Going On A Bear Hunt

The pictures for this post really start at the bottom and go up. I got them on here backwards and can't get them to switch them around, but you get the idea. On Saturday Brady asked what I wanted to do. I said go on a hike. Somehow that hike turned into more of a bear hunt. Either way we had a great time!

Ridge is such a daddy's boy! He loves to imitate everything his dad does. Brady is so happy that Ridge is "taking hunting so seriously" at such a young age.

Well, maybe not he's not totally serious about it!

Nash was happy about the sand he found on the mountain

Who who?

For now we can still fit the whole family on the four-wheeler

Brynlee is a good little spotter too

Ridgie Roo wasn't too happy about sharing the binoculars

Peanut butter and honey always tastes so good when your in the mountains

Bryn kept herself entertained by teasing Brady

What cute boys I have!

Brynlee the slow speed monster

The boys loved being able to throw as many pine cones as they wanted down the hill without getting in trouble.

This was the "hiking" part where we walked about 200 yards away from the four-wheeler. =)

It's so peacful and delicious to hear the wind blowing through the trees and smell the pine. Glad we had a beautiful day to do it!

We didn't see any bears, but we did see some deer, elk, grouse, hawks and hundreds of butterflies!

We are blessed to live so close to these amazing mountains!

And here we are starting out on our adventure.

Ridge was reeving to go!

We had to test out the boys endurance in the meat packers before we went. They didn't last too long. Luckily we never had to use them, for the boys or a bear!

Spring Fishing

warm weather on Saturday = our first fishing trip of the season

the sun was shining
the birds and Brynlee were singing

the wind was refreshing

the water was calm and relaxing

the fish were absolutely not biting

but they were there

we didn't catch anything

we did see a muskrat though

Brynlee named it Musky

it felt good to be outside

and together

Brynlee got to practice her patience

Ridge was big enough to know how to do it

he took to it just like his dad

Nash convinced me he would fish too

he held his pole in the water for like 15 minutes

when I looked away he chucked it and it sunk

Someone really should make a floating kids fishing pole

It was a fantastic beautiful day!

Life is a highway!

Life is a fast highway...always on the move! My poor blog just gets neglected! I am so not good at keeping up on it! I hardly ever sit down at the computer any more and when I do I like to catch up on all the things happening on Reeces Rainbow. It's a lot more fun than posting stuff about us. But since there are some grandparents that like to see these kids, here are some more old (from the last month or so) pictures!

Brady was happy to be able to take the boys to the hunting expo in Salt Lake last time we in Utah. They had fun looking at all of the hunting stuff and animals. Brady got them some kids books about hunting that they are crazy about! They read them together every night that Brady is home. I think the series is called The Adventures of Little Jake, even Brynlee likes them.

We'll see if they grow up to be hunters! =)
Sugar cookies are always a February favorite in our house!

I love Nashie's big cheese in this one...

And Brynlee's eye popping smile in this one!

Three kids in the tub, rub-a-dub-dub! Brynlee has become an official showerer since school has started. She never wants to bath with the boys anymore but they were having so much fun she thought she would join them one last time! And those boys do have a good time in the tub! I dread giving them baths because they always want to splash and play like its the pool! It's a mess! It's also impossible to get them in wash them and get them out without tantrums. They'll play until the water is cold and still not want to get out.

Since Brady gets up so early to train every morning, the boys do the same. I have no idea what they are training for but they always start in the kitchen. We got a lock on fridge and on the pantry to keep them out. Brady tries to be quiet but around 5:00 every morning I hear Nash sliding down the stairs. We have tried putting the child door lock things on the inside of his bedroom door but some how he still opens it. He flips on all the lights, goes in Ridges room and gets him out of bed. If they are being quiet I try and stay in bed until at least 6. But on mornings like the one in the picture above, when they are slamming drawers shut its hard to sleep. I have also had to start safety pinning their zippers to their pj's...you can see what happens if I don't. It's worse when their diapers aren't clean, this was a good morning! (That's just hot chocolate spilled on the floor, left on the counter from the night before.)

Another part of their training consists of couch kickboxing (or something like that)

I'm pretty sure the couch gets more of a workout than the boys.

They cool down by chasing each other in circles. Let's hope warmer weather is on the way so these two can get outside!
Crazy kids!

One last thing, for the first 14 days in February I thought I would leave little notes or treats on Brynlee's bed. Two days into it and I started getting one of these sweet little notes or pictures on my pillow every night. Brynlee really is made of sugar and spice and everything nice!

Just Catching Up

These are some pictures from January that I never posted
I love watching Nash play with his toys, he has such a fun imagination!

Woody is still a favorite even though he is missing half of his head :)

Ridgie Roo sticks right by my side all day until the kids get home.

Three awesome kids all spiffed up for church

What a fantastic four year old,

A terrific two year old,

And a spectacular six year old!