Anniversary

Well, we've been married 5 years now. Our anniversary was on the 26th. We went to Yellowstone Park on Friday, the 25th. We left Kinley with my parents but took Preston. I wanted my parents to be able to sleep through the night. Preston was great...while he was sleeping! He didn't want to be in his car seat, he wanted to be held. I wanted to take pictures and watch for animals so that made it a challenge. We saw 2 grizzly bears on Friday night. It was the first time I have seen a bear in the wild. It was too dark for a picture and we left the video camera in the room. We saw quite a few cow elk and some cute little calfs that still had spots. We saw a 2-point buck and a couple does, one had a little fawn that looked just like bambi. We only saw 3 bull elk and quite a few buffalo. We had a lot of fun. We got up and was in the Park at 5:30 on Saturday morning and saw a lot of animals. We came home through Jackson. We had over 630 miles on the car from our trip.

Night outside

We went out to the backyard last night so we could pick pea pods (that is what Kinley says, pea pods:)) and she was playing on her slide. Earlier we went to Nonpariels company picnic and Kinley rode some horses and got her face painted. Anyways, she played on her toy and Preston played in the dirt. He had so much fun and got so dirty. I didn't care, he was just too cute!

Alaska

Jakes Alaska Adventure

Jake made it to Doc Warners safely. He rode in a bush plane to get there. He said it was fun but a little scary. They went over a few mountain ranges and were only a long bow shot away from the top of the mountain. The runway was hidden in the trees and was just a gravel airstrip.

The job he went up to do took about 3 hours but he did some other odd and end jobs around the place and helped Brett so they could go fishing. He could a bunch of Halibut and a yellow-eye.

They fished with some crazy Texans as Jake calls them. Jake says they know how to fish. They spend 2 months up there fishing in a boat they leave up there. Jake caught a scape (sting-ray looking thing) and a salmon along with some "trash" fish.

He brought 2 boxes of fish home for Curtis and Curtis is sharing with everyone and they say it is delicous. I haven't tried any yet, I think I might just try some! Jake saw a bunch of whale and a humpback even jumped clear out of the water in front of him. He tried to get a picture but I think he was a little excited! He got home safe on Saturday night.

Mackey

On July 5th, we went to Mackey to go for a 4-wheeler ride. Dad, Heather, Derek, Carlos, Melissa, Matt, Kinley, Preston and I went for a ride with Uncle Bill, and Grandpa and Grandma Pratt. We went up to a lake I had never been to before. There was still snow drifts up there, snow in July! Preston took some good naps on the way and so did Kinley on the way down the mountain.

Jakes in Alaska

Jake is in Alasaka right now, until the 12th. The mechanic at a fishing place outside of Juno didn't know how to fix one of their generators and knew Jake used to work on them. He called last Friday and asked Jake about it. On Friday Jake left for Alaska. He finished fixing the generator yesterday and got to go out in the boat and fish. He didn't catch any fish. He did see a whale when he was flying over in the bush plane. He has been looking for bears but no luck yet. I hope he doesn't see on too up close! Today he went to church and to the salmon cannery where they trap the salmon and then count them and then I think they let them go. I am not sure on the details but he was trying to catch them with his hands. He is at Doc Warners. The website is www.docwarners.com if you want to see where he is at!

I love Oreos!

Camping at Pebble

Last weekend we went camping at Pebble Creek. Amy, Rowdy, Gus, Gunner, Tim, Dusty, Kaybree, and Kenadi went camping with us. Britany,Tayler, dad, Curt, and Donna came up to visit.












Jake mad a dam in the creek so the kids could float the blow-up boat better. We went on some 4-wheeler rides. We hooked up the trailer and rode behing the trailer, it was actually pretty fun. Preston loved the dirt and Kinley played hard with her cousins.













Preston loved the dirt. This was the first time he really got his fingers in the dirt. He is used to the grass!

We went camping last weekend and decided to go swimming in Lava on Friday. We got to see Grandma Donna and Aunt Jeanie. Preston fell asleep in the pool and had a good nap. We didn't even get sunburned!