Field Trip to Sweet's Candy Factory

We had the best time going to the Sweet's Candy Factory! It was so neat because they took you all in the factory. But they wouldn't let you bring a camera in....so no pics of that. These are just the pics I got after the tour and in the candy shop. The kids loved seeing how all the different types of candies were made, and we all learned a lot! This is definitely my favorite field trip of this year! Too Yummy!

We had to wear these hair nets while in the factory. Scott just looked too cute with his on.

Grandma Mortensen with the kids.

"Cheese!"

The kids favorite part was at the end when they could pick out candy of their own (mom let them pick out 10 candies each.) And it was fun, cause then they could leave with their own bag of candy. (Mom left with plenty of treats for herself too!)

What a fun place to go! If you haven't been...I highly recommend it!

The Roof is DONE!

The roof is finally done! Thank you to all the wonderful people who helped!!! We feel so blessed, and are so grateful that this big job is finally finished! (Now on to all the other jobs.....)
NO more big, ugly, blue tarped, swamp cooler!
Doesn't it look great!


The back

The front.

Re-Roofing

My sister-in-law will blog about special blessings that have happened to them in her blog, and I always love reading her stories of how the Lord blesses them. So I wanted to post about our "blessings" concerning our re-roofing project. First of all....it is a HUGE project to take on, but it saved us so much money, and Jared is so capable, that we decided to just buy supplies, and then rely on the generosity of our family for labor. What we didn't expect was the amount of help we recieved. My wonderful brother-in-laws and Father have worked day after day, in the summer heat, and have gotten so much done! We also had a neighbor (who had a broken leg!) come over and just start helping clean up shingles from the ground...two days in a row! My brother came and helped on Friday during the day when everyone else had to work, and made it possible for the rest of the crew to get up there at night and get the tar-paper down only minutes before it started raining! We really felt like the Lord held off the weather to give the guys just enough time to get the weather proof paper down. And now, today, they are finishing with the shingling...which seems to be going great! It all looks so professional. I think it will be an awesome roof when it is all done! (Pics of that to come.)
I'm just so grateful that this project has been going so smoothly, and for all the wonderul workers who are taking their time, and suffering the heat and fatigue for us! How can we ever repay you??? We love you! Thanks so much! We are truely blessed!

Field Trip to The BYU Dino Museum

We went to the BUY Dinosour Museum this week. It is always interesting and fun for the kids. It is a great place to go, cause it is FREE! but still very entertaining. (Plus it is air conditioned!)
After the museum, we went to a park and played Dino themed activities.

Here the kids are taking "Dinosour Eggs" and carefully carying them away from the "lava" to saftey.

Here, they are trying to "steal" dino eggs from the sleeping T-rex's.

And here, they are stomping like Dino's, and singing fun Dino themed songs.

It was a really fun activity! The kids loved it!

Happy Fourth of July!!!

We always do fireworks out in front of our house! This year was a really fun and exciting display! The kids always have a blast! I love fireworks! I'm so grateful to live in this wonderful country, and to have all the freedoms we enjoy. God bless America! I hope you all had a good Fourth of July too!

Firework Propelled Car Racing

Very Entertaining!
Our friends Greg and Erika invited us to watch a very unique and fun contest. Every Fourth a bunch of people get together and see who can launch their car the furthest using fireworks. Mostly they use flowers, because they are cheap and effective, but there were other fun variations. It was a lot of fun for the kids, and the winner went really far. They hold the event in a church parking lot, and try to have some safety measures in place so the cars dont go rocketing out into the spectators.
I'm glad we were able to see this fun contest! It really was a blast!





Greg, and his brother, launching their car.

Check out the amount of fire-power on some of those!

Field Trip to Bridal Veil Falls

We headed up to Bridal Veil Falls for a really fun field trip. The kids loved being able to splash in the cool water, and climb on the rocks. And it really isn't a very difficult hike (paved the whole way, and not to long...for preggo woman.) Plus my mom and dad came, and were a big help with the kids.
It sure was beautiful up there!

The Spash Pad

There is this super fun place in Highland where you can take your kids to splash around in what is like a simulated stream! It is a lot of fun, but can be pretty crowded. And the day we went, it got all windy and rainy, so we didn't stay as long and the kids didn't get soaked, but they still had a lot of fun. Eli and Scott came too, but I didn't really get any good pictures of them.....(lets face it, I'm doing my best just to get there and function. I'm actually getting to where pulling out the camera and getting some shots is good enough.)
But a really fun place! We are excited to go back some day!

The trampoline

We were given a trampoline by our wonderful neighbor, and the kids LOVE it. So far, no injuries, and hopefully there wont be any...ever (at least not serious ones.) But the other fun thing about a trampoline, is using it to camp out. The kids were super excited about this, but ended up in the house at about 11:30 p.m. We will have to try again....without the two youngest, and they will probably make it through the night (with Dad....of course).
We weren't to upset that it didn't work out, because Jared came down with an ear infection that night, and probably would have had to come in, himself, anyway. But I did get some cute pictures of them, while they were all excited about the fun adventure.