: Jet (plastic toy)
K: Knife
L: Lipstick
M: Money
N: Net (one from fish tank)
O: Oats
P: Pudding
Q: Queen (from deck of cards)
R: Raisins
S: Sharpie
T: Tie
U: Underwear
V: Vacuum
W: Whitlock's family picture
X: X-large shirt
Y: Yellow star (eraser)
Z: Zelda (PlayStation game)

Night Swimming

Amy has been feeding her neighbors pets while they have been on vacation. They told us to fell free to use their pool while they were gone. So we decided to do some night swimming. It was awesome. They had a basketball hoop which provided tons of entertainment. We might have some future basketball stars in our family. (However, we'll be lucky if our kids make it over 5 feet tall. Sorry kids - mom's fault!)

Finger Painting

We let the kids eat some yogurt outside. Not our best idea. They thought they were suppose to finger paint with the yogurt instead of eating it. They had so much fun that we just let them go for it. When they decided they were done we hosed them off. It was pretty easy clean-up!! The mischief makers are Micah, Maxx
and Sam.





The ring leader of this mess is trying
to hide his identity behind his mess.
Clue: It is not Maxx or Sam.

Day at the Park

Vegas has the BEST parks!! This park had 4 different playgrounds, a hockey court, basketball courts, and 3 different picnic areas. It was so much fun. The day was overcast so we could actually go out during the day without frying. Madison and Daddy couldn't come with us, we missed them. But we had a blast. We were there for over 2 hours. It was fun to just have some boy time.
(The pictures are small - you can view them better by clicking on the view all images.)

Monkeys

Ruby taught my boys how to be monkeys. (Not like they weren't already.) They had a lot of fun climbing the tree in their backyard.














The tree did take a little beating, but I think it will survive.

Studly Matthew

I thought Matthew looked so cute in these pictures, so I had to post them. He is sure growing up. David took them and did a great job. Thanks honey!!

Zions National Park

On the Fifth of July we made a day out of seeing some incredible things. (Thanks Dad Dave for the idea.) I had more fun than I could have imagined. Here are some of the things that we did:

*Visited the cemetery of our 5th Great Grandfather- Byram Lee Bybee-in the city of Grafton. This cemetery was awesome!! Most of these people were killed by Indians and disease. (The ride there was awesome as well. Huge dirt hills to ride over, gorgeous scenes, and excited kids. They had a great time just getting there. It was in the middle of nowhere.)

*Saw the hide out house for Butch Cassidy. Also an old school house.

*Went to Zions National Park. You could easily spend a week here just hiking. We climbed to the Weeping Rock. It was fabulous!! (As Micah would say)

* We also ate lunch and ice cream. Two of my favorite parts. :)

Thank Mom and Dad for the terrific time. You spoiled us all. This is a memory we will never forget. Thanks for being such wonderful parents.